Patachou restaurant Crispy Bird is closing

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In less than a week, fried chicken restaurant Crispy Bird will close its doors.

The restaurant, at 115 E. 49th Street, opened in December 2017 and is owned by the Patachou Group.

A post on Instagram over the weekend said Jan. 12 would be the last day for the north side restaurant, which specializes in fried chicken, macaroni and cheese and other indulgent sides.

According to the post, the restaurant “was designed to be short-lived” and the original team running Crispy Bird committed to staying in the city for year and have since “moved on to culinary adventures around hte world.”

Many popular menu items will continue to be served at other Patachou-owned restaurants around the city, and the venue will be used as “a food and restaurant incubator space,” the post said.

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USA Today deemed Crispy Bird’s chicken to be “pilgrimage worthy” and Eater named Crispy Bird one of the hottest restaurant openings in the country. But this project was designed to be short- lived — the foundational team that formed the DNA of Crispy Bird was committed to staying in Indianapolis for a year, and, as forewarned, they have moved on to culinary adventures around the world – literally, they have flown the coop. January 12th will be Crispy Bird’s last day of service, open for brunch, lunch & dinner. The Patachou family would like to thank our amazing team and the community for helping us create a unique dining experience. Existing staff members have been offered continued opportunities and career pathways in the company. And, in case you are worried that your Crispy Bird cravings won’t be satisfied: the top menu items including bone broth, mac n’ cheese, fried Carolina rice, and the fried chicken itself are being worked into the menus at our 12 locations. It is time to transition the space into its intended use — a food and restaurant incubator space where Patachou can develop and test recipes, mock up concepts, host visiting chefs and advance culinary education. For the next five months, Crispy Bird will be used as the interim production kitchen and office space for the growing Patachou Foundation, whose permanent headquarters will not be completed until June of 2019. The Patachou Foundation is on track to feed approximately 45,000 scratch-made meals to hungry kids in 2019 — meaning that a dedicated work space is paramount. Public Greens Downtown will be opening by the end of January. And, there are more developments in the world of Patachou Inc. including evaluating location options for additional cafes, expanding internal benefit programs for staff, developing culinary education opportunities for both staff and customers, creating scholarships for our people wanting to enrich the Pata-verse with interesting ideas and knowledge. Patachou’s focus has been on creating a people, product and community-focused company that thrives on change. We look forward to many more years of thinking differently, innovating and creating bar-setting restaurants. MSH

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Patachou restaurant Crispy Bird is closing

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