We live close by, and Tramonto's was our go-to steak place in the northern suburbs...we ate there last month celebrating our son's birthday, and this past Friday our daughter chose it for her birthday dinner. Well, I called at 4 pm to make a reservation, and the call bounced to the front desk. Weird. The guy took my reservation info, said he'd pass it on to the restaurant, but he wondered why they hadn't answered the phone...he mentioned that as of today (Friday, 8/9) the hotel was no longer a Starwood property - it would still be called "Westin," but it was taken over by TPG. Huh??

At 6:00, I figured I'd better call back because we had to go somewhere and maybe I needed to make alternate plans? The guy who answered the phone this time stated that "as of yesterday (Thursday) Tramonto's was closed for good." OK...so we went across the street to Pete Miller's and had a great dinner, but Tramonto's will be missed!!

Checking the Starwood website, it's still showing as an spg property, so I don't know what's going on, all I can say for sure is that Tramonto's is closed.