Restaurants to Close

"Benton's Prime Steakhouse, The Peppercorn Duck Club, and Skies Restaurant & Lounge will close when Starwood Hotels & Resorts takes over as operator of the Hyatt Regency Crown Center hotel." Starwood also operates the Westin Crown Center hotel where Benton's (on the 20th floor) will become an upscale catering and meeting facility. The Skies, the revolving restaurant on the 42nd floor of the Hyatt, will beomce a "Sheraton Preferred Guest" lounge; and the Peppercorn Duck Club, known for its chocolate bar, may become a meeting place. Over the last ten years, hotel guests prefer leaving the hotel to search out local restaurants instead of opting for "fine dining" offered in hotel restaurants as in former years.