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Chicago-based breakfast chain Yolk has permanently closed one of its three Indianapolis locations, ending a seven-year run in downtown’s Salesforce Tower.
Owner Taki Kastanis said Yolk was unable to “revitalize” the Salesforce Tower restaurant after the pandemic. The eatery known for its red velvet French toast and eggs Benedict reopened in fall 2022 following two years of pandemic closure.
Local Yolk locations on East South Street at CityWay and at Ironworks near Keystone at the Crossing reopened in 2021.
The May 24 closure in Salesforce Tower “does not impact our other locations in Indianapolis in any way as they continue to serve the Indy community,” Kastanis wrote in an email to IBJ.
Yolk, which launched in Chicago’s South Loop in 2006, expanded to Indianapolis with the CityWay spot in 2014 and the Ironworks location in 2016. The 4,700-square-foot Salesforce Tower restaurant, a street-level operation along Pennsylvania Street, opened in 2017.
Before Yolk, Paradise Bakery & Cafe served customers in the space from 2007 to 2016.
The Yolk chain is made up of 16 locations in Illinois, Indiana, Texas and Florida.
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Bummer, another empty storefront on a very prominent corner.
Sad to see it go.
Unfortunately, even though most of the Sales Force Tower is leased up many of the office tenants are working from home…
Same with Regions Tower and BMO.
No breakfast. No lunch.
I legitimately thought this place closed 2 years ago. It looked vacant when I looked in the windows. Had I known it was open, I would have been eating there.
Right I would’ve gone there as well, but it always seemed closed.
Same
That’s because it WAS usually closed. I’ve been by many times, during breakfast hours, since 2022 and don’t recall it ever being open after the extended shut down due to the damage from the protests.
I’ve worked in offices, and remotely from home. For the life of me I cannot understand why anyone prefers to be isolated from their colleagues by working remotely. Employers know too that the synergy of working together in an office is more likely to yield better innovation, decision-making, and execution. Do people really think mental health benefits for isolation?
Did you have a 3 hour in office focus group to collaborate on all those buzz words? So you prefer to go to the office. Cool. Many people prefer the opposite. Working remotely is not at all isolated. With technology, I am connected 3-4 different ways. The mental health statement is too stupid to even address.
Working from home wasn’t really a thing for most of us before COVID and, unfortunately, too many people who got a taste of it now consider it a deal breaker. Studies have proven that work from home is not as productive as working from the office. It’s just not. I’m glad to see some employers are pushing for more hours in office – it was only a matter of time. And those that think it’s their birthright to work from home and can do that with new jobs.