Turn (3224 Locust), the vinyl album–themed breakfast-and-lunch spot in Midtown’s Grand Center Arts District owned by chef David Kirkland and his wife, Stefanie, will close May 31, after an eight-and-a-half-year run.
Kirkland tells SLM that the decision was not driven by business concerns but by an upcoming move out of state. His wife has accepted a position as The Windgate Foundation Curator of Contemporary Craft at Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock, Arkansas. The couple plans to relocate there this summer.
Kirkland is grateful for the chance to wind things down gracefully and gradually. “Five months is plenty of time for people to visit Turn for the first or final time,” he says, noting that a drawn-out farewell feels like the best possible way to close out his latest endeavor.
As for what comes next, Kirkland says he plans to step back from the restaurant world for now and “take a break from chasing the increasing costs of food, labor, and insurance.” He doesn’t rule out an eventual return, however, adding that he sees Little Rock as “an underserved restaurant market with a lot of opportunity.”…