A Steak in the Neighborhood at 135 E. Congress St. has closed, according to this entry posted on the restaurant’s Facebook page over the weekend:
A Steak in the Neighborhood is closed. We are working on a new concept so keep an eye on this page for more information.
One can only wonder what this new concept will be, but if Luke Cusack – who owns A Steak in the Neighborhood; the nightclubs Sapphire and Zen Rock; and Lindy’s at Redline Sports Grill and RPM Nightclub – is involved, it shouldn’t be long before the new place opens. He’s a master at tearing restaurants out and putting new concepts back in with a quickness.
This article appears in Sep 1-7, 2011.

Thing is, they never seemed to be open anyway. I don’t do downtown as often as I should, but every time I’ve been there in the last couple of years, this place wasn’t open. Okay, maybe once.
And when it was open it wasn’t good. No loss to downtown’s dining scene
From what I have heard, Luke Cusack had to sell to his partners because he had embezzled money to the tune of two hundred thousand dollars, so he sold to avoid a lawsuit.
Mr. Cusack has a habit of stealing services that he refuses to pay for as well.
I see Mr. Cusack for what he is, not what he pretends to be.