Top of the Hub, Boston’s Decades-Old Restaurant With a 360 View, Is Closing on April 18

The closure will bring an end to 55 years of dining with a 52nd-story view of the city .

A decades-old Boston restaurant with the best views in town will close on April 18. Top of the hub, which is located on the 52nd floor of Back Bay’s Prudential Tower, has been offering diners panoramic views of Greater Boston — along with expensive steaks and a menu that could have come from the pages of The Bonfire of the Vanities — since its inception in 1965.

Boston Properties, which is the company that owns the building, didn’t renew the restaurant’s lease despite its apparent profitability.

Top of the Hub is operated by Select Restaurants, Inc., which owns restaurants in six other states. Its chairman, John Quagliata, released a statement about the Top of the Hub’s imminent closure, which read in part:

“Despite continued sales growth, a commitment to once again invest millions of dollars in the restaurant, and our heartfelt desire to operate the restaurant as we have for decades, Boston Properties chose not to extend our lease.”

The Skywalk Observatory — which is located on the building’s 50th floor — is also closing.

Boston Properties executive vice president Bryan Koop told the Boston Globe that the company is “planning an exciting new design for an observatory at [the] Prudential Center,” but stopped short of indicating whether those plans include another restaurant with sky-high views and prices to match.

If you want to have the last time to taste the top of the hub , please don't hestitate to make a reservations. The following are open hours and locations.

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http://topofthehub.net/reservations/

Open hours:

Sunday: 11:am - 1:00am

Monday-Saturday: 11:30 am -1:00am

Location:

800 Boylston Street, Prudential Building

52nd Floor Boston, MA 02199