A bittersweet end to Cassis

By CHARLES FERRUZZA

Two years ago, The Pitch named Cassis, chef Patrick Quillec’s bistro in Leawood’s Town Center Plaza, the Best New Restaurant in Kansas City. This week the restaurant’s phone service was disconnected.

Quillec has reportedly left town (he didn’t return messages left on his cell phone). Quillec, who has opened a number of restaurants in the metro area since his first success, Hannah Bistro Cafe, in 1998, closed nearly as many.