Grace closed, after Duffy’s departure, in December 2017. (Though the aftermath of the restaurant’s closing included reports of a lawsuit filed in August 2018 by financial partner Michael Olszewski, as of June 21 no such lawsuit could be found in court records.) By the time Ever opens its doors, Chicago diners won’t have tasted Duffy’s food in more than two years — a long time to be absent from the fine-dining world. Muser added that he and Duffy, as proud as they were of Grace, feel the need to surpass it.