Ayesha Curry and Michael Mina's International Smoke restaurant at CityCentre is closing.

The mini national restaurant chain from the celebrity cook/cookbook author and the James Beard Award-winning chef puts a global spin on items from the grill, including St. Louis ribs, cedar-smoked salmon and bacon-pork belly steamed buns prepared tableside.

“International Smoke Houston will be closing its doors, effective immediately. We are grateful to all of our staff and guests for all of their support in the time that we’ve been open,” Jamie Law, a representative for the restaurant, told the Houston Chronicle in an email. “We look forward to welcoming our guests at one of our other International Smoke restaurant locations in San Francisco, Del Mar and Aventura, as well as the newest addition in Las Vegas, slated to open before the end of the year.”

International Smoke at CityCentre, which was named to Houston Chronicle food critic Alison Cook’s 2019 Top 100 Houston Restaurants list, launched in July 2018.

Before the doors opened, it came under fire by Rockets fans who took to Yelp to undermine the restaurant. Ayesha Curry’s husband, Stephen, was an instrumental part of the Warriors' 2018 win over the Rockets in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals, ending the Rockets' season in heartbreak. The Warriors would go on to win their third championship in four years after defeating the Cavaliers in the NBA Finals.

It will be a loss for CityCentre, but management said in a statement the development expects to see "a new concept that complements the current lineup of dining and beverage offerings there very soon.”

“Regretfully, International Smoke has made the decision to close their Houston location, effective immediately, but the CityCentre environment is constantly evolving," according to the statement.

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