Church & State
Non-profit organization · Central City ·
Local business collective, cafe, retail shops, event venue
Local business collective, cafe, retail shops, event venue
"Credited with contributing to the Arts District’s transformation since opening more than a decade ago, cited as an early catalytic restaurant in that neighborhood’s evolution." - Eater Staff
"I've seen Church & State play a similar role alongside Bestia, helping to establish the Arts District as a proving ground for bold, experiential dining and lively evening crowds." - Farley Elliott
"This Arts District restaurant space has seen multiple reinventions: its opening chef in 2008 helped establish the neighborhood as a dining destination, it later operated as a French bistro under a prominent chef-owners team before closing abruptly in 2019, and a short-lived revival with a new partner in mid-2019 lasted only a few months. The site has been the focus of several ambitious plans by a local restaurateur, including attempted conversions that ultimately didn’t pan out before the current new partnership was announced." - Matthew Kang
"After briefly closing in May, Church & State has reopened in the Arts District with the same name, but new ownership and a new menu. One of the original big-deal restaurants in the neighborhood, Church & State doesn’t quite have the same interesting, high-quality French food as it used to. Things are a bit more affordable than they were, but both the menu and the food on it are rather bland. The service is good, the cocktails are great, and there’s a fantastic steak with blackberries and bone marrow - but given the choice between this place and other nearby restaurants, we’ll take the others." - Brett Keating
"I noted that Church & State — an iconic French bistro that helped launch the Arts District’s fortunes as a hip city epicenter a decade ago — is currently closed; Chait and Parsons briefly resurrected the restaurant earlier this year after it was sold off by its original owners, before Chengdu Taste moved to take over the space." - Farley Elliott