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The Grille at Blackhawk closed in January 2025. (Photo by Jeremy Walsh) 
“Blackhawk Grille” signage remains up around the building despite the restaurant of that particular name closing in 2020. The Grille at Blackhawk, as successor management named its restaurant in the same space, was open from 2020 until January 2025. (Photo by Jeremy Walsh) 
Brief signage announces the restaurant’s closure in early 2025. (Photo by Jeremy Walsh) 
The Grille at Blackhawk closed in January 2025. (Photo by Jeremy Walsh) 
“Blackhawk Grille” signage remains up around the building despite the restaurant of that particular name closing in 2020. The Grille at Blackhawk, as successor management named its restaurant in the same space, was open from 2020 until January 2025. (Photo by Jeremy Walsh) 
Blackhawk Plaza marquee still lists Blackhawk Grille and Century Theater as tenants despite both being closed. (Photo by Jeremy Walsh)
The Grille at Blackhawk, perhaps the most prominent restaurant space in the Blackhawk Plaza, abruptly closed its doors for good in recent weeks.
Locked glass doors and rows of windows showing the darkened interior with tables, chairs and bar-tops still in place – plus a few untouched mailers on the floor — now greet patrons who walk past the vacant unit at 3540 Blackhawk Plaza Cir. Signs on two entrance doors read, “We are permanently closed. Thank you for all your support. The Grille at Blackhawk.”
The factors leading to the permanent closure in mid-January were not immediately clear. Attempts to reach the restaurant managers have been unsuccessful to date, and its website has been taken offline. Blackhawk Plaza representatives had not responded to a request for comment as of Thursday afternoon.
A main restaurant spot in the upscale outdoor shopping center in eastern Danville, the multi-room tenant space had been occupied by the Blackhawk Grille for more than 30 years before that business shuttered in the spring of 2020 after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New management reopened and rebranded the restaurant as The Grille at Blackhawk within months — although signage around the building still retains the “Blackhawk Grille” name to this day.
The closure of the grille now means multiple ex-tenants’ names continue to grace signs within and around the plaza, including the center’s marquee at the corner of Camino Tassajara and Blackhawk Road.
Century Theater is still promoted on signs despite the movie theater having closed more than two years ago. Apple Cinemas was announced in late 2023 as a new lessee to take over the theater space during 2024, but the business has not opened yet and extensive renovations appear to be ongoing within the unit.
No opening date is displayed on the theater’s exterior. The Blackhawk Plaza website touts Apple Cinemas and its “full service state of the art movie theater” as “Coming Soon!” generically.
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