If you haven’t heard by now, Del Toro, Wicker Park’s Spanish spot featuring Chef Andrew Zimmerman’s small plates cuisine is closing on Sunday. I wrote a pretty long story on the restaurant and we also produced a podcast with Chef Zimmerman last year.

Restaurants close for a variety of reasons including running out of cash, bad locations, poor management, horrible food and clumsy service. One thing I can vouch for is that Del Toro was not a case of horrible food and clumsy service. In fact I went for dinner tonight to get one last meal, because I’m genuinely going to miss Zimmerman’s food.

I’m working on a larger story about the closing of the restaurant for Newcity for next week, but I wanted to take advantage of the power of the web and instant publishing and urge anyone who hasn’t been, or even those that have, to get there for one last meal.

Chef Zimmerman is blowing it out this weekend. Unfettered by economic pressure and faced with having to unload a larder of ingredients, he’s featuring six specials including incredibly good house cured versions of Serrano style ham and Morcilla, or Spanish blood sausage. For dessert, there’s an excellent white wine infused french toast with bacon ice cream. That may sound weird, but the bacon ice cream features just a touch of smoke and salt. When paired with the french toast, it’s like the best bacon and french toast breakfast you’ve ever had.

Del Toro is located at 1520 N. Damen Ave.