A high-profile Connecticut restaurateur who embarked on a rapid expansion in 2020 has lost the keys to another location, again for allegedly not making the rent.

Gina Luari, founder and chief executive of The Statement Group , has been evicted from RAW* , a seafood bar on Church Street in downtown Hartford, court records show.

Luari opened the restaurant – its signature tagline “Oh baby, I like it raw” – in 2023 with the help of $150,000 from the city’s Hart Lift storefront revitalization grant program.

The eviction from a storefront in the 29-story office tower at 280 Trumbull St. took place this month, according to court records .

This latest eviction comes just days after a Superior Court judge denied Luari’s request to remain in a storefront in West Hartford’s Blue B

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