After 16 years of business, the Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery in Downtown Bellevue will close its doors Nov. 1.

The restaurant opened with the Bellevue Galleria­—now the Bellevue Connection— in 1999.

Becca Fisher, legal counsel for CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries Group, Inc., said lack of revenue was forcing the closure.

“We’ve proudly served the community and employed dozens of residents over that period, but the economic climate made it too challenging for us to continue operating profitably,” she wrote in an email.

Rock Bottom operates a restaurant and brewery in Seattle in Rainier Square. That location will remain in business, Fisher said, along with the other 30 Rock Bottom locations nationally. The original Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery is located in Boulder, Colorado.

Fisher said several employees will continue with the CraftWorks company in the area, and management is attempting to place other employees in nearby businesses.

CraftWorks operates 31 Rock Bottom locations without Bellevue, 32 Gordon Biersch Brewing Company locations (including one in downtown Seattle) and other chains including Old Chicago.