This is Eater’s guide to all the New York City restaurants, bars, and cafes that closed in September 2026. This list will be updated weekly (see: August, July, June, May, April, March, February, January), serving as a round-up of the dining and drinking
places that have shuttered around the city. If a restaurant or bar has closed in your neighborhood, let us know at ny@eater.com.
September 25
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Union Square: Kebab counter Kebabwala, the Indian street foods spot from Unapologetic Foods (the group behind Semma, Dhamaka, and Adda), closed its stall insidethe year-old Time Out Market Union Square food hall. Kebabwala was known for its beef rib-eye and lamb kebabs, paneer, and limited orders of chicken biryani. Per its website, a new location is “coming soon.” The food hall has been losing many of its vendors since it opened last fall. 124 E. 14th Street, between Third and Fourth avenues
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Domino Park: Oddfellow Ice Cream Co. made the “tough decision” to close its Domino Park scoops shop after five years on Sunday, September 27. Founded in 2013 in Brooklyn, Oddfellow maintains stores in Dumbo, Chelsea, and Pier 5 at Brooklyn Bridge Park, along with others in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Florida. For its last act at Domino Park, Oddfellow hosts back-to-back Sundae Sauce ice cream socials on Friday, September 25, and Saturday, September 26, with its popular flavors of strawberry jam and coffee crunch set to DJs. 40 River Street, between Grand Street and South First Street
East Village: Holy Burger, the fast-growing chain for cheese fries, burgers, chopped cheese, and hot dogs, appears to have closed its East Village address after two years. Per EV Grieve, the lights went off a few weeks ago, and now, the “Holy” part is no longer part of its signage; the storefront reads “Cow Burgers” instead. This locale, which debuted in 2024 in the former home ofM & J Asian Cuisine, has been stripped from its website. Holy Burger, founded on the Lower East Side in 2018, has 20 U.S. locations and counting. 600 E. 14th Street, at Avenue B
East Village: Hunan Slurp, the modern Chinese eatery recognized by the Michelin Guide over its eight-year run, bows out of NY on Sunday, September 27. The Hunan rice noodle-heavy menu from artist-turned-chef Chao Wang and co-owner Lu Dong was probably best known for its braised beef lu fen bowl. The team is shifting its sights to Sofun Noodle Bar in Summit, New Jersey. 101 E. Seventh Street, at First Avenue
Long Island City: Blend, the Latin American neighborhood favorite for empanadas, vegan paella, mojitos, and more, shuts down on Sunday, September 27. 47-04 Vernon Boulevard, at 47th Avenue, Queens
Williamsburg: After a 15-year run, Brooklyn cafe Partners Coffee will close the location that started it all on Sunday, September 27. Its lease was up, and despite a push to keep its flagship alive, “we have had to face the heartbreaking reality that it is no longer possible to stay,”wrote Partners in an early-September Instagram post. The local chain, originally called Toby’s Estate Brooklyn, changed its name to Partners in 2019 — and still roasts sustainably sourced coffee daily by hand in Brooklyn to this day. Three NY locations remain, and its coffee is sold by the bag at grocers nationwide. 125 N. Sixth Street, at Berry Street
September 18
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Williamsburg: NYC’s Southern-styled Sweet Chick appears to have shut down its flagship location on Bedford Avenue after a 13-year run, reports Greenpointers, noting the location has been removed from its Instagram bio (and it’s now listed as permanently closed). Founded by New York native John Seymour in 2013, the budding chicken-and-waffles chain with bourbon cocktails and backing from rapper Nas quickly expanded to the Lower East Side, Long Island City, Prospect Heights, and Union Square. All of those locales, aside from the Queens one, are still listed as open. 164 Bedford Avenue, at North Eighth Street, Brooklyn
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Upper East Side: Coastal Italian restaurant Adria suddenly closed earlier this week after just two years of service. Along with spritzes by the goblet, the Yorkville neighborhood gem with a prix fixe lunch option was known for its catch-of-the-day crudo, burrata duo with caviar, pastas, eggplant Parm, and finales like chocolate mousse and cheesecake. The owner hints at plans to resurface in some form in the neighborhood, however. “Not goodbye — just see you soon,” per a closing statement to its Instagram followers, telling one: “This isn’t the end, promise.” Its website instructs customers to sign up for its newsletter for updates on what’s next. L’Osteria, its seasonal Italian sibling on the UES, remains open. 1556 Second Avenue, at East 81st Street
September 11
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East Village: Mimi Cheng’s serves its last dine-in dumpling on Friday, September 11, noting the lease was up at this sole standalone location. “While closing this storefront will be sentimental, it means we get to pour everything into what’s next,” per a closing statement. Over its 12-year run, the tiny shop evolved into a nationwide business found in Whole Foods’ freezer aisles, and the plan is to continue to scale operations apart from its physical digs. The team is currently fielding interest from bars, restaurants, hotels, events, arenas, and other retail stores looking to sell its dumplings. A menu collab with Brooklyn’s Pizza Loves Emily featuring dry-aged beef-stuffed dumplings marked its final days of sit-down service in September. 179 Second Avenue, between East 11th and 12th streets
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Bed-Stuy: Brooklyn’s blue-toned coffee shop, the Bureau, quietly shut down this week, notes Bed-Stuy Stoop, saying the building was repossessed by the city and handed back to the landlord. Chef Ayo Balogun also owns popular places like Dept of Culture and Radio Kwara in the same Brooklyn neighborhood. The Bureau went through several iterations under the same owners over its 13-year run, first as a basic cafe called Civil Service (which had to close after a car crashed into its window in 2018). It later reopened as Council Cafe before ultimately becoming the Bureau three years ago. 279 Nostrand Avenue, at Clifton Place
Brooklyn Heights: After 30 years in Brooklyn, family-run grocer All in One Deli Mart, fondly known as Peas N’ Pickles, closed its doors for good. Owner Minki Lee previously cited a spike in property taxes and rent as the cause for the closure. The neighborhood grocer also offered a vast prepared foods section full of subs, soups, and sushi. 79 Henry Street, at Pineapple Walk
Williamsburg: Boil n Bite, Brooklyn’s seafood boil destination loaded up with clams, calamari, crab, fish and chips, surf-and-turf options, and more, announced its closure on Instagram on Thursday, August 10. 148 N. Seventh Street, between Berry Street and Bedford Avenue
September 4
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East Village: Double Zero, the vegan pizza and wine bar from celebrity vegan chef and raw food advocate Matthew Kenney, permanently closed this week after 12 years. “We have made the difficult decision that continuing Double Zero is no longer financially sustainable,” per signage on the door flagged by EV Grieve, citing rising food and operating costs, the “realities of our lease,” and an overall slowdown in demand for vegan dining.
Double Zero specialized in personal wood-fired pies topped with shiitake bacon and nut-based cheeses like cashew mozzarella to go along with sustainable wines. Back in 2018, Kenney announcedplans to bring the restaurant to Philadelphia, plus other places like Brooklyn, Boston, and Los Angeles; ultimately, however, those locations never materialized. The James Beard-nominated chef and cookbook author previously opened several meat- and dairy-free restaurants across the globe.
The brand has gone through several changes recently. In early 2025, Double Zero and Bar Verde merged into one restaurant called PlantMade, which offered a combination menu of vegan pizzas and Mexican fare. Earlier this year, Kenney rejoined the team as consulting chef and flipped Double Zero back to its original form and name in the space next door to the Second Avenue original. (Its very first name, 00 + Co., confused customers and was quickly changed.) 65 Second Avenue, at Fourth Street
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Union Square: Max Brenner, the whimsical chocolatier that commanded long lines in its early days, closed on Saturday, August 29, after 20 years of catering to the touristy Times Square crowd. Built as a restaurant, chocolate retailer, and interactive dessert bar all in one, Max Brenner served crepes, choctails, pizza topped with chocolate chunks, sweet waffles, and decadent fondue. A Reddit user who flagged the closure noted a post-COVID slump in sales under new ownership. 841 Broadway, between East 13th and 14th streets
West Village: Korean chef Jihan Lee’s TBD Gimbap held its last week of service in late August. TBD, as its name suggested, was technically always meant to be a pop-up (Lee previously told Eater it’d be open until at least May; it ended up lasting six months). The pint-sized takeout strictly specialized in seaweed-wrapped gimbap like his mom used to make, rolled to order and filled with beef bulgogi, spicy carrots, and spicy pork. “This isn’t goodbye. It’s just this chapter closing so the next one can start,” writes Lee in a closing statement, adding that “more gimbap is coming.” The Masa alum is also a partner at next-door Japanese hand roll bar Nami Nori since 2019, which has since expanded to New Jersey, Florida, and Virginia. 31 Carmine Street, near Bleecker Street
