This is Eater’s guide to all the New York City restaurants, bars, and cafes that closed in July 2026. This list will be updated weekly (see: 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.
July 24
Spotlight
Midtown: The Lambs Club, the Chatwal Hotel’s Broadway-adjacent American favorite founded by celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian in 2010 that seated the A-list likes of Amal Clooney and Anna Wintour in its big banquette booths over the years, closes on Saturday, July 25. After Zakarian and his team parted ways in 2021, chef Jack Logue stepped in to serve a popular pre-theater mix of steak tartare, ’nduja carbonara, and sundaes as of late. The restaurant got its name from the Lambs Club, the oldest professional theatrical club in America that occupied the early-1900s building from the beginning.
But future celebrity sightings are likely in store; the Wolseley, London’s all-day hot spot on Piccadilly Street, previously announced plans to expand stateside into the same Art Deco-era space next year, which will include a new namesake hotel and cellar-level component functioning as a speakeasy bar and wellness center. Logue is still tied to Buchette del Vino, a Tuscan restaurant he co-founded in nearby Times Square. 132 W. 44th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues
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Greenpoint: Blue Light Speak Cheesy, a Brooklyn breakfast sandwich pop-up birthed by a SoCal native that turned permanent in the old Getaway space, closed on Sunday, July 19. Owner Andy Chetakian, who moved to LA last year, had been running the cafe, which was also known for its burritos and tacos, from afar. “Greenpoint will always be special to me, and I love seeing how much the shop means to the neighborhood,” Chetakian tells Greenpointers. 158 Green Street, at Manhattan Avenue
Greenpoint: Wasabi Japanese Restaurant, Brooklyn’s pioneering sushi standby for 26 years, will close on Monday, July 27. Owners Robby and Cristin Wijaya say the closure “was not a decision taken lightly,” tellingGreenpointers they lost their lease due to the landlord’s desire to market the building. “Rising operating costs and a difficult business environment” were also factors, per a GoFundMe page set up to cover costs for an ironically recent renovation, and now, a potential relocation within the neighborhood. 638 Manhattan Avenue, near Nassau Avenue
Lenox Hill: Spice Thai, the crowd-pleasing spot for curries, fried rice, noodles, soups, and sauteed dishes, shut down its 15-year-old Upper East Side outpost in mid-July. The Lenox Hill location is now listed as permanently closed on its website. Spice Thai, which got its start in Manhattan in 1997, maintains a presence on the Upper West Side. 1479 1st Avenue, at East 77th Street
Midtown: After 11 years and “more than a million sandwiches made,” Pickler, the reliable lunchtime pit stop, closed in mid-June. The chicken club wrap, egg-avocado sandwich, and BLT were among its best sellers. “The decision in the end was personal and not about the business,” per the swan-song statement. 216 E. 45th Street, between Second and Third avenues
Tribeca: Nish Nush, a vegetarian’s paradise for Mediterranean staples like falafel and shakshuka platters (plus frosé and beers to boot), closed after 12 years. The reason? To make way for a new nine-story residential building, per Tribeca Citizen. Despite permitting plans that came to light last April, its Lower Manhattan fans apparently didn’t see it coming. Owner Eyal Hen’s Nolita restaurant, 19 Cleveland, still exists. Nish Nush’s space was formerly home to Mike’s Papaya. 88 Reade Street, at Church Street
Upper West Side: Cheesy Pizza, a beacon for slices and offbeat ingredients for over 35 years, is now closed. Per a West Side Rag tipster quoting the owner, the cause is allegedly due to a rent spike set to double from $20,000 per month. A long list of pies in various sizes, topped with everything from baked ziti to Philly cheesesteak trimmings, joined starters like pepperoni-garlic knots and calamari. Cheesy Pizza, founded by a young Italian immigrant in 1985, planted roots in Brooklyn before moving to the UWS in 1991. 2640 Broadway, at West 100th Street
Williamsburg: Mesiba, a lively Levantine spot for mezze and family-style dishes that translates to “party” in Hebrew, announced its closure this week inside the Moxy hotel. “After an unforgettable run, it’s time for our Mesiba to come to an end,” per a statement from the team. The space is still available for private events. 353 Bedford Avenue,at South Fourth Street
July 17
Spotlight
Greenwich Village: After a nearly decade-long run, critically acclaimed chef Dan Kluger shut down his wood-fired American mainstay Loring Place on Tuesday, July 14. “Rising costs have made this the necessary time to close this chapter,” per a statement. “While it’s not the outcome we hoped for, we are so grateful for every year we have had.” As the opening executive chef of ABC Kitchen, Kluger notably helped his mentor Jean-Georges Vongerichten win the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant back in 2011. Loring’s website directs customers to Kluger’s existing trifecta of Hudson Yards siblings: Greywind, Spygold, and the Bakery at Spygold. 21 W. Eighth Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues
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Midtown: Urban Hawker, the Singaporean food hall that the late Anthony Bourdain helped conceive and food critic, host, and writer K.F. Seetoh brought to life in 2022, closes today, Friday, July 17, because the building was sold for redevelopment. Seetoh helped create ideas for the hall with Bourdain at the World Street Food Congress in Singapore, recruiting chefs from there to operate 15 opening stalls on two levels. Former Eater critic Robert Sietsema offered early praise for Hainan Jones and its Hainanese chicken rice. Urban Hawker also helped birth Lady Wong, which was Eater’s Best New Bakery in 2022 and maintains a standalone location in the East Village, as well as one in Connecticut. 135 W. 50th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues
Prospect Lefferts Gardens: Bar Camillo, a Roman-style pinsa place with a vinyl dance party downstairs that made an untimely debut just weeks before the pandemic in 2020, closed on Sunday, July 12. The brick-framed Brooklyn hangout was known for its oval-shaped flatbreads, pastas, and Negronis. Its underground listening lounge, Suono, billed as Bed-Stuy’s “sole subterranean hi-fi bar,” shut down in early July. The team reflects on the cause behind the overall closure six years later: “People go out less, drink less, order less. And at the same time, all of our costs have skyrocketed.” Other projects are in the works, adds its closing statement, and the group is going all in on its pair of existing Brooklyn projects: Camillo in Flatbush and flagship spot Locanda Vini e Olii in Clinton Hill. 333 Tompkins Avenue, between Gates Avenue and Monroe Street
Upper East Side: Gino’s Pizza closed after 34 years of serving slices, pasta, calzones, and wings to the Yorkville community, marking the second casualty for the NYC Italian institution this year. Its even-older downtown Brooklyn counterpart closed in January after 40 years near the now-Barclays Center due to a huge rent hike. In the UES case, the building went up for sale, and the owner opted to retire. 345 E. 83rd Street, near First Avenue
July 10
Spotlight
Midtown: Redeye Grill, the two-story American brasserie and A-list magnet facing Carnegie Hall since 1995, will close on Sunday, July 12. The popular pre-theater pitstop for seafood towers, sushi, skirt steak frites, and chocolate cake is perhaps best known for its Dancing Shrimp dish: colossal coconut-battered prawns that jiggle on sticks that are shoved in an oak ball along with cubed pineapples. The 30-year-old restaurant is also iconic for its 88-foot colorful mural from pop artist Red Grooms — just one of many impressive art pieces amassed by Fireman Hospitality Group’s founder Shelly Fireman, who died last fall at age 93. Redeye’s lease was reportedly up, and the team was unable to come to terms on a new deal, per the New York Post. CEO Ben Grossman’s family-owned group maintains 11 restaurants, such as Lincoln Center-adjacent Cafe Fiorello. Some of the last celebrities to dine at Redeye include Steven Spielberg, Bryan Cranston, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, and Ethan Hawke, all there in May for Broadway’s Celebrity Autobiography afterparty. 890 Seventh Avenue, near West 56th Street
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Boerum Hill: Public Display of Affection (PDA), a Brooklyn pizzeria featuring Midwestern flavors, a wine club, weekend burrito brunch, and Jell-O shots, closed on Monday, July 6, after a six-year run in what its brother-sister duo (Rob and Emi Guimond) call a “reluctant exit.” PDA leaned into its name with vintage erotica images and custom love notes inside its “NSFWZZA” boxes for Valentine’s Day. The pair previously announced their plan to close back in April. 669 Union Street, near Fourth Avenue
East Village: Stoned Pizza, a cannabis-infused, all-you-can-eat-and-drink tasting room that debuted during the early days of the pandemic in fall 2020, shut down around the end of June. The five-course, THC-tinged Italian menu included a salad, “ganja” knots, pizza, wings, and gelato, which at some point cost $120. Owner Chris Barrett — who earned the nickname “Pizza Pusha” over the years — cited rats, electrical problems, and overall “building issues” as causes for the closure, per an interview withEV Grieve, adding that Stoned Pizza and its staff will relocate to a new setup in Astoria that has “three floors, a backyard with a retractable roof and more parking.” 235 E. Fourth Street, near Avenue B
Soho: Regina’s Grocery, the hip Italian sandwich shop loaded with meats that first debuted on Orchard Street in 2017, left its Mulberry Street address because the rent was allegedly tripling. “That’s a little too spicy, even for us,” adds its eye-roll statement on Instagram this week. “So we packed up and headed to the East Village while we keep our eyes open for the right spot back in SoHo.” Owner Roman Grandinetti, who named the takeout after his mother, Regina, added weekend-only breakfast for the first time at the latest East Village locale, which debuted in May. The Uncle Jimmy hero (prosciutto, hot soppressata, fresh mozzarella, and Calabrian chile) continues to be an overall fan fave. 241 Mulberry Street, near Prince Street
Union Square: Married duo and owners of Park Slope’s Noodle Lane, Lane Li and Chris Wang, closed Rulin on Monday, July 6, after a six-month run. In addition to serving hand-pulled noodles, the short-lived spot offered creative takes on Lanzhou, Cantonese, and Sichuan dishes. The couple just flipped the same space, however, into a newly openedMexican Chinese mashup called Taco Lane. 5 E. 13th Street between University Place and Fifth Avenue
Upper East Side: Shwkulatae, a decadent dessert shop whose name means “chocolate” in Arabic, closed after a little over a year. Short-lived Shwkulatae specialized in the finer things in life from Dubai, including loaded shakes, croffles, brownies with fresh fruit, pistachio cheesecake, and tableside crepes, complete with dramatic chocolate drizzles that brought Salt Bae to mind. 415 E. 70th Street, between First and York avenues
Upper West Side: Francesco’s Pizza, a NY slice shop that got its start at the dawn of Y2K, appears to have shut down in early July. Open since 1999, the quick-serve neighborhood option was known for its baked ziti, olive oil-crust pizza, and Buffalo wings. West Side Rag first flagged the pizza place’s unlikely future with a photo of its gutted interior. 186 Columbus Avenue, between West 68th and 69th streets
July 3
Spotlight
Flatiron: Chef Wylie Dufresne, an alum of wd~50 and Du’s Donuts, closed his original Stretch Pizza on Thursday, July 2, after a three-year run. However, he’s keeping the follow-up one in Williamsburg open. The plan is to “focus our energies” on that newer location across the river in Domino Park, “where we will have some exciting developments to share in the coming months,” per Dufresne’s statement. The suddenly announced closure in Flatiron, however, sparked some social media backlash in the comments section about whether affected employees there got a proper heads-up. Open since 2023, Stretch Pizza introduced Manhattan to pies in offbeat flavors like dan dan chicken. 331 Park Avenue South, near East 24th Street
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Crown Heights: After owner and chef Jeremy Salamon closed his just-a-year-old Red Hook restaurant Pitt’s in March, he’s shuttering his other spot this month. Five-year-old Eastern European-influenced Agi’s Counter is closing on Sunday, July 5, with a final lunch service (it served its last evening hours already on Sunday, June 14). He explains in a video that he decided to close because of basement flooding in the building. Salamon stresses that this is “not goodbye” but “see you later.” 818 Franklin Avenue, near Eastern Parkway
East Village: Minimalist hand roll bar Temakase closed its East Village locale on Monday, June 29, but Manhattan will soon get another one this September in Soho. The Japanese mini-chain also maintains locations in Nomad and Williamsburg. 157 Second Avenue, near East 10th Street
Long Island City: Levante, a once-hot Neapolitan pizza place that amassed a strong neighborhood following over its decade-long run, closed on Friday, June 19, by the Stella Hospitality Group. 26-21 Jackson Avenue, near 43rd Avenue
Nomad: Chef Masaya Shirai’s kaiseki omakase and a la carte restaurant Towa closes on Friday, July 3. The Hand Hospitality team opened the restaurant in 2022. 36 W. 26th Street, near Sixth Avenue
Nomad: Right next door, Hand Hospitality is also closing Okonomi Yuji Ramen prior to the Fourth of July on Friday, July 3. The ramen shop that got its start at Smorgasborg will keep its Brooklyn location open. 36 W. 26th Street, near Sixth Avenue
