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  • 5 Chicago Bar and Restaurant Closings You Should Have on Your Radar
  • This Celeb Chef Closes His Napa-Based Steakhouse This April
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chicago.eater.com /1 month ago

5 Chicago Bar and Restaurant Closings You Should Have on Your Radar

BUENA PARK — Amici received a lifeline when TikTok-er Keith Lee posted about the restaurant in 2024 to his 17 million fans. However, its owner Alfio Sciacca has decided to close up...

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sf.eater.com /1 month ago

This Celeb Chef Closes His Napa-Based Steakhouse This April

This is a curated list of the Bay Area’s most notable and permanent restaurant and bar closures, with new updates published once a week. See a closing we missed? Then drop us a lin...

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chicago.eater.com /2 weeks ago

7 Recent Chicago Bar and Restaurant Openings to Know

Chicago is surging back this spring. James Beard Award-nominated chefs Rishi Kumar and Zubair Mohajir are working to revive the Loop with Mariela, whereas further south, chefs Bria...

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la.eater.com /1 month ago

The Saddest Restaurant Closures to Know in Los Angeles This Month

Los Angeles’s restaurants continue to face difficult headwinds, starting in 2020 with the onset of a global pandemic and exacerbating with the Hollywood labor strikes in 2023, whic...

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ny.eater.com /1 month ago

Once-Hot Meatball Shop Shutters Last Location — And More NYC Restaurant Closures in April

This is Eater’s guide to all the New York City restaurants, bars, and cafes that closed in April 2026. This list will be updated weekly (see: March, February, January), serving as...

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chicago.eater.com /1 month ago

7 Chicago Bar and Restaurant Openings to Have on Your Radar

Breakfast is coming back big with a new all-day cafe on Halsted and a bagel shop on Lincoln, both in Lincoln Park. Just north of that, Evanston is getting more morning options (eve...

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nrn.com /1 month ago

Urbanbelly to return to Chicago’s Fulton Market

Bill Kim will close the current Wicker Park location later this month

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la.eater.com /1 month ago

The Saddest Restaurant Closures to Know in Los Angeles This Month

Los Angeles’s restaurants continue to face difficult headwinds, starting in 2020 with the onset of a global pandemic and exacerbating with the Hollywood labor strikes in 2023, whic...

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sfist.com /3 weeks ago

Restaurants at Transamerica Complex, Ama and Cafe Sebastian, Abruptly Close as Developer Gets Pushed Out

After just seven months in business, Miami chef Brad Kilgore's showy Italian-Japanese fusion restaurant Ama has closed at the Transamerica complex, along with the more casual dayti...

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dc.eater.com /1 month ago

Chinatown’s Japanese Italian Favorite Tonari Is Closing

Six years after introducing Chinatown to wafu (Japanese-style) Italian cuisine, Tonari is closing on Sunday, May 3. Chef-partner Katsuya Fukushima’s buzzy two-floor restaurant with...

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nwitimes.com /2 days ago

Bar and grill closes in Michigan City

Creekside Bar and Grill closed at 3015 E. Michigan Blvd. in Michigan City.

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sf.eater.com /3 weeks ago

The Transamerica Pyramid Shutters a Trio of Restaurants From Chef Bradley Kilgore

This is a curated list of the Bay Area’s most notable and permanent restaurant and bar closures, with new updates published once a week. See a closing we missed? Then drop us a lin...

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ny.eater.com /4 weeks ago

A Onetime Bakery Juggernaut Closes its Last Location — And More NYC Restaurant Closures in May

This is Eater’s guide to all the New York City restaurants, bars, and cafes that closed in May 2026. This list will be updated weekly (see: April, March, February, January), servin...

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pdx.eater.com /1 month ago

4 Recent Portland-Area Restaurant and Bar Closures to Know

SOUTHEAST — Cocktail bar Libre announced via Instagram that it closed its doors on Saturday, April 4. The Clinton Street watering hole, which debuted in fall 2023, was known for it...

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nwitimes.com /1 month ago

Uptown Social closes in downtown Michigan City

Uptown Social, a wedding and special events venue in a historic 19th-century church, closed in downtown Michigan City.

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nrn.com /2 weeks ago

New Chicago restaurants to try during the National Restaurant Show

The Windy City is a restaurant-rich town. Here are a few places to check out that are brand new and (mostly) ready to be discovered.

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chicago.eater.com /2 weeks ago

The Best New Restaurants in Chicago

Chicago is sprawling, and its restaurant scene is constantly changing. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with all the new openings, but with the Eater Chicago Heatmap, editors and exp...

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ny.eater.com /1 month ago

Two Iconic New York Places Have Closed

New York lost two longtimers this week: Japonica, the Greenwich Village sushi restaurant open since 1978, and Caputo Bakery, the 120-year-old Carroll Gardens institution. The closu...

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londontheinside.com /1 month ago

These London Restaurants Have All Closed

It's a tough time for the hospitality industry We've already written about why 2025 was proving to be such a turbulent one for hospitality, thanks to the combination of increased V...

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nwitimes.com /1 month ago

Vita del Lago shutters in downtown Michigan City

Vita del Lago closed after a three-year run in downtown Michigan City.

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dc.eater.com /1 month ago

One of the Region’s Best Chinese Restaurants — And More D.C.-Area Closures to Know

This is Eater’s guide to all the D.C. restaurants, bars, and cafes closing this spring. If a restaurant or bar has closed in your neighborhood, let us know at dc@eater.com. Spotlig...

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latimes.com /1 week ago

'This is a reckoning': Michael Cimarusti on Connie & Ted's closure and the state of restaurants

One of L.A.'s most ambitious seafood restaurants from a Michelin three-star chef will close July 1. Owners Michael Cimarusti and Crisi Echiverri share why. Also, what to expect in...

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nwitimes.com /1 month ago

D’s Peapod closes after just over a year in Lansing

A Lansing Chinese restaurant has shut its doors after a short run. D’s Peapod operated for a little over a year.

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nwitimes.com /1 month ago

Root & Bone, developed by 'Top Chef' contestants, closing in Chesterton

Root & Bone, an upscale southern restaurant that was developed by "Top Chef" contestants and started out in New York City, is closing after a few years at a high-profile spot i...

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