Three Weeks After Health Department Closure, UWS Sweetgreen Permanently Closes

By Gus Saltonstall

Sweetgreen, the popular fast-casual salad and bowl chain, has permanently closed its location at 311 Amsterdam Avenue, between West 74th and 75th streets, according to signage on the storefront.

The closure comes around three weeks after the New York City Health Department temporarily shuttered the outpost for “live roaches in the facility’s food or non-food area,” the report at the time read. The location reopened a couple of days later.

The Sweetgreen signage on the Upper West Side storefront has already come down.

“Thanks for eating with us,” a message on the front door had read. “We’re now closed, but you can find us on 67th and Columbus.” The Sweetgreen location referenced is at 159 Columbus Avenue.

On Sunday night, West Side Rag saw Sweetgreen employees hugging outside of the store. “It was a good one,” a person walking by said to one of the staff members.

Sweetgreen did not announce its specific reason for closing the UWS location.

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