Tag: closings

Italian restaurant Nonna at 85th street and Columbus Avenue closed last week as the owners transformed it into a new restaurant: A.G. Bistro. The new restaurant will serve "hearty rustic food," a manager told us, with various French and Spanish dishes on the menu. It will have a soft launch ...

Some news on the retail front: Laytner's Linens & Home, a bedding store on 82nd and Broadway, has decided to shrink by half "by March." The store is holding a consolidation sale, offering 20% to 70% off. They want to "improve your shopping experience while bringing you higher standards at ...

New owners have taken over Sushi Hana at 466 Amsterdam Avenue (82nd) and have turned the restaurant into a fusion spot called Amaze, serving Chinese and Thai food as well as Japanese cuisine like sushi. The restaurant opened today. Sushi Hana closed a little over a week ago, telling customers ...

Il Cibreo, an Italian restaurant on 2888 Broadway between 112th and 113th that lasted about a year and a half closed this week to make way for a new concept: Mexican food! A new restaurant called Amigos is expected to open in the same spot on Friday, offering mid-priced Mexican ...

In recent days two local businesses have closed suddenly -- one because of a fire and one for unclear reasons.

Cardomat, a card and gifts store on Broadway between 112th and 113th street, is closing its doors after 20 years. The store is selling everything for 50% off and told our tipster Nancy that they'll stay open until they clear the merchandise. The store got a lucky break shortly after ...

Big Nick's is in big trouble. The restaurant on 77th Street and Broadway may have to shut down after serving Upper West Siders sloppy delicious food for more than 50 years, because of a rent hike that will make its annual rent cost more than $700,000. Big Nick himself broke ...

In the past few weeks, the West 70's have experienced lots of changes. Here are some of them:

Soutine Bakery, a tiny shop that has sold cakes, pies, muffins and pastries at 104 West 70th Street for more than 30 years, closed its doors on Friday. The bakery was facing a rent increase. "It was the right time," owner Madge Rosenberg told us. Madge sold the lease to ...

Upper West Siders have flocked to Grom, the Italian gelato shop on 76th and Broadway, for the past six years. The line was often out the door. But apparently it wasn't quite enough of a hot spot, because the gelato shop has closed. Grom was pricey, but was arguably worth ...

Amid the excitement about all the new openings on the Upper West side, there have also been some closings.

Numero 28 Cucina, a restaurant chain with locations in other parts of the city, just opened this weekend at 660 Amsterdam Avenue near 92nd Street. The restaurant is known for its pizza, but this location will have a wider array of entrees too from chef Philip Guardione, a native Sicilian ...

Ritz Camera moved a few months ago from one side of Broadway between 88th and 89th Streets to the other to accommodate a soon-to-open TD Bank. TD was even nice enough to pay for their move. But even that act of kindness couldn't forestall obsolescence. The new store has been ...

The Purple Fig, a restaurant on 72nd Street between Broadway and West End Avenue, has been closed since late August. At first, a phone message at the restaurant said it was shut down for the summer until September 7. More recently, the phone was "temporarily disconnected." That came after a ...

Fatty Crab, the Malaysian-inspired restaurant on 77th Street and Broadway, is closing for good after Labor Day. And from now until closing time, the restaurant is offering Happy Hour drink deals: $3 PBR tallboys, $5 Tsing Taos, $6 Malaysian margaritas, and $6 mixed drink specials. A couple of months ago, ...

Alouette, a French bistro on 97th Street and Broadway, will close its doors for good on August 30, because the owners couldn't keep up with high taxes and rent. The writing was on the wall last month, as the restaurant sold more than 880 Groupon discounts, selling $92 meals for ...

Some new restaurants are opening on the Upper West Side, and a few stores have recently closed. Thank you to everyone who

Two restaurants closed without much warning in the past few days.

KTCollection, a handmade jewelry business started by designer Katie Thompson, will  open its first New York store in September in the space at the corner of 75th and Columbus recently vacated by a Verizon dealer (at right). KTCollection has sold items at holiday fairs and other events in the past ...

The Body Shop on the corner of 76th Street and Broadway is closing on Saturday after being open for decades. It's not clear why the shop is shutting its doors -- an employee there didn't know the details when we called. According to one of our tipsters, Jeff, the store ...