The Saddest NYC Restaurant Closures in June
East Village: Danish pastry bakery Sweet Cake appears to have closed its Manhattan location, as reported by EV Grieve, sometime this spring. Its Flushing location remains open. 215 First Avenue at East 13th Street
Greenwich Village: Critically acclaimed Japanese Peruvian restaurant Llama San is closing this week after six years this week. Its last day will be on Saturday, June 7. Chef Erik Ramirez and Juan Correa are still operating Llama Inn in Brooklyn and the recently opened Papa San, both with similar Japanese Peruvian approaches. 359 Sixth Avenue, at West Washington Place .
Harlem: Japanese comfort food restaurant Chopped Parsley closed on Saturday, May 31. Owner and chef Yumika Parsley, who opened her restaurant in 2015, had been recounting her issues with the address's management on Instagram, writing that she was told she wasn't able to renew the lease back in March. 500 West 146th Street, near Amsterdam Avenue
Herald Square: Martinique Hotel restaurant B&L Diner has closed sometime in May. The space had been co-partner Franklin Becker's restaurant the Press Club Grill, but that closed in September 2024 to become this diner later that fall by Becker and chef Stephen Loffredo. The hotel's other dining and drinking spots include newcomer dessert shop Sweet Graffiti, cocktail bar the Bronze Owl, and the B&L Bakery. 1262 Broadway between 32nd and 33rd streets
Long Island City: Queens Chinese speakeasy 929 Speakeasy closed on Sunday, May 18. The team is going to relocate the cocktail bar, which opened in 2021, to a new address sometime later this year, per its website. The team also turned the current address into a new bar, 56709, with cocktails and Japanese City pop music. 42-45 27th Street, between 42nd Road and 43rd Street
Upper West Side: Chinese dry hot pot restaurant 108 Food Dried Hot Pot closed sometime this past spring, as reported by West Side Rag. Former Eater NY critic Robert Sietsema raved about the restaurant when it opened in 2017. 2794 Broadway at West 108th Street
Upper West Side: Family-run Mexican restaurant Taqueria y Fonda is closing on Saturday, June 7, as reported by I Love the Upper West Side. Owner Jorge Lopez had sold the restaurant because of 'rising rents,' per the website. The restaurant had opened back in 1999. 968 Amsterdam Avenue, between West 107th and 108th streets
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