The NYC Booze & Grub Graveyard

    Opening a bar or restaurant in NYC is a fickle business. Here are all the joints I’ve reviewed that have permanently closed. Some make me sad. Others don’t surprise me in the least.

    Natureworks - Midtown

    Natureworks – Midtown

    [CLOSED] I grew up in California literally eating wheat germ and carob. We used to go to those...
    Hillstone - Midtown

    Hillstone – Midtown

    [CLOSED] This is just a Houston’s. Come at me, bro. You, bro. And you, bro. All you bros...
    Black Door

    Black Door

    [CLOSED] Sedate and lovely. So go the adjectives related to Black Door. More specifically, Black Door’s private party...
    Copper Johns Pub & Kitchen

    Copper Johns Pub and Kitchen

    [CLOSED] Ah, the ubiquitous Irish pub / sports bar in Midtown Manhattan. Places that serve domestic beer, Guinness...
    The Central Bar

    The Central Bar

    [CLOSED] A generic bar name for a generic sports bar. Seems fitting. Because someone actually sat around thinking...
    Browns Bagels

    Browns Bagels

    [CLOSED] Don’t toast your fucking NY bagels. It’s a travesty. The only acceptable toasting of bagels is if...
    Ramen Lab

    Ramen Lab

    [CLOSED] I am ashamed that I’ve eaten very little in the way of ramen. My first experience was...
    Uncle Boons

    Uncle Boons

    [CLOSED] This place is bonkers and bananas and also bonkers. Or b ‘n’ b ‘n’ b for short....
    Fedora

    Fedora

    [CLOSED] There was a time in the early nineties when every white guy on earth thought he could...
    Omakasa - Midtown West

    Omakasa – Midtown West

    [CLOSED] There’s nothing like taking a real word and bastardizing it to name your business. In this case...
    Hudson Station Bar & Grill

    Hudson Station

    [CLOSED] You know that place you duck into when it’s raining really hard and there’s absolutely nothing else...
    Spuyten Duyvil

    Spuyten Duyvil

    [CLOSED] It’s like a party at your friend’s shitty borough apartment. Because it’s a bar in a shitty...
    Drexler's

    Drexler’s

    [CLOSED] Fancy doesn’t usually fly in the East Village. Or maybe that’s my 1995 brain talking. But, as...