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Stories tagged “closures”

Christopher's Covent Garden to close after 35 years
The American restaurant and Martini Bar leaves its Grade II listed home on Wellington Street a year after a refurbishment. Its owners say they will relocate.

Deliranto leaves Salou and its Michelin star behind
The only Michelin-starred restaurant in Salou serves its last dinner on 31 October. Pep Moreno is taking the concept out of the province and wants to reopen in the second half of 2027.

Byrdi Melbourne closes after six years in the CBD
Luke Whearty and Aki Nishikura have shut the Melbourne Central bar that made native Australian ingredients a cocktail discipline rather than a garnish.

UK hospitality insolvencies fall 24% in August
The monthly count is the lowest of the year, but the 12-month total still stands at 3,201 and the business rates revaluation arrives before operators can bank the relief.

Yardbird bankruptcy filing opens court sale process
Yardbird Group LLC and ten affiliated entities filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware on September 21, listing $25 million in secured debt as the chain pursues a court-supervised sale.

Santerra closure: Madrid loses a Michelin-starred game restaurant
The Madrid restaurant, known for its game cooking and a twice-awarded croqueta, has closed after its operating company entered pre-insolvency proceedings in May, according to Spanish media.

Osaka restaurant bankruptcy: LIAISON operator owes ¥1.2bn
The DINING, which opened the Michelin-starred French restaurant LIAISON in 2017 and grew to about 30 outlets, has stopped trading with some 300 creditors.

Beefeater closure: Whitbread shuts its last 106 restaurants
The carvery chain's final site traded on September 10, the last of three closure dates that also emptied Table Table, Cookhouse + Pub and Brewers Fayre this month.

Slow & Low Barcelona trades its Michelin star for tapas
Frank Beltri's one-star restaurant in the Eixample serves its last tasting menu on 17 October. His company keeps Bar Canyí, the tapas bar a minute away that draws thousands of customers a month.

Denny's closures add five diners in Minnesota and Wisconsin
The franchisee M15 Inc. shut four restaurants in Minnesota and one in Wisconsin on 3 September and said it intends to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

O'Charley's closes its company restaurants after 55 years
The Nashville casual-dining chain shut its remaining company-owned sites on Wednesday evening, according to trade and local reports; franchised restaurants are operated separately.

Double Zero closes after 12 years in the East Village
The plant-based pizza and wine bar on Second Avenue shut this month, four months after reopening next door under its original name and its original chef.
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