What would a cold day in Union Square be without a cup of steaming City Bakery hot chocolate? What fun will Madison Avenue window shopping be without those wonderful and weird Barneys windows? Where will Park Slope celebrate its Pride without Excelsior?
More than a dozen iconic New York City businesses closed last year, and that will mean for New York, we’ve only begun to find out.
Here are just a few of the beloved neighborhood bakeries, button shops and bookstores forced to close their doors in 2019.
City Bakery Officially Closes After 3 Decades
UNION SQUARE, NY — It’s official: City Bakery has closed after some three decades in the neighborhood. After the celebrity bakery announced earlier this month it had racked up too much debt,… Read more
Barneys New York Sold In $271M Deal
NEW YORK — Barneys New York is set to be sold to a brand management firm in a $271 million deal that may shutter most of the retailer’s stores. A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved… Read more
Upper East Side Dean & Deluca Closes
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Upscale grocery chain Dean & Deluca closed its Upper East Side location on Madison Avenue this month. The store shut its doors on June 30, two days after a notice… Read more
Juno Closes, Blames ‘Misguided’ NYC Minimum Wage Regulations
NEW YORK CITY — Juno — one of the city’s four app-based ride-hailing companies — shut down in New York because of “misguided” regulations establishing a minimum wage for drivers, its parent company… Read more
Tender Buttons Closes After 50 Years On UES, Report Says
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — An Upper East Side button store that became a neighborhood institution is closing down after more than 50 years in business on East 62nd Street, according to reports. The… Read more
Park Slope Gay Bar Excelsior To Close After 20 Years On Fifth Ave
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Longtime Fifth Avenue gay bar Excelsior will celebrate one last Pride Month before closing its doors this summer, the business announced this week. Owners Richard Kennedy… Read more […]