This past weekend, the owners of
Hecho en Dumbo (b. 2010) and
Cherche Midi (b. 2014) shut down their respective restaurants.
This makes, since last spring, seven restaurant closings on (or near!) the Bowery between Fourth Street and just south of Houston. Other recent casualties:
•
L'Apico (b. 2012), 13 E. First St. in the Avalon Bowery complex.
•
DBGB (b. 2010), 299 Bowery
[
The former Wise Men]
•
Wise Men (b. 2013), 355 Bowery
•
Agozar! (b. 2002), 324 Bowery
•
Paulaner Brauhaus (b. 2013), 265 Bowery
There was also
Rebelle (b. 2015) at 218 Bowery just south of Prince Street.
In any event, there weren't any reasons provided for the closures. DBGB
chef-owner Daniel Boulud told this to The New York Times: "In this location, it’s busy on weekends but erratic in the early part of the week."
[
The memory of DBGB lives on in Extra Place]
There are, of course, plenty of other places to drink and dine along here, starting at Fourth Street and down to Houston — BBar and Grill, Phebe's, the Bowery Market, Great Jones Cafe (close enough), Gemma, the Wren, Sorbillo Pizzeria, Bar Primi, Think Coffee, Saxon & Parole, 310 Bowery Bar, Sláinte, Bowery Meat Company, Baar Baar and the food court at Whole Foods Market® Bowery. Perhaps there are just
too many choices.
