For more than two months, restaurants in Central New York and much of the rest of the country have been forced to close their dining rooms.
Some have tried to make it following a takeout-only model. Others have shut down temporarily to wait out the coronavirus pandemic.
A limited reopening for restaurants is possible in phase three of the state’s plan to restart the economy. That may come near the end of June in Central New York. At first, the restaurants will likely have to limit seating and require masks and other protections for workers and perhaps customers.
But experts say many of the closed restaurants will simply not reopen at all. One early estimate was 1 in 5 nationwide will close permanently, and those estimates have been rising.
In Central New York, at least six local restaurants have publicly announced permanent closings since the coronavirus shutdown, along with seven locations of a national chain. That’s a pretty small portion of the hundreds of restaurants in the region.
But there are likely more that have closed without being publicly identified yet, and certainly more to come.
Bud Loura, a consultant who works with restaurants through his business, RestaurantQB, estimates as many as 25% of the local total could close through the rest of the year and maybe beyond.
“More in Onondaga County than say Oswego or Cortland,” he wrote in a message to syracuse.com. “I bet we still see a spike in closures December, January and February, a lot of seasonal places that banked $$ last year, won’t have the funds to maintain through this winter.”
Here are the permanent closings we know so far:
The Chef & The Cook, 7 Syracuse St., Baldwinsville. It closed in late March, becoming the first publicly acknowledged restaurant shutdown related to the coronavirus. The restaurant, operated by DeAnna and Mark Germano, had only been open since March 2018. (In early May, however, Brick-n-Barrel, billing itself as a “village gastropub,” opened in that location).
Circa Ce Soir, 8240 Cazenovia Road (Route 92), Manlius. This restaurant, a new version of the pioneering farm-to-table Circa in Cazenovia, closed in early May after just a few months in business. Co-owners Alicyn Hart and Marco Locicero say they are looking for new opportunities.
Niki’s Quick Cup Diner, 1513 W Genesee St., Syracuse. This 47-year-old diner on the city’s West Side closed in mid-May. Owner Nichole Shue cited the social distancing guidelines that would likely be in place on reopening, saying they would not work in her small diner.
Patsy’s Pizza, 1205 Erie Blvd. W., Syracuse. This pizza/Italian specialties place on the West Side closed May 21 after 38 years in business. It had been founded near LeMoyne College in 1982 and moved to the West Side later. It was operated by Mike and Rose Insalaco.
NY Gianni’s Bronx Style Pizza, 1428 Burnet Ave., Syracuse. Fans of this pizza place had been seeing indications it wouldn’t reopen for some time before its Facebook post made it official on May 24.
North Street Diner, 3 North St., Marcellus. This popular local hangout announced its closing on Facebook on May 23.
Denny’s Restaurant, seven locations in Central New York. The franchisee for the Central New York locations, Feast American Diners, filed a notice with the State Department of Labor that it has closed its local stores, putting 240 employees out of work. The seven locations including two in DeWitt, and one each in Mattydale, Liverpool, Camillus, Cicero and Auburn. Other Denny’s have closed across the state and the country. The local franchisee cited “unforeseeable business circumstances prompted by Covid-19."
Do you know of a Central New York restaurant that has decided to permanently close amid the coronavirus? Send an email to Don Cazentre at dcazentre@nyup.com.
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