East And West Village Have Had Most Eateries Close In NYC: Report

VILLAGE, NY — Few businesses have struggled more in New York City during the coronavirus pandemic than the restaurant industry, but a new report shows that eateries in the East and West Village had a particularly tough year.

The Infatuation, a New York-based restaurant recommendation website, recently released a report detailing which New York City neighborhoods have had the most permanent restaurant closings since the pandemic started last March.

The East Village saw by far the most restaurant closings of any neighborhood in the five boroughs, according to the report. At least 55 restaurants have permanently closed in the East Village since the pandemic started, wrote the author of the Infatuation report.

Those East Village eateries included Bali Kitchen, Big Gay Ice Cream, The Brazen Fox, Jules Bistro, The Poni Room and Thailand Cafe, among many others.

The New York City neighborhood with the second most restaurant closings over the past year?

It's the West Village, which has had 21 eateries permanently shutter over the course of the pandemic, according to The Infatuation.

Here are the now-closed West Village restaurants the report named:

• Bar Sardine
• Banty Rooster
• The Beatrice Inn
• Cafe Clover
• Daddy-O
• Fedora
• Highlands
• Keste
• Otto
• Philip Marie
• The Riddler
• Rossopomodoro
• Rusty Knot
• Sacred Chow
• Takashi
• Existing Conditions
• Gotham Bar and Grill
• Coco & Gru
• La Newyorkina
• Up & Down

After the East and West Village, the Lower East Side, Williamsburg and the Upper West Side rounded out the five NYC neighborhoods with the most permanent restaurant closings.

The full report from The Infatuation is available here.