Taku, Milk Bar, and Different Current Seattle Restaurant Closures to Know

It is a curated record of Seattle’s most notable and everlasting restaurant and bar closures. See a closing we missed? Then drop us a line.

Taku

Massive one right here: Shota Nakajima, the High Chef man and all-around well-known chef, has closed down his Capitol Hill fried rooster spot. Nakajima instructed Eater Seattle that the calls for of his profession made it unimaginable to be on the restaurant as a lot as he needed to be and he didn’t need Taku to be “half-assed” in consequence. He expressed a want to open one other restaurant sometime, presumably with a accomplice, so we’ll see what occurs.

Intrigue Chocolate Co.

This chocolate model has been part of Seattle for 20 years and for the final decade has had a flagship retailer in Pioneer Sq. (it additionally had a restaurant on Capitol Hill for a pair years ending in 2020). House owners Aaron Barthel and Karl Mueller are transferring the operation to Minnesota, and the final day of operations on the retailer will likely be April 26. Followers will nonetheless be capable to order their chocolate by way of Intrigue’s web site.

Tio Child’s

Proprietor Will Gordon has determined to close down his little Fremont bar Tio Child’s, among the finest locations to get queso in Seattle. On Instagram, Gordon wrote that “On this present second in time, this restaurant panorama doesn’t actually have an area for our bar in the way in which we’d wish to run it.” The final day of service will likely be April 5 and Gordon plans to “rock it til the wheels fall off,” although the hours of operation could also be considerably funky because it winds down.

Cheesecake Manufacturing facility

After 23 years, the downtown Cheesecake Manufacturing facility on Pike Road is shutting down on Might 4, in keeping with the Puget Sound Enterprise Journal. No motive for the closure was given. Cheesecake Manufacturing facility followers can console themselves with the truth that there are nonetheless areas in Lynwood, Bellevue, and Tukwila.

Mamnooncita

This restaurant, which mashed up Center Jap and Mexican cuisines for the South Lake Union lunch crowd, has closed completely. Mama Restaurant Group — which operates Mamnoon, Mbar, and different eating places — wrote on Instagram that the final day in enterprise will likely be March 28.

Ong Lam Bistro

This closure didn’t get a lot consideration however this Roosevelt Vietnamese restaurant was a fantastic spot for pho — it was one of many few locations that used recent noodles, that are thicker than typical pho noodles. Eater Seattle reached out to proprietor Cuong Nguyen (who additionally owns Capitol Hill’s Xom), on Instagram for extra data, however didn’t hear again.

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Cowen Park Cafe

Bittersweet information from the College District, the place Cowen Park Cafe and the grocery retailer it was hooked up to have each closed, stories Vanishing Seattle. Co-owner Suni Davies instructed the Instagram account that she was closing by alternative after 20 years in enterprise. In line with Vanishing Seattle, “Suni and household personal the property and so they plan to ultimately redevelop it into an condo constructing with retail, however within the meantime a music retailer will likely be transferring into the area.”

Faculty Inn Pub

This U District information, nonetheless, is simply bitter — after spending a number of months on the lookout for somebody to purchase the Faculty Inn Pub, house owners Jen Gonyer and Al Donohue have determined to shut completely since apparently nobody is . The final day of service will likely be June 15 so the long-running bar can host one final season of commencement celebrations.

Milk Bar

Milk Bar Bellevue — the one West Coast location of Christina Tosi’s well-known sweet-on-top-of-sweet dessert store — closed completely someday in March. A rep for Milk Bar instructed Eater Seattle that the choice was made by Nordstrom, which operated the store, and the shop could be changing it with extra retail area.

Hayati

This little window inside the brand new Montana Badlands bar serving mezze and desserts from Taylor Cheney (proprietor of next-door neighbor Yalla) isn’t any extra. It’s unclear what occurred precisely however Montana patrons can nonetheless herald meals from Yalla.

Chile Pepper

This longtime Mexican restaurant that operated out of a transformed home in Wallingford — you might need seen it, it’s vivid orange — is now not open, in keeping with the Seattle Instances

Teto’s Cantina

This Mexican restaurant had two areas, one in Wallingford and one in that drive-thru area reverse Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill (the previous Rancho Bravo). Now each are closed, although Capitol Hill Seattle Weblog says that the Capitol Hill location has already been become a Burritos California.

Kiku Sushi

This closure of a Bellevue sushi spot is sweet information, in keeping with the Instances, which quoted the closure announcement: “Kiku Sushi has RETIRED!! We’re PERMANENTLY CLOSED! We thanks to your practically TWO DECADES of unbelievable assist!”

Maiz Taqueria

The Ballard outpost of the favored Mexican chain that’s identified for making its personal tortillas has closed, in keeping with My Ballard (it had been open for six years however solely rebranded as Maiz final yr). The house owners say that they’re going to concentrate on their Pike Place Market and Belltown areas.

Ballard Pho and Teriyaki

Extra information out of Ballard, by way of the Instances: This restaurant on fifteenth Avenue Northwest close to Ballard Excessive College has closed and been changed by a Center Jap spot known as Blazing Grill.

Outlander Brewery and Pub

This little brewery inside a cottage within the coronary heart of Fremont has closed as of February 28, with the house owners telling Vanishing Seattle that the trigger was rising prices, notably hire. The small-batch beer brewed by co-owner Nigel Lassiter will likely be missed.

Ian’s Pizza

Again in January Ian’s Pizza closed its Capitol Hill location and now its Fremont location is closed too, so the Midwestern chain is formally now not in Seattle.

Truffles and Extra

My Ballard stories that this little dessert bakery on twenty second Avenue Northwest has closed, as proprietor Kyma Czark is coping with a household well being disaster.