NYC Restaurants: Summer Closures + Openings Edition

NEW YORK CITY — New York City giveth and taketh away when it came to restaurants this summer.

The unofficial end of summer this Labor Day provided Eater NY an opportunity to write the obituaries of several eateries that ceased to be over the season.

But even as restaurants closed, Patch's small newsroom was there during this shortened post-holiday week to cover a spate of new eateries.

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Internet-famous steak seasoner "Salt Bae" no longer has a New York City burger joint.

The Union Square restaurant Salt Bae Burger — once dubbed the "worst restaurant" in the city — is among this summer's culinary casualties highlighted by a new Eater report.

The other dear departed included Alpha Donuts in Sunnyside, Jay-Z's Flatiron night spot the 40/40 Club and Chinatown street vendor fixture Rice Roll Cart.

But for all the disheartening closures, New Yorkers kept making plans to open new restaurants.

The Red Stache wine bar opened in Hell's Kitchen this past week.

Headed by industry veterans Ted Arenas, whose other spots include Hell’s Kitchen gay bars, Rise and The Spot, and Shaun Dunn, most recently from the late luxury hotel, The NoMad, who will be heading the beverage program.

"Our goal is to create a community of wine lovers where people can come together to appreciate and celebrate the joy of wine," the bar's website declares.

A West Village Thai spot — Bangkok Supper Club — was named one of the city's most anticipated openings coming this fall by Eater NY.

Over on the Upper East Side, three new eateries and a revival of a classic Lenox Hill comedy club were poised to open.

An as-yet-unknown comedy club officially made plans to revive the First Avenue spot owned and run by legendary jokester, Rodney Dangerfield.

A new Thai restaurant — The Phraya — looked to occupy the former home of a kosher Asian Restaurant on Second Avenue.

And an Irish bar with no name, yet, will take over a shuttered space next to the 3 Decker diner. Details were scant, but the bar will host live pipe music, a representative said.

To round out the Uptown fun, two new legal cannabis dispensaries plan to open in Lenox Hill.

• Red Stache Wine Bar Opens In Hell's Kitchen
• West Village Thai Spot Is 'Most Exciting' Opening This Fall: Report
• New UES Restaurants: Thai, Irish, Fish And Dangerfield Details
• Two New Cannabis Dispensaries Are Coming To Lenox Hill

Finally, some Manhattan and Queens restaurants closed for reasons that weren't exactly business-related.

Health inspectors noted mice, roaches and other nastiness before they ordered eateries closed.

And three New York City eateries were closed by health inspectors.

• NYC Restaurants Ordered Closed Sept. 1-8