The D.C. Area Restaurants That Have Closed During the COVID-19 Crisis – Eater DC

The novel coronavirus pandemic has obliterated business for restaurants that already rely on slim margins to make ends meet. Reconfiguring operations to focus on takeout and delivery is difficult, expensive, and comes with diminishing returns. While the D.C. area hasnt seen a huge amount of restaurants announce permanent closures, its a safe bet that many more will be coming as bills pile up, federal stimulus loans run out, and governments gradually lift dine-in restrictions as part of phased reopening plans. Heres a running roundup of all the closures that have been reported so far:

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David Changs Momofuku CCDC closed after five years of business as part of a companywide overhaul. [EDC]

Wolfgang Pucks Asian restaurant the Source wrapped up its 13-year run inside the Newseum building in Penn Quarter. Pucks CUT steakhouse in Georgetown plans to reopen. [EDC]

The Lucky Strike bowling alley and bar in Chinatown appears to have closed for good, removing its Twitter account and its D.C. listing from the chains website. [Popville]

P.F. Changs pulled out of Montgomery County and permanently closed its Friendship Heights location, just over the D.C. line. [BM]

A pair of decades-old gay clubs closed in D.C.: Ziegfelds/Secrets near Nationals Park and leather bar DC Eagle in Northeast. [DCist]

Fado Irish Pub wont reopen after the novel coronavirus crisis is over. However, the 22-year-old essential Irish bar claims its demise is tied to lease issues, not the pandemic. [EDC]

NYC burger chain Bareburger permanently closed its sole D.C. location after four years in Dupont. [P]

Campono, the Italian restaurant inside the Watergate building, was told by its landlord to vacate by the end of April.

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