NYC Restaurant Openings & Closings: May 27, 2026 — Phê Pours Bánh Mì in Chinatown, Loring Place Sets July 14 Final Day, and Grimm Tavern Lines Up Prospect Heights

Today’s NYC food news: Mắm’s Chinatown bánh mì spinoff Phê is widening service, Greenwich Village mainstay Loring Place named July 14 as its final dinner, and Grimm Ales’ Prospect Heights tavern is closing in on a June debut at the old Olmsted space.

Today’s borough-by-borough rundown of what’s opening, closing, and shifting in NYC food. Verified against primary sources; rumors and unverifiable claims are excluded.

Quick Bites

Phê — 72 Forsyth St., Chinatown. The Mắm team’s bánh mì cafe is expanding beyond Friday-only service.
Loring Place — 21 W. 8th St., Greenwich Village. Chef Dan Kluger’s New American flagship will serve its final dinner on July 14.
Grimm Tavern — 659 Vanderbilt Ave., Prospect Heights. Grimm Ales is targeting a June opening in the old Olmsted space.
Supermoon Bakehouse — 75 9th Ave., Chelsea Market. The Lower East Side pastry shop is finishing build-out in the former Sarabeth’s slot.

Manhattan

Opening: Phê — 72 Forsyth Street, Chinatown

The Mắm crew’s bánh mì cafe has been operating as a Friday-afternoon-only experiment with an oven shipped over from Vietnam. The next phase widens the schedule and the menu. It’s right next door to its sister restaurant, which makes a one-stop afternoon and dinner easy. Worth knowing if you’ve been trying to catch them and the door has always been locked.

Closing: Loring Place — 21 W. 8th Street, Greenwich Village

After nearly a decade as one of the city’s most loved farm-driven restaurants, Chef Dan Kluger’s Loring Place named July 14, 2026 as its final service. The team cited rising costs and ongoing financial strain. If you have a Loring Place memory you’ve been meaning to make again — the rooftop carrots, the wood-grilled fish, the bread program — you have about seven weeks. Reservations are open via the restaurant’s site.

In Progress: Supermoon Bakehouse at Chelsea Market — 75 9th Avenue

Not open yet, but the build-out is visible from the concourse. Supermoon, the Lower East Side cruffin shop, is taking over the former Sarabeth’s space after that bakery’s March 1 transition out. Opening targeted for late spring — keep eyes peeled on the corner near the 9th Avenue entrance.

Brooklyn

Coming Soon: Grimm Tavern — 659 Vanderbilt Avenue, Prospect Heights

Brooklyn’s Grimm Artisanal Ales is bringing a full-service tavern to the old Olmsted address, with a June target. The menu lists dry-aged steaks, tallow fries, roast chicken, and pan-fried trout, plus Grimm beer and an expanded wine list. A back garden seats overflow. Next door, a smaller cafe called Grimm Goods will sell breakfast sandwiches, biscuits, muffalettas, and beer to-go.

Queens

Now Open: Freddy’s Pizza Astoria — 25-27 Broadway

Worth re-flagging if you missed the March 19 opening. The second location of the 1961 Whitestone slice institution has been settling into its Broadway storefront, and locals are reporting consistent pies and a retro fit-out. Try a plain slice on your next walk between the N/W stops at Broadway and 30th Avenue.

Health Department Closures

Per the Patch weekly closures roundup, eight Manhattan restaurants have been shuttered by the Department of Health so far in 2026 for sanitary violations including sewage contamination and rodent activity. Specific names this week were not confirmable via direct primary source as of publication; we’ll update when DOH posts the formal list.

What This Adds Up To

The picture today is rotation, not retreat. A neighborhood institution is winding down with notice, a craft brewery is moving into a beloved space rather than letting it sit empty, and one of NYC’s most exciting young teams is widening service on a beloved sandwich. The Chelsea Market handoff from Sarabeth’s to Supermoon is the kind of generational shift the market does well — same address, new energy.