List of defunct restaurants of the United States

Below is a list of notable defunct restaurants of the United States.

Defunct restaurants in the United States

Aunt Jemima's Kitchen Big Daddy's Restaurants Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill Bill Knapp's Blue Boar Cafeterias Boston Sea Party Bresler's Ice Cream Briazz Brigham's a Boston-area ice cream parlor and restaurant chain that closed in 2013 Britling Cafeterias Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse Burger Chef Carrols Restaurant Group Cheeseburger in Paradise Chi-Chi's Childs Restaurants China Coast Clifton's Cafeteria Clock Coon Chicken Inn Cuppy's Coffee Deco Refreshments, Inc. Dee's Drive-In Don Pablo's closed in 2019 Druther's Dubrow's Cafeteria Earl Abel's Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour Forum Cafeterias Fresh Choice Geri's Hamburgers Gino's Hamburgers Henry's Hamburgers Holly Tree Inn Horn & Hardart Horne's Hot Chicken Takeover Hot Shoppes, Inc. Howard Johnson's Huyler's Isaly's JB's Restaurants Jumbo's, Miami, Florida Kahiki Supper Club Kenny Rogers Roasters King's Food Host La Petite Boulangerie Laughner's Cafeteria Little Tavern Lone Star Steakhouse parent company for other restaurants Lum's Lyon's Manning's Cafeterias Mighty Casey's Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken Montana's Cookhouse Morrison's Cafeteria Mr. Fables Mr. Steak Nedick's Nickerson Farms Official All Star Café Pioneer Chicken Po' Folk's once owned by actor Burt Reynolds Pok Pok – Portland, Oregon and New York City Red Barn Rio Bravo Cantina Roadhouse Grill The Royal Canadian Pancake Houses Rustler Steak House S&W Cafeteria Sambo's Sandy's Schrafft's Sholl's Colonial Cafeteria ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen ShowBiz Pizza Place Signatures Sisters Chicken & Biscuits founded in 1979, this was Wendy's first attempt to expand beyond burgers Sokolowski's University Inn, Cleveland, Ohio Soul Daddy Specialty Restaurant Group Steak and Ale Steve's Ice Cream Sweet Tomatoes Founded in San Diego in 1978 and operated as Souplantation in California. Closed all locations temporarily in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but announced in May 2020 that the closure was permanent. One location reopened under new ownership in April 2024 in Tucson, AZ. Tasty Made Texas Land and Cattle peaked at 20 locations, only 1 remains in Austin Two Pesos Valle's Steak House Velvet Turtle Victoria Station one restaurant remained open in Salem, Massachusetts until it was abruptly closed in December 2017 VIP's Oregon-based restaurant chain Wag's Weenie Beenie Wetson's Whiskey Soda Lounge – Portland, Oregon and New York City White Tower Hamburgers Wimpy Grills founded in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1934; eventually grew to 25 locations within the United States and 1,500 outside of the U.S.; its international locations were eventually sold to J. Lyons and Co. in the United Kingdom, which remains open while all of the American locations eventually closed by 1978 Yankee Doodle Dandy York Steak House one restaurant remains open in Columbus, Ohio Young Joni Zantigo a revival of the Zantigo menu and format has seven restaurants in Minneapolis, Minnesota

California

Adega Al's Place All-American Burger Animal Anthology Aphotic, San Francisco Aster, San Francisco Atomic Cafe Avery, San Francisco Bahooka Bastide, West Hollywood Battle of the Dance Baumé Ben Frank's La Botte, Santa Monica Britannia Pub, Santa Monica Brown Derby Burger Continental, Pasadena Campanile, Los Angeles C.C. Brown's Café Montmartre Chasen's Chez TJ Coi, San Francisco Commonwealth, San Francisco Dialogue, Santa Monica Dive! Edinburgh Castle Pub, San Francisco The Fat Cow Florentine Gardens La Folie, San Francisco Cafe Frankenstein Googies Coffee Shop Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura, Beverly Hills Hamburger Hamlet Hatfield's, Hollywood Imperial Dynasty In Situ, San Francisco Johnie's Broiler Johnie's Coffee Shop La Botte, Santa Monica The Linkery Little Joe's Kinjo Lord Stanley, San Francisco Ma Maison Manresa, Los Gatos Manzke, Los Angeles Marlena Maud's Maude, Beverly Hills Maum, Palo Alto The Misfit Mori Sushi, Los Angeles Moore's Delicatessen Mourad, San Francisco Naugles Nicky Blair's Nico, San Francisco Noriega Hotel Nova Express Café Old Spaghetti Factory Cafe, San Francisco Original Spanish Kitchen Ortolan, Los Angeles Osito, San Francisco Pasta Bravo Patina, Los Angeles Perino's Phenakite, Los Angeles PUMP Restaurant & Lounge Pup 'N' Taco Rasa, Burlingame The Restaurant at Meadowood, St. Helena Scrivner's Drive-In Schwartz & Sandy's Shibumi Ships Coffee Shop Swensen's Taco María, Costa Mesa The Shota, San Francisco Tiny Naylor's Trois Mec, Hollywood Uka, Hollywood Urasawa, Beverly Hills Valentino, Santa Monica Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakeries Villa Blanca Wich Stand Zombie Hut

Illinois

42 Grams, Chicago Acadia, Chicago Avenues, Chicago Band of Bohemia, Chicago Blackbird, Chicago Blackhawk, Chicago Brasserie Jo, Chicago Chez Paul, Chicago Claudia, Chicago Courtright's, Chicago Crofton on Wells, Chicago Elizabeth, Chicago Entente, Chicago Everest, Chicago Fat Rice, Chicago Grace The Great Gritzbe's Flying Food Show GreenRiver L2O Mexique, Chicago Michael Jordan's Restaurant Moto Parachute, Chicago The Pump Room RIA Senza Sixteen Tru

Maryland

Anchor Inn Chicken George Martick's Restaurant Francais Maryland Food Collective Punk's Backyard Grill White Coffee Pot

Massachusetts

Anthony's Pier 4 Biba Brigham's Ice Cream Doyle's Cafe Durgin-Park East Coast Grill L'Espalier Hilltop Steak House Jacob Wirth Restaurant Locke-Ober Tasty Sandwich Shop Upstairs On the Square

Missouri Pope's Cafeteria

North Carolina Blueberry Hill

Nevada

Alex Andre's DB Brasserie The Green Shack Heart Attack Grill Picasso

New York

A Voce Columbus, New York City Agern, New York City Aldea, New York City Alto, New York City Anthos, New York City Asti Bar Uchū, New York City Beefsteak Charlie's Benno, New York City Bistro Citron, West 83rd Street and Amsterdam, New York City Bridge Cafe Browne's Chop House Brushstroke, New York City Café des Artistes Café Gray, New York City Cafe Rouge La Caravelle Carnegie Deli The Cattleman Cafe Chambord Chanterelle, New York City Chelsea Place Cloud Club The Coffee Shop The Colony Contra Convivio Corton La Côte Basque Da Silvano Del Pezzo Restaurant Devi Dovetail, New York City Elaine's Fashion Cafe Fiamma Osteria, New York City Fleur de Sel, New York City Florent FOOD The Gaslight Cafe Heartbreak, New York City Jekyll & Hyde Club Jewel Bako, New York City Jimmy Ryan's Jimmy Weston's Joomak Banjum Juni, New York City Kajitsu, New York City Kiev Restaurant Kyo Ya, New York City Lafayette Lespinasse Lindy's Lo Scalco, New York City Lobster Palace Lüchow's Lundy's Restaurant Lutèce Manganaro's Mars 2112 Maxwell's Plum Mo Gridder's Moondance Diner Moon's Lake House Mori Munson Diner Nix Café Nicholson Oak Room Okuda, New York City Onyx Club Pearl Oyster Bar Le Pavillon Penny Cafeteria Piora, New York City Public, New York City The Quilted Giraffe Quo Vadis Ratner's Rebelle, New York City Red Apple Rest Reisenweber's Cafe Reuben's Restaurant Rhong-Tiam, New York City Rosanjin, New York City Saul, New York City Semilla, New York City Shanley's Restaurants Sherry's La Sirena, New York City Soto, New York City The Spotted Pig Stage Deli Stock Exchange Luncheon Club Stork Club Take Root, New York City Telepan, New York City Toots Shor's Restaurant La Tulipe, New York City Tulsi, New York City Ukiyo, New York City Veritas, New York City Windows on the World WWF New York

Oregon

In addition to those in Portland, following are notable defunct restaurants in Oregon:

Nick's Italian Cafe, McMinnville Okta, McMinnville Tad's Chicken 'n Dumplins

Pennsylvania

Le Bec-Fin Horn & Hardart Old Original Bookbinder's Palumbo's Tun Tavern

Texas

Benjy's, Houston Dolce Vita, Houston Inversion Coffee House, Houston Shady Grove, Austin Trump Burger Yia Yia Mary's, Houston

Washington

ʔálʔal Café, Seattle Andy's Diner, Seattle Barrio, Seattle Boca, Seattle Bok a Bok Burbs Burgers Coastal Kitchen, Seattle Country Dough, Seattle Crush, Seattle Dacha Diner, Seattle Dahlia Lounge, Seattle Eastern Cafe, Seattle Eight Row, Seattle Foreign National Iron Horse, Seattle JuneBaby, Seattle Kōbo Pizza, Seattle Last Exit on Brooklyn, Seattle The London Plane, Seattle Loulay, Seattle Marmite, Seattle Michou Deli, Seattle Mt. Joy, Seattle Omega Ouzeri, Seattle Pizzeria Credo, Seattle Pizzeria Gabbiano, Seattle Plum Bistro Poppy, Seattle Rancho Bravo Tacos Restaurant Marché, Bainbridge Island Salare, Seattle Seabird, Bainbridge Island Shanghai Garden Restaurant, Seattle Shikorina, Seattle Sitka and Spruce, Seattle SkyCity, Seattle Sophon, Seattle Stateside Taku, Seattle Tin Table, Seattle Vito's, Seattle

See also

Lists of companies List of defunct fast-food restaurant chains List of defunct retailers of the United States

References