A model of this submit initially appeared on October 3, 2025, in Eater and Punch’s publication Pre Shift, a biweekly publication for the business professional that sources first-person accounts from the bar and restaurant world.
This ship is offered by Sq. — the expertise firm that makes commerce and monetary providers straightforward and accessible.
What in case you may deliver your favourite, now-closed bar or restaurant again from the useless?
Due to our collaboration with Sq., we had been in a position to make that dream a actuality. For One Final Shift, our model new occasion sequence, we introduced again two beloved New York spots: Fatty Crab, a West Village Malaysian restaurant that impressed a wave Southeast Asian delicacies within the metropolis, and Nitecap, a Decrease East Facet disco-fever dream of a bar that’s beloved by the business.
The concept for One Final Shift was easy: to have one other probability to deliver again the dishes, drinks, and groups which have influenced the way in which we dine and drink at the moment. We additionally need to know who to get together with subsequent, so we requested attendees to inform us which bars and eating places they’d deliver again for one evening. Learn on for his or her solutions.
The bar that launched LA’s cocktail revolution. “Undoubtedly The Varnish, the legendary speakeasy in downtown LA. Sasha Petraske oversaw the bar. I feel I may need been the primary buyer. It was like a dwelling historical past, a spot that was from the Nineteen Twenties. Locations like that ought to simply by no means go away.” —Matthew Kang, correspondent, Eater
Nothing beats a neighborhood restaurant. “I’d revive Prime Meats, which was in Carroll Gardens. It had the perfect salads, the perfect burgers, among the finest cocktails, and identical to the best neighborhood restaurant ever. I miss the room and the expertise.” —Natasha David, writer, bartender and artistic director
A pioneer of agave spirits within the metropolis. “I need to see Mayahuel again in full motion, please and thanks. It was probably the most inspiring agave bars to open, not solely as a result of it was one of many first agave targeted bars in New York Metropolis, however we additionally had probably the most wonderful, inventive, supportive workers. I wouldn’t be the bartender who I’m with out the women that I labored with at that bar.” —Leanne Favre, proprietor, Dolores
A “dive restaurant” that welcomed everybody. “When opening my first and second eating places [5 Ninth and Fatty Crab], I spent fairly a little bit of time within the hood. Inevitably, most nights ended on the iconic Florent. I cherished having the ability to get bistro fare or breakfast at 4 within the morning, with an insanely eclectic mixture of patrons, from legal professionals to business of us to all types of locals. What made the place was the vibe, general expertise, and the workers. And the meals was superb! For lack of a greater time period, I’d name it a dive restaurant.” —Rick Camac, managing companion, RDC Hospitality Consultants LLC
The disco-fueled bar we miss dearly. “I’d revive Nitecap. They’d the right trifecta that each bar ought to have: good drinks, good ambiance, wonderful bar workforce. I miss it dearly. I’ve the perfect recollections from there, they usually had the perfect disco ball, too. RIP.” —Chloe Frechette, former govt editor, Punch
Don’t neglect the desserts. “I’d revive WD50 for Alex Stupak’s dessert menu, particularly. It was completely out of this world. WD50 was very conceptual. It was tremendous bizarre meals, so the dessert menu was additionally very bizarre, however not that difficult as a result of it was like chocolate and every kind of fruit and it was simply fantastic. You may do a five-course dessert tasting menu. It was unimaginable. Now he’s gone on to do every kind of issues. However I really feel like that’s the second I miss in eating places.” —Amanda Kludt, former writer, Eater
A trailblazer in bicoastal delicacies. “Chanterelle. It was one of many locations that marked the start of ‘foodieism’ and it simply felt so particular, but additionally informal, and it felt familial. There was plenty of room within the area, actual property was low-cost, and so it felt like there was all this creativity and cross-pollination with California-style cooking in New York in a approach that felt recent and new.” —Melissa McCart, eating editorial supervisor, Northeast, Eater
A bar that would make you fall in love with bars. “I’d deliver again NoMad. Greater than something, I miss the ambiance. It’s only a lovely bar and it feels such as you’re taking a step again in time—a grand, opulent place you could stroll into and is at all times so lovely. It was probably the most formative locations, and it made me fall in love with bars.” —Jelani Johnson, head bartender, Le Coucou
Interviews have been edited for size and readability.