Restaurants come and go. But lately primarily fine-dine restaurants seem to be going more than coming. Here are the restaurants that have recently shuttered in North Jersey.
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Chakra, Paramus
After 15 years, Chef Thomas Ciszak closed his 7,000-square-foot restaurant housed in a sprawling Paramus landmark on the last day of August. Ciszak said it was because the real estate and liquor license were worth more than what the restaurant could earn serving food and alcohol. He and his wife, Evelyn, are set to open Brasserie Memere, a classic French spot in Closter, sometime next month.
17 Summer, Lodi
After serving delicious seasonal food at one of the oldest buildings in Lodi, sister and brother Jenna and Joseph Cuccia decided to close their BYOB restaurant. They made the announcement on social media on Sept. 3. Joseph was a semifinalist for a James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef of the Year award in 2016. He trained his sister to cook and for the past year or so she joined him in the kitchen. When the restaurant was reviewed for The Record in 2015, it received 3½ out of 4 stars. It is not clear what the siblings may do next. Neither could be reached for comment.
Pig & Prince, Montclair
Pig & Prince, a stunning New American restaurant that was housed in an old station house of Montclair's Lackawana Station, closed its doors in the beginning of June. The restaurant opened seven years ago and had been a critical success. The New York Times, in a 2012 review, deemed the restaurant "Worth It" and noted that extra care that its chef Michael Carrino, a Food Network "Chopped" champion, took with his "intriguing French-accented menu." Carrino is set to open a fresh pasta shop in Nutley, Mike's Pasta and Sandwich Shoppe, with his business partner, Mike Cosenza, who was his sous chef at Pig & Prince.
Talde, Jersey City
Celebrity chef Dale Talde, a Fort Lee resident, cookbook author and former "Top Chef" contestant, closed his eponymous Asian-fusion restaurant in Jersey City last month. His first Talde, located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, had closed a while ago. Talde and his business partners recently dissolved their seven-year-old restaurant group Three Kings. Talde and his wife, Agnes, (the two have a little boy) have started their own company, Food Crush Hospitality, in hopes of opening restaurants and look into other opportunities, perhaps a TV show. Currently, they are set to open a modern Cantonese restaurant in Westchester County: Gooseberry in Tarrytown.
Twisted Elm, Elmwood Park
In late July, The Twisted Elm in Elmwood Park, which opened in 2011, one of the first gastropubs in North Jersey, shuttered. Last year, its burger was named one of Bergen's best by NorthJersey.com and The Record. Executive Chef David "Davey" Morales said that he believed it was because of problems with the building's landlord. On his Instagram account, Morales thanked his many diners and hinted as to what he would do next: "I will keep cooking and keep creating dishes!," he wrote, "and for my vegan friends stay on the look out for my next journey."
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