CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) – Greater Cincinnati lost a lot of prominent bars and restaurants in 2025.
While there were plenty of high-profile openings, including chef Jose Salazar’s eponymous restaurant in the former Saks Fifth Avenue building and Al Lupo in the former Rookwood Pottery Food & Beverage building, the region said goodbye to 41 bars and restaurants.
The Courier has published restaurant and bar closures throughout the year. Here is a centralized update as of this posting.
- Amador Cuban Restaurant at Newport on the Levee closed in January after about a year and a half of service. Cincinnati-based Mexican restaurant Mi Cozumel opened in the space in the summer.
- Opal Rooftop Restaurant & Bar closed its Covington location in January after 15 months in business.
- Southwestern restaurant Cactus Pear closed its Corryville restaurant in January after more than 30 years in business. In April, Clifton Indian Restaurant & Bar opened in the space.
- Americano Burger Bar held its last night of service Jan. 15. It first opened in 2015 on the ground floor of the 84.51 building in downtown Cincinnati.
- Level One Bar + Arcade closed in Over-the-Rhine in February. The nearly 5,000-square-foot venue featured 40 arcade game cabinets, 12 pinball machines and two Skee-Ball-style machines.
- Laszlo’s Iron Skillet Restaurant closed in March. The Clermont County business served the community for 52 years. The owners decided to close their brick-and-mortar location to launch a food truck.
- In February, Hideki Harada closed his Japanese gastropub Kiki in College Hill. The restaurant reopened in Clifton in the former Habanero space in April.
- Razzo, a pizza and pasta restaurant, closed its doors in Pendleton in March. The business was located at 1201 Broadway St. in the former Boomtown Biscuits & Whiskey space.
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