This is Eater’s guide to all the New York City restaurants, bars, and cafes that closed in May 2026. This list will be updated weekly (see: April, March, February, January), serving as a round-up of the dining and drinking places that have shuttered around the city. If a restaurant or bar has closed in your neighborhood, let us know at [email protected].
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Financial District: It’s the end of a physical storefront era for Mah-Ze-Dahr, the once-celebrated NYC bakery that counted Oprah and Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio as early fans. Its last-remaining storefront at Brookfield Place, opened in 2022, closed on Thursday, April 30, per a captured Instagram story, which adds that the team is “beyond excited for our next venture to be announced momentarily.” Mah-Ze-Dahr caused a stir in May 2025, leaving its custom cake customers high and dry after being evicted from its nearly decade-old West Village flagship. Mah-Ze-Dahr expanded into Washington, D.C., and Virginia in 2020, but both locations were short-lived. Founder Umber Ahmad, a former investment banker, earned a 2019 James Beard Award semifinalist nod for Outstanding Baker. Its chocolate cakes, brioche doughnuts, vanilla choux, cheesecakes, and cinnamon rolls remain available for delivery nationwide. 225 Liberty Street, off West Street…