Two Italian restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area are preparing to close as their hospitality group works through Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The planned shutdowns follow the summer closure of New York’s Redeye Grill, another restaurant connected to the same group.
Café Fiorello at 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington is scheduled to serve its final customers Wednesday, October 28. Across the Potomac, Fiorella Italian Kitchen & Pizzeria at National Harbor in Maryland is expected to close Thursday, October 29. Eater DC reported both dates October 21, and the Washington Business Journal also reported the coming closures.
One restaurant opened 17 months ago; the other dates to 2011
Washington’s Café Fiorello opened in May 2025, bringing a version of the celebrated New York restaurant near Lincoln Center to Pennsylvania Avenue. Its menu emphasized Italian classics, thin-crust pizza and an antipasto bar in a space near the National Mall…