Open and Closed: Say Hello to Café de la Esquina at Wythe Diner, Goodbye to Double Crown

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week.

Double Crown, on the Bowery, will close its doors this month and reopen as Saxon & Parole. The adjoining gin joint, Madam Geneva, will remain intact.
[Diner's Journal]

Harry Boland's Pub, which was shut down by the Health Department back in May, shows no signs of being resurrected.
[Brooklyn Paper]

Azure, a huge deli in Midtown, closed rather suddenly over the weekend, at which time all contents were removed.
[Eater]

Bar 12, in Midtown, has closed its doors and will reopen as a gastropub called Highland Park, with chef Nadia Day at the helm.
[Eater]

Midtown bespoke burger joint 4Food has shuttered for a "pause to reboot." They plan to reopen September 7.
[Midtown Lunch]

Banjo Jim's, the East Village bar and live music venue, has closed to make room for the James Daniel, an oyster and cocktail bar.
[EV Grieve]

Maxwell's, a new neighborhood restaurant in Tribeca, is named for a restaurant that occupied the space back in 1938, John Maxwell's.
[Tribeca Citizen]

The Manhattan outpost of New Jersey-based Prime & Beyond has opened in the East Village, serving USDA prime steaks.
[Eater]

Draft Barn, the beer-garden chainlet, has opened its fourth location in Sheepshead Bay, with nearly 300 bottles in stock and hearty fare.
[Brooklyn Paper]

The Harry's Italian Rockefeller Center outpost is up and running, offering the same pizza menu you can get at the FiDi original.
[Midtown Lunch]

Nolita favorite La Esquina has expanded with Café de la Esquina at Wythe Diner in Williamsburg. Tacos coming soon.
[NY Times]

Crown Victoria Bar brings more craft beer to Williamsburg -- 24 on tap, in fact -- plus 30 whiskeys and a backyard garden growing seasonal produce for cocktails. [TONY]

The Lower East Side gets a new café and shop. Lost Weekend will serve Blue Bottle coffee, Lucky Penny pastries, Malin + Goetz products, and Saltbox clothing.
[TONY]

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