Recently in Closings Category

The Cub Room has been repossessed as of this week.

We sometimes wondered what the thought was behind the cafe/lounge/restaurant inhabiting that cavernous space on the corner of Sullivan and Prince, but never bothered to check it out. Guess we weren't alone on that front.

Regardless, the last two reviews on Yelp suggest Eater missed out on a serious shitshow candidate.

Famous Wines (40 Exchange Place), a fixture of FiDi since before it got that fancy acronym, has apparently become the latest victim of the economy. The grates are down and inside the place is cleaned out. The telling signs - the phone is disconnected with no further information and the website is down. Chalk this up as another victim of the banking crisis.

Relative newbie Brouwers of Stone Street (45 Stone Street) has apparently given up the ghost as evidenced by the papered-over windows and bar stools up on the bar. No note was left and the phone number goes to a generic mailbox. Another sad victim of our economically-challenged times.

We passed by respected Japanese kaiseki spot Rosanjin this weekend and came across this disturbing, misspelled sign signaling a "temporary" closure. We peered over the screens covering up the windows and saw an empty room, save a ladder in the center. Was their transformation from set menu to a la carte not enough to keep the restaurant afloat? Or is there a problem with the space that needed fixing? The outgoing message on the restaurant's machine gives no hint of closure and Open Table has tables available from Wednesday on (Mon and Tues not available).