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Restaurants Keep Closing: Shinpaku, Blackbird 2.0, Blind Pig, Tandoor and More

The sun sets on a whole bunch of Shanghai restaurants.
Last updated: 2020-04-20
It鈥檚 spring outside but in the restaurant business, it鈥檚 still a cold, cold winter. Restaurants keep closing from the riverfront to the heritage redevelopment to . This week we鈥檝e got a list of closures both recent and several months in the making that have just been announced. Who鈥檚 gone?

The Bund



Shinpaku at Three on the Bund

, the Japanese restaurant on the second floor of Three on the Bund, closed around January and has not re-opened. No official comment on that one but word on the street is they have been shopping the space around to other operators.

Hakkasan at Bund 18

. This is last week鈥檚 news but still big enough to include. Also, a little context we didn鈥檛 note at the time: the Shanghai shutdown comes amid alone. Shanghai鈥檚 news hardly seems surprising then.

Also, everything at but it's unclear how long that closure will last and how permanent the restaurant closures will be.

Columbia Circle



Blackbird 2.0 at Columbia Circle

, a three-story building with a downstairs lounge bar, a chef鈥檚 table on the second floor (), and a killer garden terrace on the roof, also closed around Chinese New Year and hasn鈥檛 re-opened. Word from the inside is that they are scrapping the whole thing. Makes sense. That restaurant group is doing great with other projects like and .

closed earlier this month. That was a mishmash of Western food from a young Chinese chef named Beichuan. Never really hit its stride, that one.

The Parlour at Columbia Circle

Neighbor also closed earlier this month. That one got off to a very busy start but then had some issues when the owner and chef Sam Norris split, leaving a rotating disco-fied pizza oven in the middle of the dining room. Never recovered.

Nanjing Xi Lu



The Blind Pig on Nanyang Lu

Bryce Jenner opened his here nearly two decades ago (the original was on nearby Tongren Lu). After scooping up all the traveling businessmen and bopping them on the head for more than a decade, he eventually turned it into a two-floor, two-venue space with BBQ and beers at and Mexican and beers at . This is the last The Blind Pig in Shanghai right now (forever?) but will live on. Closes with a bash on 24 April.

Hengshan Lu



A proper Pilsner at Bohemia

was an attempt at a Czech beer pub that got more things right than it did wrong. Real Pilsner Urquell on draft! . It鈥檚 no longer.

Huaihai Lu



, a real institution of an Indian restaurant, going back to 1994, is closed. Their website says that due to coronavirus, they will be 鈥渃losed until further notice鈥, which means there is a chance they will come back but a few telltale signs don鈥檛 bode well: their phone number has been suspended, their Dianping listing has been closed and they have withdrawn from Chope, the reservations platform. Hopefully we are wrong on this one and it鈥檚 just a temporary thing.

Xintiandi



Wolfgang Puck in Xintiandi

鈥檚 lease in Xintiandi expired in February and they didn鈥檛 renew. .

Etc.



Peking Inn at Jiashan Market

has closed in Jiashan Market. The very red temple to thin wraps and Chinese cocktails never quite landed, and now they are gone. Sad.


What Else Has Gone?





These restaurants and bars have also closed since the beginning of 2020

Ai Fiori
Alla Torre (Global Harbour)
Awana
Azul (Wukang Lu) (relocating)
Birds of Paradise
Ce La Vi
Chuckville
Dragon Pearl
El Luchador (Xintiandi)
Favorita
Gemma (became )
Hengshan Caf茅 (Hengshan Lu)
Hit Wicket (Menggu Lu)
Hooters (Huaihai Zhong Lu)
Jia Jia Tangbao (People鈥檚 Square)
Little Creatures
Morton鈥檚 (IAPM)
Phipps Steakhouse
The original Pho Real on Fumin Lu
Shintori (Julu Lu)
Va Bene
Zizzi

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