{"id":103656,"date":"2026-01-18T00:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103656\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T00:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:04:21","slug":"restaurant-to-focus-on-little-falls-location-amid-changes-local-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103656\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant to Focus on Little Falls Location Amid Changes | Local Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Restaurant Closing Herkimer Location; Opening New Spot in Little Falls\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/68af416357365.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WKTV File<\/p>\n<p>NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. &#8212; A local restaurant has closed its New Hartford restaurant and will not reopen its seasonal Old Forge location.<\/p>\n<p>In a message shared by Toka Bocca on Friday morning, the team said the decision was effective immediately and came after \u201ca lot of reflection and some very difficult conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wktv.com\/news\/local-business\/restaurant-closing-herkimer-location-opening-new-spot-in-little-falls\/article_e8d96977-6420-42db-98be-c8f63b918670.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Restaurant Closing Herkimer Location; Opening New Spot in Little Falls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Restaurant Closing Herkimer Location; Opening New Spot in Little Falls\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/68af416357365.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">The Toka Bocca location on Mohawk Street in Herkimer announced it will not renew its lease, citing rising rent costs as a primary factor.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant said, \u201cOver the past three years, we poured our hearts into building Toka Bocca\u2014a truly unique, global fusion concept unlike anything else in New York State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toka Bocca cited ongoing staffing and sustainability challenges, along with the executive chef needing to leave the area to care for his wife after major surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to be honest: building Toka Bocca required tremendous personal sacrifice\u2014long days, late nights and time away from our families,\u201d the restaurant said.<\/p>\n<p>The message thanked the community for its support and encouraged customers to visit the Little Falls location, which will remain open.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[A]nd we are excited to put our full energy, focus, and heart into that restaurant as we move forward with clarity and renewed purpose,&#8221; the message stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re moving ahead with gratitude, pride in what we created and optimism for what\u2019s next,\u201d the restaurant said.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A local restaurant has closed its New Hartford restaurant and will not reopen its seasonal Old Forge location.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WKTV File NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. &#8212; A local restaurant has closed its New Hartford restaurant and will not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[21269,23319,33413,9,11,10,49,51,50,47277,1302,47276],"class_list":{"0":"post-103656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-herkimer","9":"tag-little-falls","10":"tag-new-hartford","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-new-york-state","15":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","16":"tag-new-york-state-news","17":"tag-old-forge","18":"tag-restaurant","19":"tag-toka-bocca"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}