{"id":323226,"date":"2026-08-17T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323226\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:36:07","slug":"good-enough-to-eat-longtime-popular-uws-restaurant-to-close-after-45-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323226\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Enough to Eat, Longtime Popular UWS Restaurant, to Close After 45 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Good Enough to Eat is closing its door. Google Maps.<\/p>\n

By Gus Saltonstall<\/p>\n

A popular Upper West Side restaurant is closing its doors at the end of the month after 45 years in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Good Enough to Eat at 520 Columbus Avenue, between West 85th and 86th streets, will serve its final brunch on Sunday, August 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 45+ years, Good Enough to Eat is closing its doors,\u201d reads a note to customers within the restaurant. \u201cCome and say goodbye to us at our final brunch on Sunday, August 30.\u201d (Thank you to Matthew and Nagyeom for the tip.)<\/p>\n

Importantly, the note adds that \u201cit\u2019s not really goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur sister restaurant Fred\u2019s on Amsterdam Avenue & 83rd Street will serve the Good Enough to Eat breakfast menu,\u201d reads the note.<\/p>\n

Good Enough to Eat is owned by Jeremy Wladis, who also owns Fred\u2019s, Harvest American Bistro, and Nina\u2019s Great Burrito Bar, among other neighborhood eateries.<\/p>\n

Fred\u2019s will serve Good Enough to Eat\u2019s breakfast menu Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fred\u2019s will also open starting at 9 a.m. on the weekends, as opposed to its customary 11 a.m. Along with the breakfast items, Fred\u2019s will add favorite items from Good Enough to Eat to its menu.<\/p>\n

Wladis told I Love the Upper West Side that the closing decision came down to a drop-off in business and not being able to come to an agreement on a new lease.<\/p>\n

Carrie Levin opened Good Enough to Eat in 1981 on Amsterdam Avenue and West 83rd Street. The eatery moved to its Columbus Avenue location in 2013 after Levin partnered with Wladis in an effort to keep the restaurant operating.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Carrie Levin standing in front of Good Enough to Eat in 2013. Photo courtesy of Good Enough to Eat.<\/p>\n

Levin died in 2023.<\/p>\n

While the Good Enough to Eat menu items will continue on at Fred\u2019s, the name of the eatery will not appear anywhere.<\/p>\n

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