Market Street Grill’s downtown Salt Lake City restaurant will close for good on June 30, the company confirmed, ending a nearly 50-year run inside the historic New York Hotel building. The chain says its Cottonwood and South Jordan locations will stay open while the downtown Grill and Oyster Bar finish service. Management has invited former staffers back for an Employee Reunion on Wednesday, June 24, and is asking longtime regulars to drop in for a final visit before the last day.
Company posts farewell to downtown
The closure announcement first surfaced on local food site Gastronomic Salt Lake City. In the statement, the company called the news "bittersweet" after "nearly 50 years of serving Salt Lake City" and urged guests to "join us downtown through June 30 to share one last meal." The post notes that the shutdown applies specifically to the downtown Grill and Oyster Bar and closes with a thank-you to the community for decades of support.
Other Market Street locations will stay open
The company’s own locations list confirms that the closure is limited to downtown, with active operations continuing at Cottonwood Heights and South Jordan. Market Street Grill currently shows both area restaurants alongside the soon-to-close downtown address. Takeout and reservations are still available at the non-downtown sites for now.
Part of a run of June goodbyes
The timing of the announcement lands in the middle of a tough June for local diners, according to Gastronomic Salt Lake City. The site reports that Cucina Toscana is planning its final service for June 20, while Yoko Ramen is expected to close at the end of the month. Together, the moves mark another round of shakeups for downtown’s restaurant lineup just as summer gets underway.
What downtown will lose
Market Street Grill opened in 1980 and helped popularize the idea of daily-shipped seafood on the landlocked Wasatch Front, a piece of its history that the company highlights on its site. The restaurant still operates inside the New York Hotel, a 1906 building listed on the National Register of Historic Places; see Market Street Grill for the origin story and Wikipedia for the building’s history.
For regulars who turned the dining room into a go-to spot for anniversaries, business lunches and family traditions, the last two weeks of June will double as a farewell tour. We will update this story if the company releases more details about the downtown space or any plans for the building after June 30.
