Chelsea Station Restaurant Bar & Lounge, the sprawling American eatery housed inside a converted Chelsea firehouse, is reportedly closing its doors. According to a restaurant industry source, the closure is expected to happen sometime this week.
Before Boston Restaurant Talk reported the expected shutdown and rough timing, the closure news had appeared in an X post from @ChelseaScanner, which the blog said its report confirmed. No official closure announcement has come from the restaurant's ownership or from the City of Chelsea, and the exact reason behind the reported closure has not been confirmed.
Chelsea Station has been a fixture at 105 Everett Avenue since opening on October 4, 2016, at 11:30 a.m., according to Eater Boston. The project traced back even earlier: in December 2015, Eater Boston reported that owners Mark Nadow and Michael Sheridan had leased the old Chelsea fire station on Everett Avenue with plans to turn it into a restaurant, a conversion that took roughly ten months to complete before opening day.
A Firehouse Turned Dining Destination
The building itself was the restaurant's calling card. Chelsea Station describes its home as a beautifully converted horse-and-carriage firehouse, according to the restaurant's own website, with the space repurposed into a modern American restaurant serving lunch, dinner, and brunch. The menu leaned into classic and new American fare, paired with a bar program the restaurant touted as featuring more than 225 whiskies and over 100 tequilas and mezcals, along with inventive cocktails, craft beers, and fine wines, per thechelseastation.com.
Mike Sheridan is listed as the restaurant's managing partner on its website, which closes its about page with a simple sign-off: “Cheers, Mike Sheridan, Managing Partner.” The space also offered private-event bookings alongside its regular lunch, dinner, and brunch service, rounding out a business that had carved out an identity distinct from a typical neighborhood tavern.
What Happens Next Remains Unclear
Whatever the outcome this week, Chelsea Station has maintained a modest but engaged following online, with its Facebook page showing thousands of followers and nearly 7,000 check-ins from diners who have passed through the firehouse's doors over the years, per Facebook. Chelsea Station also has an Instagram account.
It is not yet known whether the restaurant's website, online ordering, catering, or private-event services will remain active if the closure proceeds as reported, and no timeline for a final operating date has been independently verified. Hoodline will update this story if Chelsea Station or city officials issue further information.
