KBFK 52 LLC, doing business as Bar American, filed a Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification on August 18 with the New York State Department of Labor. The notification indicates the restaurant will close and lay off 96 employees.
Bar American at 152 West 52nd Street in New York is scheduled to close on January 17, 2018. Separations are expected to take place on the same days. The 96 employees are not represented by a union.
“Economic” is cited in the filing as the reason for the dislocation.