With New York City restaurant openings come New York City restaurant closings. Eater NY regularly tracks those already-happened shutters, but here we’re going to highlight restaurants and bars that recently announced they’ll be closing soon, so you’ll have time to check them out one more time for a final farewell meal.

**Last day of service: **Sunday, December 14 **Why it matters: **Its hefty katsu sandwiches are critically acclaimed.

Evil Katsu started as a pop-up from laid-off industry alums in late 2020 and transitioned into a permanent space in 2021. Its katsu sandos were hailed as “perfect” and “a masterpiece,” though its other offerings were no strangers to critical attention either. “We set out to share something we loved with our neighbors, and we’re grateful we got to do that with all of you,” notes the restaurant’s Instagram post announcing the closure.

**Last call: **Monday through Sunday, noon to 8:45 p.m. 435 East Ninth Street, between First Avenue and Avenue A, East Village

**Last day of service: **Saturday, December 20 **Why it matters: **This decade-old Williamsburg restaurant turned a nondescript corner under the BQE into a destination for anticuchos and creative takes on Peruvian cuisine.

When Llama Inn opened, the breadth of Peru’s ingredients and influences had “not been especially well displayed in New York,” the New York Times’ Pete Wells wrote in his two-star review of the restaurant in 2016. Its success spun out into a Peruvian restaurant group with the now-closed Llama San (Peruvian Japanese fine dining) and Llamita (more casual Peruvian), as well as the still-going Nikkei izakaya Papa San in Hudson Yards. Though Llama Inn is saying goodbye to Williamsburg, its London and Madrid locations remain open.

**Last call: **Tuesday through Thursday, 5:30 to 9:15 p.m.; Friday through Saturday, 5 to 10:15 p.m.; Sunday, 5 to 9:15 p.m. 50 Withers Street, at Meeker Avenue, Williamsburg

**Last day of service: **Saturday, December 20 **Why it matters: **This airy, adaptable Bed-Stuy restaurant puts a spotlight on seasonal produce, has an award-winning wine list, and serves a great Scotch egg.

Having opened in 2020 amid rapidly changing regulations, Winona’s has seen several iterations, with a daytime cafe that eventually transitioned to a wine bar model in the front and a larger dining room in the back; it also became known as a pop-up venue. After five years of adaptation, owners Cressida Greening and Emir Dupeyron are calling it quits, though they continue to run the popular Mexico City-inspired restaurant Dolores, also in the neighborhood.

**Last call: **Wednesday through Thursday, 5 to 10 p.m.; Friday, 5 to 11 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Reservations can be booked online, but there is room for walk-ins. 676 Flushing Avenue, between Tompkins and Throop avenues, Bed-Stuy

Last day of service: Sunday, December 21 Why it matters: It’s been a Brooklyn barbecue standard-bearer since 2007.

No-frills Fette Sau has stood the test of time for its mouthwatering brisket, spicy sausage, and pulled pork. (“Business has been very slow for the [last] 5 years,” owner Joe Carroll responded to an Instagram comment this week.) He kicked off his mini-Williamsburg empire in 2003 with craft beer pioneer Spuyten Duyvil, which closed last year. That leaves 15-year-old steakhouse St. Anselm as his last remaining relic along the same Metropolitan Avenue stretch. Come 2026, Fette Sau’s fans can still get a taste of its Central Texas-style eats elsewhere — but that’ll entail a drive to Philly (its only other locale).

**Last call: **Monday through Tuesday, 5 to 10 p.m.; Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 10 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 9 p.m. 354 Metropolitan Avenue, near Havemeyer Street, Williamsburg

Last day of service: Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24 **Why it matters: **The short-but-sweet story is over for two-year-old Chelsea Market laminated baguette slinger.

Owner and baker Amadou Ly saddened Chelsea carb lovers this week, announcing Alf’s impending shutter via Instagram stories: “All good things must come to an end,” he wrote. And the end is near: From now until Christmas Eve, Alf’s customers can give (or receive) the gift of his crowd-pleasing baguettes (including laminated variations), buttery croissants, and babka. There’s hope for a comeback, however: “It’s time for a better location, and hopefully, it can generate better food traffic and revenues,” he tells Eater over email. The alum of Tribeca’s famed Arcade Bakery (which closed in 2019) adds that he’d also like to eventually offer wholesale. For now, he plans to spend some time in his home city of Madrid.

**Last call: **Wednesday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Preorders can be booked online. 435 West 15th Street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, Chelsea

Last day of service: New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31 Why it matters: One of the more unique dining ventures in Brooklyn, this stateside offshoot of the Paris restaurant hosted a steady stream of soon-to-be star chefs over its four-year lifespan.

A rotating cast of up-and-coming chefs worked the former laundromat’s kitchen in three- to six-month stints, starting in 2021 with a temporary tasting menu from Victoria Blamey (who, of course, went on to skyrocket to Pete Wells-approved fame as the head chef of Blanca). The current (and last) residency is run by Eleven Madison Park sous chef Brock Middleton. For the final few nights, he teams up with Fulgurances alum Kevin Finch, who will take over the Greenpoint space with his own restaurant-in-the-works, Arthur.

And the decade-old Parisian project isn’t done with the block yet, with a forthcoming (and more pronounceable) new restaurant, Gigi’s, which will tout rotisserie and wine.

**Last call: **Reserve a seat for a last dinner ($150) on Sunday, December 28, through Tuesday, December 30, or book a ticket for its New Year’s Eve closing party ($84) on Wednesday, December 31. 132 Franklin Street, between Milton Street and Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint