Racines NY will end its seven-year run this week with the departure of chef Diego Moya, who is leaving to spend more time with his young family.

But it’s not over for us or for the braintrust behind what has become a destination restaurant in the neighborhood: Partners David Lillie and Pascaline Lepeltier (the restaurant’s sommelier) along with general manager Jared David will reimagine the space as an entirely new restaurant, scheduled to open at the end of the year.

You can get your licks in these next two weeks: they are staying open till 10 to accommodate fans and Moya will return from parental leave for the last week. The last service will be Friday, July 30.

Moya joined the restaurant two years ago, coming from Hemlock to be the fourth chef since the restaurant opened in 2014, and rather than shift the kitchen again, the partners decided to close and regroup. “We have concluded that the idea of a fifth culinary team for ‘Racines NY’ specifically is exhausting, both for us and for our guests, many of whom have remained loyal since the very beginning; that the idea of Racines NY has simply run its course; and that it should therefore come to an end, aptly, at what we believe to be its prime.”

Considering that this past year and a half in the restaurant industry has just sucked, it is a relief to hear that they are still at it and still willing to give it another go here in Tribeca, especially on that stretch of Chambers. And it’s exciting to imagine what they will come up with. My guess it will include at least a few of those 2800 bottles in the cellar.