Francesco Sapienza

Blue Smoke, Danny Meyer’s barbecue restaurant that has been on Vesey in Battery Park City since 2012, will close at the end of the year. This is of course a big loss for the neighborhoods.

Our location was a satellite of the original Blue Smoke in the Flatiron, which opened in in 2002 and permanently closed in 2020 due to the pandemic. The restaurant, part of Meyer’s constellation under the Union Square Hospitality Group umbrella, helped shape the urban barbecue scene in the city through national annual events like the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party in Madison Square Park.

The communications staff for the group said they will be open through the end of the year and will host a series of events to close out the restaurant “in celebratory style.”

And, they added, “although there are no immediate plans for a new location, we remain hopeful for Blue Smoke’s future revival.”

Union Square Hospitality Group will also offer team members opportunities to explore roles within the larger company.