Here’s the latest I can share based on recent reports:
- Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is closing its Brooklyn location (Gowanus) later this spring. The closure is lease-driven and tied to the building being demolished to make way for new apartments, not to poor sales.[1][2][5]
- After Brooklyn closes, the chain will have about five locations remaining, all in New York state: Syracuse, Rochester, Troy, Harlem, and Buffalo.[1]
- The announcement notes gift cards will remain valid through the last day of service and can be used at other locations.[1]
If you’d like, I can narrow this to a quick update with dates as soon as the final service date is announced or pull a brief map of current locations.
Sources: Times Now (Brooklyn closure details), Brooklyn Paper (Gowanus closure), The Street (closure context).[2][5][1]
Sources
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Gowanus will close this spring after 15 years, ending a longtime Brooklyn BBQ staple.
www.brooklynpaper.comBrooklyn is losing Dinosaur Bar-B-Que after 15 years in Gowanus. Click to find out when it closes and where to use your gift cards.
secretnyc.coDinosaur Bar-B-Que is closing its Brooklyn location later this spring after 15 years in the Gowanus neighborhood, not due to a lack of customers but because its lease has ended and the building is set to be demolished to make way for new apartments. , US Buzz, Times Now
www.timesnownews.comDinosaur Bar-B-Que, which has been a staple in Syracuse since 1983 is closing one of its locations downstate.
cnycentral.comThe phrase dinosaur bar-b-que closes restaurants now carries a sharper meaning in Brooklyn: one of the chain’s best-known locations is shutting down this spring after 15 years, and the building will be demolished for new apartments. The restaurant has framed the move as a lease-driven ending, but the loss reaches beyond one address on Union …
www.el-balad.comThe Baltimore location opened in 2015.
www.syracuse.comA steady wave of closures is reshaping a once-growing barbecue chain's footprint.
www.thestreet.com