Greenwich Village Vegan Restaurant Shuttering After 25 Years

GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — The vegan restaurant Sacred Chow is joining a growing list of Lower Manhattan eateries forced to shutter their doors due to coronavirus-related losses.

The 227 Sullivan Street joint has served neighborhood locals tasty vegan cuisine in Greenwich Village for 25 years.

Sacred Chow announced it would be closing down operations on Monday in an Instagram post.

"So many of you have been such a big beautiful part of SC's history, both on Hudson Street & Sullivan. Thank you so much. We will be closing down SC on Sullivan Street on Monday, Sept. 14, but we'll be reopening, briefly, as a SC General pop up."

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So many of you have been such a big beautiful part of SC's history, both on Hudson Street & Sullivan. Thank you so much. We will be closing down SC on Sullivan Street on Monday, September 14th, but we'll be reopening, briefly, as a SC General Store pop up, on September 10th @ 5-9pm, & the 12th & 13th @ 1-5pm. There's lots of free & near-free stuff; there'll be packaged ingredients, fresh, frozen, & bulk, SC keepsakes, lots of kitchen stuff, loads of free extension & Ethernet cords, everything but the floor. To all my fellow covid-strapped vegan chefs & owners, come take a look, everything is at near-nothing or free, tons of stainless steel shelving, tables, restaurant-kitchen supplies & equipment, big & small, all vegan clean! There's lots to grab. We'll have some fav SC goodies & sangria waiting for you. It'll be fun.
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In a moving show of restaurant camaraderie, Sacred Chow is offering up its dining room and kitchen supplies to fellow eatery owners for "near-nothing or free."

The long-time Greenwich Village eatery originally opened on Hudson Street in 1995, before moving to its Sullivan Street location 10 years later, according to the BoweryBoogie.

Sacred Chow's shuttering comes less than two weeks after closure announcements from the popular Greenwich Village cocktail bar Existing Conditions and the Mermaid Inn's neighborhood location, which operated for 17 years.