Restaurants in Peace – leave a remembrance for a closed restaurant
Hey HN! I go a bit about the project on the about [0] page, but wanted to chime in here as well. It’s been a project long in the making - it started in 2019, before everything shut down/changed. The list of closed restaurants I found - for New York only - was already really long. So now (that I have time to work on it at recurse.com) it really felt like I needed to do something about it. When a restaurant (or any business) shows up on Google Maps as “permanently closed”, in that bright red font, there’s always a tiny bit of a pang of sadness. It’s definitely more than a pang when you…
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Restaurants in Peace is a digital memorial for permanently closed restaurants where people can share remembrances and stories about dining establishments they miss. Designed for food lovers and nostalgic diners, it catalogs closed restaurants—initially focusing on New York—and provides a space to document their loss. The site's aesthetic draws inspiration from early 2000s funeral home websites, creating a respectful, reflective environment for celebrating beloved restaurants that no longer exist.
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Hey HN! I go a bit about the project on the about [0] page, but wanted to chime in here as well. It’s been a project long in the making - it started in 2019, before everything shut down/changed. The list of closed restaurants I found - for New York only - was already really long. So now (that I have time to work on it at recurse.com) it really felt like I needed to do something about it. When a restaurant (or any business) shows up on Google Maps as “permanently closed”, in that bright red font, there’s always a tiny bit of a pang of sadness. It’s definitely more than a pang when you look for a place you loved and expected to visit again. The project’s “aesthetic” is inspired by early 2000s funeral homes’ websites. The combination of funeral + restaurant is what made it click for me. Maybe what we long for is a place to share our losses? Maybe. Thanks for checking it out! :) [0] https://restaurants.rip/about
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