Kips Bay: After 52 years in business, México Lindo closed on July 31. “Join us for our final days,” reads the website. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to have provided our family traditions, home cooked meals and love filled hospitality to your celebrations of life …. It is with tremendous love and appreciation that we say adios,” it reads.

The children of founders Antonio and Leonor Bonilla — Claudia, Lara, Adriana, and Leonor Bonilla — wrote the goodbye note. 459 Second Avenue, at East 26th Street