Minnesota’s two D’Amico & Sons restaurants, the last remnants of a family of fine-dining and casual Italian restaurants that changed the Twin Cities dining scene, are closing next month.

The final day for the restaurants, in Edina and Golden Valley, will be March 28.

The closures come as brothers Richard and Larry D’Amico focus more on their restaurants in Florida, according to a statement from the company.

D’Amico Hospitality, the restaurants’ catering arm, will continue in Minnesota, though it will be led only by longtime partner Paul Smith, not the D’Amico brothers themselves.

D’Amico & Sons at one time had more than half a dozen locations in the Twin Cities, including one on Grand Avenue that closed in 2019.

The concept first opened in Minneapolis in 1994 as a fast-casual counterpart to the company’s more upscale restaurants, which included now-closed spots D’Amico Cucina and Café & Bar Lurcat in Minneapolis and Campiello in Eden Prairie.

Many prominent names in the Twin Cities restaurant scene got their starts at D’Amico restaurants, including Smack Shack founder Josh Thoma, who also co-owns Bay Street Burger Dive and reopened The Lexington about a decade ago, and former La Belle Vie chef Tim McKee, who in 2024 helped Forepaugh’s get back off the ground.

“We extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who enjoyed our family’s Italian dishes,” company leaders said in a statement.

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