Yellow Rose Expands to Brooklyn as Sister Restaurant Rose Marie Closes June 13

BROOKLYN, N.Y., June 2, 2026 — Yellow Rose, the Michelin Bib Gourmand-awarded Tex-Mex restaurant operated by chef Dave Rizo and his wife Krystiana Rizo in Manhattan's East Village, will expand into Brooklyn after the couple's current Brooklyn venture, Rose Marie, closes on June 13. The Yellow Rose brand will take over the 524 Lorimer St. space in East Williamsburg that Rose Marie has occupied since mid-2025, according to an announcement shared on Instagram and reported by Eater New York. Rose Marie, which earned Michelin Guide recognition within months of its opening, operated for less than a year before the Rizos announced its closure on May 26.

The transition brings Yellow Rose across the East River for the first time and places the couple's flagship Tex-Mex concept in Brooklyn the borough where they have lived for approximately a decade, despite originally building their restaurant identity in Manhattan. For Dave and Krystiana Rizo, who were born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, the move marks a return of sorts to their home neighbourhood as restaurateurs.

Yellow Rose Tex-Mex Heads to Williamsburg's 524 Lorimer Street

Yellow Rose opened its East Village location in November 2020, building a following through house-made flour tortillas, Tex-Mex preparations rooted in San Antonio tradition and a rotating specials programme that drew on New York State produce shaped by Dave Rizo's Texas sensibility. The restaurant earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand designation awarded to restaurants offering quality cooking at moderate prices that cemented its standing in the city's competitive Tex-Mex landscape alongside a core menu of tacos, margaritas and scratch-made sauces.

The 524 Lorimer St. space, which sits at the corner of Ainslie Street in East Williamsburg, first drew the Rizo team as a creative outlet for menu ideas that did not fit Yellow Rose's Tex-Mex identity. Dave Rizo explained the original motivation behind opening Rose Marie in those terms when it launched in 2025: "There were a lot of specials I was running at Yellow Rose that would get traction on social media, but then people would come in and just stick with the tacos and margaritas, which is totally what they should be doing. But over the years, I kind of wrote a whole menu that had nothing to do with the Yellow Rose concept. So we found this place for all of that."

Rose Marie Closes June 13 After Less Than a Year and a Michelin Nod

Rose Marie opened in summer 2025 as a Southern-leaning American bar and restaurant, trading Yellow Rose's Tex-Mex format for a looser, more freeform menu that included a patty melt on thick Pullman bread with pickled green tomatoes, saltine-crusted fish with Carolina Gold rice, steak tartare, and semolina strawberry shortcake. The Michelin Guide recognised the restaurant within months of its opening, listing it among new Brooklyn entries as a free-spirited counterpart to its East Village sibling.

The closure announcement came via Instagram on May 26. "This past year has been a rollercoaster of high highs and low lows, and we're incredibly grateful for every part of it," the Rose Marie team wrote. "Thank you to everyone who worked alongside us, and to all of you who stopped in for a martini, a patty melt, and time spent around our tables." The final service takes place on Saturday, June 13. In the weeks preceding closure, Rose Marie operates Thursday evenings from 5 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday evenings from 5 to 11 p.m. and weekend brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The restaurant's closing message also contained a forward-looking hint: "Stay tuned to see what we have in store at 524 Lorimer." Eater New York subsequently confirmed that the incoming concept for the address will be Yellow Rose.

Yellow Rose Brooklyn Arrives as the East Village Original Continues Operating

The East Village Yellow Rose will continue operating alongside the forthcoming Brooklyn location. The couple built Yellow Rose from a February 2020 pop-up into a full restaurant that opened nine months later, during the height of the pandemic's disruption to New York's hospitality industry a context that shaped both the restaurant's scrappy character and its loyal following among diners who sought out independent operators during that period.

Dave and Krystiana Rizo are both San Antonio natives who moved to Brooklyn and spent years in the borough before launching their restaurant careers in Manhattan. The Yellow Rose Brooklyn expansion returns the brand to the neighbourhood where the couple lives, connecting the restaurant more directly to its owners' daily geography for the first time since the original East Village opening.

Details on the Yellow Rose Brooklyn opening timeline, menu format and hours at 524 Lorimer St. had not been announced at the time of publication. Updates are expected through the brand's official channels at yellowrosenyc.com.

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