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What Happened to Sage General Store After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 11 Long Island City, New York Closed May 2016

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Sage General Store has closed — confirmed via dnainfo.com, May 27, 2016.

What the source shows: DNAinfo and QNS reported in May 2016 that owner Leslie Nilsson closed the restaurant after the lease at 24-20 Jackson Ave. was not renewed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Sage General Store in Long Island City for the episode "Funky Finds," which aired 2011-01-17, spotlighting its Bacon Mac 'n' Cheese and daily-roasted rotisserie chicken. Sage General Store was a 14-seat farm-to-table restaurant opened in the Court Square area in 1998 by chef Leslie Nilsson, later moving to 24-20 Jackson Ave. and renaming to Sage General Store in 2008. According to DNAinfo and QNS, Nilsson closed the restaurant in May 2016 after 18 years when the lease on the Jackson Avenue space was not renewed. QNS reported that Nilsson continued running her catering company, Bartleby and Sage, for weddings and events after the restaurant closed.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 11

Episode 3
Aired
Title: Funky Finds · What was featured: Bacon mac 'n' cheese and daily-roasted rotisserie chicken at this farm-to-table spot
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. dnainfo.com https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160527/long-island-city/sage-roadhouse-closing-after-18-years-long-island-city/
  2. qns.com https://qns.com/2016/05/sage-general-store-to-close-this-weekend-after-18-years-in-lic/
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