Hinsch’s shuts up shop on Bay Ridge’s Fifth Avenue
A Bay Ridge fixture, Hinsch’s Luncheonette, is closed.
After 63 years of serving up 50s and 60s nostalgia along withthe classic burgers, egg creams, waffles and ice cream sodas, theFifth Avenue fixture ceased operations on Thursday, September 29,after business owner and leader John Logue decided not to renew thelease.
The news shocked customers who passed by the establishment andhappened to notice the bright orange sign in the window, thankingcustomers for their support and loyalty, and explaining thatcurrent economic conditions, customers’ changing eating patternsand [the Logue family’s] desire to retire early led to theirdecision. The sign announcing the closure hung next to another signoffering a $5.99 burger deluxe to celebrate the eatery’s 62ndanniversary.