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As I was driving through a popular Saratoga County shopping area, I noticed that a usually very busy Starbucks was closed. It was so obvious. Not just because there was no line in the drive-thru, but because the signs and the marquis were completely removed from the building.

One of my favorite chain restaurants in the Capital Region has permanently closed without warning. There was no indication that this location would close. I found out from a Facebook post from someone looking for lobster ravioli.

A fish fry joint that landed at #10 on the best fish fries in the Capital Region list has suddenly closed its doors forever.

There are a wide variety of restaurants along Wolf Road in Colonie but now there is one less. We learned that a once-popular restaurant has suddenly closed its doors forever.

A popular Chinese restaurant in Saratoga County has closed for good after twenty-six years in the community. The owners decided to retire.

Another restaurant and market in Saratoga County has closed its doors. Although its original location remains open, the newest venture only lasted less than a year.

After just six months of resurrecting a popular Rensselaer restaurant, the doors are closed again.

There was no fanfare, no warning, just a short mention on Mexican Radio's Facebook page that announced the restaurant was permanently closed.

It was a staple in the Goose Hill neighborhood of Schenectady for thirty-four years and then last summer it closed. Many thought it was for good, but a family member stepped up and she has reopened the beloved Italian deli.

Hoffman's Playland was an amusement park in Latham from 1952 until 2014. Even though many of the rides were relocated to Huck Finn's Playland in Albany, Hoffman's holds a soft spot in many Capital Region families' hearts. Take a look at abandoned Hoffman's Playland.