Larchmont Italian Restaurant Augie's Files Chapter 11 Amid Financial Strain

Augie's Italian Restaurant Corp., a family-style Italian restaurant and bar that has served Larchmont for 35 years, filed a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on March 16, 2026, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, court records show.

The 28-page petition, filed at 7:57 p.m. and assigned case number 26-22267-shl before Judge Sean H. Lane, classifies Augie's as a small-business debtor. Drew Figueroa, the restaurant's vice president, signed the petition as the authorized representative. Attorney H. Bruce Bronson Jr. of Bronson Law Offices, P.C. filed on the company's behalf, with a $1,738 filing fee paid by credit card the following morning.

Court records list estimated assets between $0 and $50,000 against liabilities between $50,001 and $100,000, with between one and 49 creditors. The debts are classified as primarily business in nature. Local reports describe the filing as driven by rising food costs and declining customer spending, pressures that have tightened margins across the restaurant industry.

The filing came roughly six months after the restaurant marked its 35th year of operation in Larchmont. A prior Journal News report by Ernie Garcia cited a dispute over $186,500 in taxes allegedly owed to New York State and the Internal Revenue Service, as well as $12,000 in disputed rent to the restaurant's landlord. That same reporting referenced declining gross revenues recorded in bankruptcy paperwork: $424,339 in 2012, falling to $394,072 in 2013 and $224,000 in 2014. Those figures and the tax dispute amounts have not been independently confirmed against the current petition schedules.

The restaurant operates at 2417 Boston Post Road, offering indoor and outdoor dining alongside delivery, takeout, online ordering, and catering. Its website, quoted in the Journal News, captures the establishment's identity in a single line: "Nobody goes home without an Augie-doggie-Bag."

A meeting of creditors under Section 341(a) of the Bankruptcy Code is scheduled for April 16, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom, with a reorganization plan and disclosure statement both due by September 14, 2026. Whether Augie's can restructure its debts and remain open will depend on what that plan contains when it reaches Judge Lane's courtroom.