Two longtime St. Paul restaurants are closing before the top of the month.

Fasika, which has been serving Ethiopian favorites for the past 22 years out of a storefront on Snelling Avenue, will close up shop after service on Saturday, June 17.

The restaurant, which didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment, posted simply on its social media pages that it could close and thanked customers.

Ethiopian immigrants Atnafu Yeshidagne and Menderen Gebretsadik opened the restaurant in 2001, serving spongy injera bread and stewed vegetables and meats together with other East African favorites.

And Alary’s, which has been operating in downtown St. Paul since 1949, will close after service on Sunday, June 18.

Current owner Nick Peterson has sold the constructing, and the brand new owners will close Alary’s and rebrand it. The brand new owners are hoping to be up and running before the subsequent Wild season starts.

Stay tuned for information on who the subsequent owners are and what the concept will likely be.