Sign on the door at Esperanza Restaurante Credit: Linda Oats

Esperanza Restaurante, which opened in December 2016 at 180 Battery Street in Burlington, has closed after two years in business.

A sign on the door says the restaurant, which served cuisine from El Salvador and the Philippines, will not reopen. A recorded message on the restaurant’s telephone line thanks customers for their support, apologizes for the short notice of the closure, and wishes locals a merry Christmas and happy New Year.

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Sally Pollak was a staff writer at Seven Days from 2017 until she retired in summer 2023. She started as a Food contributor before transitioning to the Arts & Culture team. Her first newspaper job was compiling horse racing results at the Philadelphia...