--- description: After 11 years of dishing out innovative cuisines, a landmark for modernist cooking led by the imaginative Wylie Dufresne, closed its doors title: Exclusive: Go Inside the Last Days of wd~50 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt031ca7735e5c1bc4/69876d77524fc0ddaddeb443/tout.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Food & Drink](/tag/food-drink/) ## Food & Drink Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Exclusive: Go Inside the Last Days of wd\~50 by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2014 9:04 PM CUT  Wylie Dufresne Wylie DufresneTIME Video by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2014 9:04 PM CUT After 11 years of dishing out innovative cuisines, wd\~50, a New York City landmark for modernist cooking led by the imaginative Wylie Dufresne, closed its doors. TIME received exclusive access to the restaurant’s last days leading up to its final plating. Check back for the full video in early 2015. _Read Next:_ [_Wylie Dufresne Prepares to Close wd-50_](http://time.com/3516983/end-of-wd-50/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3623226/wd-50-new-york-city-restaurant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3623226/wd-50-new-york-city-restaurant/"},"headline":"Exclusive: Go Inside the Last Days of wd~50","datePublished":"2014-12-08T21:04:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:39:04.520Z","description":"Get a behind-the-scenes look into the closing of one of the world’s first American avant-garde restaurants","url":"https://time.com/3623226/wd-50-new-york-city-restaurant/","keywords":["Food & Drink","Food"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt031ca7735e5c1bc4/69876d77524fc0ddaddeb443/tout.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt031ca7735e5c1bc4/69876d77524fc0ddaddeb443/tout.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"tout","caption":"Wylie Dufresne","creditText":"TIME Video","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/food-drink/","name":"Food & Drink"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3623226/wd-50-new-york-city-restaurant/","name":"Exclusive: Go Inside the Last Days of wd~50"}}]}] ```