What NYC restaurants deserved to be chains but couldn’t survive?

In the spirit of the post earlier today, but backward…

My contribution is Zooba in Nolita. I ate there all the time. What fast casual should be IMO. I almost cried when I found out they closed. They were so goddamn good and I thought they were for sure destined for multiple locations and huge success!!!! Why?!?! 😭 😭