SPRINGFIELD — After a decade in business in the city’s long-suffering entertainment district, the sun has set on Adolfo’s Ristorante within days of a raid by federal agents and state police.

Victor C. Bruno opened the restaurant at 254 Worthington St. in the name of his late father, Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno, a Genovese crime family boss gunned down by mob rivals in 2003.

On Monday, Victor Bruno was set to appear at a municipal hearing to answer for alleged violations at the restaurant and bar that occurred in August — including overcrowding and being obstinate toward police, according to city records. An attorney for the restaurant surrendered Bruno’s liquor license just hours before the hearing at City Hall, License Commissioner Peter Sygnator confirmed to The Republican. The hearing was canceled.

The restaurant was locked down late Monday afternoon.

“Mr. Bruno has been contemplating this for some time,” said Adolfo’s attorney Daniel D. Kelly. “Obviously the raids had something to do with the decision to close, but being in the restaurant business means, at times, 100-hour weeks. It can be a grind, and cuts into your personal life significantly. This was not a decision he made overnight.”

Bruno declined to comment.

The high-end Italian eatery was a mainstay of city cuisine during lean economic and gastronomic times. Adolfo’s weathered a recession, downtown Springfield’s image problems and seemed poised to catch the edge of the city’s potential rebirth after the MGM Springfield casino opened last year.

Then, on Oct. 23, the feds and the Massachusetts State Police Organized Crime Unit swept in and executed simultaneous raids at Adolfo’s and the Mardi Gras strip club one block over. Agents and police also raided Bruno’s home in Suffield, Connecticut, and that of Mardi Gras owner James Santaniello on Pinewood Drive in Longmeadow.

The businesses share no obvious connection. However, the lead agency for the searches was the IRS Criminal Investigation Division. Sources told The Republican the searches were the fruits of a sting after undercover IRS agents posed as Russian cash buyers out of New York and wooed both owners, who had their businesses up for sale.

Spokespeople for the IRS and FBI refused to confirm the details of the investigation following the raids. Bruno has denied keeping separate sets of books tracking reported revenues versus cash revenues.

A lawyer for Santaniello suggested the raids were part of a longstanding pursuit of Santaniello as a law enforcement target — even though he served as a witness for the government against organized crime associates for decades.

Despite his legacy, Victor Bruno has no criminal record. The site of Adolfo’s — once called Caffeine’s — was raided in the early 2000s when the same federal agencies were investigating questionable city grants gifted to downtown business owners.

“I was exonerated then. I expect I’ll be fully exonerated now,” Bruno said Oct. 23 as he watched agents carry boxes of records out of Adolfo’s.

He signaled then that he may close the restaurant for good.

“I’m done. They win,” Bruno said.

The Mardi Gras remains open for business.

Mayor Domenic Sarno expressed regrets about the demise of Adolfo’s but remains optimistic for the future of the neighborhood.

“I’m sorry to hear that about Adolfo’s. It was a very popular dining spot that residents and visitors enjoyed. My administration has worked hard to redefine this area into an eclectic restaurant district. With that said, this offers opportunities for new investment and development,” Sarno said.