Update: Both Merry Monk locations, in Albany and Saratoga Springs, will reopen Wednesday (5/17), eight days after being seized by state authorities for nonpayment of more than $460,000 in back sales and other taxes. Co-owner Jeremy O’Brien tells me negotiations with the state tax department resulted in permission to reopen after a repayment agreement was worked out. Both locations will return to their original hours: lunch and dinner daily in Albany, weekday dinner and weekend brunch and dinner in Saratoga.

Original post: The Merry Monk locations in in Albany and Saratoga were seized today (5/9) by state authorities for unpaid taxes. There is a sign on the door announcing as much at the Albany restaurant, and the restaurants, at 90 N. Pearl St. and 84 Henry St., are closed.

The state database for delinquent taxes lists 12 warrants totaling more than $217,000 for Merry-Monk Albany. Merry Monk-Saratoga, too, has a dozen tax warrants (here and here) totaling more than $242,000.