Payne Avenue’s Ward 6, one of the first of a new wave of restaurants that have helped revive the street, is closing, owner Bob Parker told the Pioneer Press.

The restaurant, which will close Sunday, June 3, had been struggling financially for the past couple of years, a post from the restaurant on Facebook said. “There is only so long a restaurant can go on without making money, and we have come to the end of that road,” it said.

Parker said there was “a quick succession of circumstances to which we just couldn’t adapt quickly.”

He said his and co-owner Eric Foster’s priority is to “maintain the spirit, integrity and quality that Ward 6 is known for until we finish after brunch next Sunday.”

Ward 6, which is in a former Hamm’s Brewing-tied house, opened at the end of 2012. The restaurant and pub has focused on “food for drinking” made from scratch and has always maintained a well-curated local beer list and an affordable, creative cocktail menu.

The Facebook post said, in part: “We helped create interest in the great restaurant scene on our beloved Payne Avenue. And we made a lot of friends with our amazing customers and neighbors along the way. The love between Ward 6 and its Eastside community is special to us, and we’re proud of what we created and what we accomplished.”

The post thanked customers, staff and the farmers, the brewers and others who provided “our great food and drink—please continue to care about where your food comes from and the people who create it,” it said.

Foster and Parker invited people to come in and say goodbye. The Facebook post ends with a plea: “And please, support your favorite local restaurants — chances are, they’re closer to this kind of situation than you might think.”

Though the closing is hard, Parker was hopeful about the future.

“We had five years of love, and we are going out with love,” he said in an email. “That kind of success is pretty important in my opinion. I hope I can re-create this kind of thing another time and in another place.”