Dean & DeLuca closes on Madison Ave.

Dean & DeLuca ’s Madison Avenue location — notorious for its high prices in a neighborhood known for its exorbitance — shuttered its doors on the last day of June.

Upper East Siders once thronged the gourmet grocery store — located on Madison Avenue and 85th Street — for its fresh produce, sushi, baked goods and other prepared foods. Now, pedestrians linger around the ghostly storefront, peering into its vast windows that reveal nothingness.

“It is with deep regret that we announce we are temporarily closing this location,” a sign taped to the door read, before falling off. “We have been a proud part of this community for over 10 years and we thank you for your patronage,” it continued.

Ronald Guttman, an actor who lives on the Upper West Side, said he has been shopping at the Madison Avenue store for the past 15 years. He said that he would pick up organic, Irish salmon from the store to bring to his in-laws who live on Park Avenue. Three weeks ago, Guttman noticed that the store was running low on items.

The New York Times reported that shelves were visibly meager in the last months of business. Dean & DeLuca, which was acquired by a real estate company in Thailand in 2014, is in hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt to New York City food vendors alone. It recently closed two of its other stores in addition to its Upper East Side location.

Dean & DeLuca did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Many pedestrians walking by the empty UES storefront noted the store’s high prices. Burt, who asked to be identified by his first name only and has lived on 88th Street and Park Avenue for 20 years, said the most expensive item he purchased at the store was Montgomery cheese for $33 per pound. “I couldn’t live without it,” he said. Endre Molnar, who lives on 81st Street and Fifth Avenue, recalls buying a bouquet of flowers for $80. “I bought them only once,” he asserted.

Despite the pricey items, locals continued to shop at the store. “I felt like their prices were a little high but for convenience people were willing to pay a premium,” explained Dana Coppolina, who lives on 83rd Street and Madison Avenue.

Currently plagued by financial troubles, Dean & DeLuca was one of the first of its kind. Marsha Lee — who said that she frequented the Madison Avenue location when it first opened — recalls how Dean & DeLuca revolutionized food shopping.

“It was an institution that changed food markets. It was a real trailblazer for gourmet groceries,” she said. By shopping at Dean & DeLuca , “[you] could bring restaurant quality [food] to your home.”

Dean & DeLuca ’s closure denotes the addition of yet another empty storefront to the landscape of Madison Avenue.

Zee Pierro, who has lived atop the Madison Avenue storefront for the past 42 years, wants alternative gourmet grocer Citarella to move into the space. “We don’t need another clothing store on Madison Avenue,” she said.