Pucquio, a Peruvian restaurant at 5337 College Ave. in Oakland's Rockridge, has closed abruptly. It announced the shutdown on Instagram; The Oaklandside reported the closure July 31. No reason has been made public.

Pucquio, a Peruvian restaurant at 5337 College Ave. in Oakland's Rockridge, has closed. The restaurant announced the shutdown on its Instagram account, and The Oaklandside reported the closure on July 31, describing it as abrupt.

The room sat on College Avenue, one of Rockridge's densest dining corridors — the strip that carries the neighborhood's foot traffic between the Rockridge BART station and the Berkeley line. No reason for the closure has been made public. Whether lease, rent, or an operator's choice, the announcement did not say, and the operator could not immediately be reached.

Pucquio carried a critical reputation heavier than its profile. SF Chronicle food critic Cesar Hernandez called it "the most underrated spot in Oakland's Rockridge" — the kind of line that pulls diners across the bridge and makes a closure register beyond the block.

The Oaklandside, in the same report, noted that two previously shuttered Oakland restaurant spaces are being revived even as Pucquio goes dark. What takes the 5337 space, and why Pucquio left it, are not yet known.