The Empire Diner — eulogized by Leon Neyfakh when it closed back in May — will be re-opening in September, sources tell Eater. Of course, under new leadership (the people behind Coffee Shop), it will be a different sort of place. The new restaurant will offer “American food, with a more Read More
One night in 1976, a group of four young men walked into the Empire Diner on 10th Avenue and 22nd Street and asked for hamburgers. It was clear they’d never been there before.
“I told them we didn’t make hamburgers, that we had some other stuff,” said Carl Yorke, then 23, a novice actor Read More
The Empire Diner closed up shop this weekend, staying open til midnight Saturday and hosting “wrap-up party” for regulars yesterday.
“Come to us, Pilgrim,” the Empire blog invited readers, “and take sustenance for Body and Soul on this day of Leave Taking and Goodbyes.”
According to NewYorkology, the last Blue Plate Read More
