Beloved Manhattan Diner Closes
April 9th, 2008 at 9:04am |
By Ann Levin, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The overheated New York real estate market has claimed another classic diner.
The Cheyenne Diner, a railway car-inspired eatery down the street from Penn Station, will serve its last meal Sunday.
Restaurant owner Spiro Kasimis is closing the establishment after 19 years, narrowing the inexpensive dining options on the rapidly redeveloping blocks of Manhattan’s west side.
“Everybody wants to build. They want to make money,” said his wife, Angie Kasimis, when asked why the diner was closing.
Landlord George Papas, who owns the Skylight diner around the corner, said he plans to put up a nine-story commercial and residential building on the skinny parcel of land.
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