While the clubs may have moved to Brooklyn, neighborhood folks still want to eat late. Our name will be picked up first,” Morfogen said. “The biggest search terms after 11 pm are ‘late night eats’ and ‘late night snack.’ One million people are searching that after 11 pm in the 20 blocks around Gramercy Park. “The new name will be Diner24,” Morfogen said, adding that it will be a 24/7 Greek diner. “I just signed the lease,” said Morfogen, who is taking over the iconic Lyric Diner space, a former 24/7 Greek diner at 283 Third Avenue and East 22nd Street. Restaurateur Stratis Morfogen plans to launch a 24/7 diner in Chelsea Not everyone is buying into the theory that Manhattan has lost its late-night edge. The City That Never Sleeps is sleepier than it has ever been.” Mark Amadei is the co-founder of Cafeteria. “Most of the clubs have moved to Brooklyn now and there just isn’t a 24-hour culture in New York the way there used to be,” Cafeteria co-founder Stacy Pisone said. ©New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection Le CollectiveM Cafeteria cemented its lore after being featured as the go-to brunch spot for the “Sex and the City” gang. Cafeteria, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, stopped offering its elevated comfort food in the wee hours during the pandemic. since 2007, and Hell’s Kitchen, where Empanada Mama has a 24-7 outpost, along with its LES location. The few all-night joints that remain can be found in areas like the Lower East Side, where Remedy Diner has been on E. It was among several beloved late-night haunts like Veselka that were forced to shorten their hours because of lockdowns. “When I left a party at 2 am the other night, everything was closed and there was no one on the street.”Ĭafeteria, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, stopped offering its elevated comfort food in the wee hours during the pandemic. It’s not safe,” Mark Amadei, co-founder of famed Chelsea all-night diner Cafeteria, told Side Dish. “People go out earlier now, and no one wants to take the subway late at night. Manhattan’s once thriving 24/7 eateries - where revelers spilling out of thumping clubs and after-hours hot spots would merge with an early-morning work crowd - are dwindling as staff shortages, rising real estate prices and soaring crime eat away at all-night options. The City That Never Sleeps? Tell that to night owls starving for a bite to eat. 'Gucci Gang' rapper Lil Pump sells Miami Beach home to Green Bay Packer Aaron Jones for $7M After all, dining at Melba's is like coming home for dinner, whenever you're away from home.Late designer Lorraine Letendre’s Miami triplex sells for $3.4Mīillionaire couple Gary and Karen Winnick ask $4.45M for NYC pied-à-terreĬall Cindy Crawford and Mike Piazza your neighbors in Miami Beach for $8.5Mīrooks Nader and model sisters spotted shooting fragrance campaign in luxe NYC condo On any given day, you can find Melba greeting guests with hugs, her trademark smile and inquiring of her customers as to whether there is anything she can do to enhance their dining experience. It is the commitment to exceptional customer service, coupled with great food that make the standard of excellence that exists today. When great food is combined with remarkable service, the result is a dining destination that patrons come to regard as home. She quickly became aware that diners have the opportunity to eat wherever they choose. Being born, bred and buttered in Harlem, Melba knew she wanted to stay close to home so she could nurture and provide an exquisite yet comfortable dining experience to the community that raised her.Īs a young adult working at Sylvia's, Rosa Mexicano and Windows on the World restaurants, Melba saw firsthand what it took to own and operate a successful business. Melba’s Restaurant opened its doors in 2005 and has come to be regarded as the premier comfort food destination in New York City.The eponymous restaurant was the vision of founder, Melba Wilson.
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