The minute we signed the lease, Barney’s closed, but it didn’t matter. The Meatpacking District was just beginning. “Our idea was to create something for shoppers during the day and for our friends at night who wanted to go out. “It was a big part of New York, like a mini-downtown fashion quarter,” Amadei said. Cafeteria cemented its lore after being featured as the go-to brunch spot for the “Sex and the City” gang. Hollywood stars and music legends from Julianne Moore and Mariah Carey could be found seated in the dining room - and Kim Kardashian and Kanye West spent one of their first dates there. Launched by celebrity chef Tyler Florence across the street from Barneys downtown, Cafeteria became a haven for creatives and the LGBTQ+ community. The famed eatery at 119 Seventh Ave - which seats 140 people inside and 74 people outside - now opens at 9 am and closes at midnight from Sunday to Wednesday, and at 1 am from Thursday through Saturday. That said, 18 hours a day is doable,” Antonakopoulos said.Ĭafeteria’s co-founders are also making the burnt ends meet despite closing early. “I don’t think we can afford to be open 24 hours because it’s too costly to operate overnight and there’s still a staffing shortage. Not everyone is buying into the theory that Manhattan has lost its late-night edge. Carnegie Diner & Cafe is open from 7 am until 1 a.m. That’s in addition to the flagship Carnegie Diner & Cafe, which opened at 205 W. The new location, which launched Wednesday, is open from 7 am until 1 a.m. Stathis Antonakopoulos, owner of the Carnegie Diner & Cafe, said his just-opened outpost at 828 8th Avenue, off 50th Street, was going to be 24/7 but it didn’t make sense financially. “The area is filled with bars and they are all full. “People are working from home and they want to go out,” Morfogen said. 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 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. Jordan could be the next star owner at this NYC tower NYC landlord asking $20K a month in rent - and offering $20K credit at posh restaurant downstairs MTV star Sam Logan snags $13M Miami Beach home in an all-cash deal Lionel Messi buys $10.8M mansion in South Florida Director Baz Luhrmann's NYC townhouse returns to market for $17.99M
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