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    HECTOR’S of the Meatpacking

    by Kevin Walsh October 16, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh October 16, 2013 2 comments

    Hector’s Cafe, on Washington and Little West 12th Street, like your webmaster has seen a great deal of changes and remained pretty much the same. When the diner first opened…

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    HONEST JOHN’S

    by Kevin Walsh March 29, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh March 29, 2012 2 comments

    I’ve been past this place on Metropolitan and Hillside in Richmond Hill a number of times but never went in. Anyone know what it’s like?

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    BLUE SKY: NON-BUSINESS AS USUAL

    by Kevin Walsh October 17, 2011
    by Kevin Walsh October 17, 2011 1 comment

    The former Blue Sky Diner, 49th Avenue and 21st Street, Hunters Point, has been mostly empty beginning in the 1990s, but in 2010-2011 it took a star turn as the upscale…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    HINSCH’S PINCHED: Brooklyn candy store closes after 6 decades

    by Kevin Walsh October 4, 2011
    by Kevin Walsh October 4, 2011 37 comments

    1/9/13: ***HINSCH’s DOOMED AGAIN, as its new owners couldn’t make a profit.*** 10/17/11: ***HINSCH’S  SAVED, as the owners of Skinflint’s on 5th will operate it.**** I’ll admit it, I had…

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    LAST OF THE CHEYENNE

    by Kevin Walsh September 16, 2011
    by Kevin Walsh September 16, 2011 5 comments

    The Cheyenne Diner began as the Market Diner at 9th Avenue and 33rd Street sometime in the early 1940s. The diner manufacturer was Paramount Modular Concepts of Oakland, NJ, in business…

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    DINER AT THE END OF QUEENS. The Clinton

    by Kevin Walsh May 4, 2011
    by Kevin Walsh May 4, 2011 0 comment

    May 2011: Having been forced out of my job by mechanization and the fanatical desire of business to maximize profits (the cry of business is that “we are not running a…

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  • Neighborhoods

    CHELSEA-CLINTON, Manhattan

    by Kevin Walsh April 12, 2011
    by Kevin Walsh April 12, 2011 0 comment

    The Chelsea and Clinton neighborhoods on the west side of Manhattan are relatively easy to get to from lively Little Neck — the train ride to Manhattan is 22 minutes…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    PAPAYA KING, 7th Avenue

    by Kevin Walsh December 8, 2009
    by Kevin Walsh December 8, 2009 0 comment

    Just a few weeks ago I went to 7th Avenue and West 14th Street to shoot the old Hotel Jeanne D’Arc and the “Cool Whip” terra cotta building on the opposite corner. At…

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  • Street Scenes

    LAST ROUNDUP at the CHEYENNE DINER

    by Kevin Walsh April 6, 2008
    by Kevin Walsh April 6, 2008 0 comment

      I’m not sure when I first visited the Cheyenne Diner — it must have been before ForgottenTour 12 in Hell’s Kitchen gathered there (left) in May 2003; it must…

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  • Forgotten Slices

    Nothing BRIGHT (FOODS) About It: death of a diner

    by Kevin Walsh November 19, 2007
    by Kevin Walsh November 19, 2007 0 comment

    I’ll admit it, I had never ventured into the Bright Food Shop at 8th Avenue and West 21st Street in Chelsea. An old NY Magazine review said: Sit with your morning cup of Joe…

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    MARVELOUS NIGHT for the Moondance and Victory Diners

    by Kevin Walsh August 1, 2007
    by Kevin Walsh August 1, 2007 0 comment

    Is there anyplace more inviting than a classic railroad-car diner? It’s a matter of taste of course, in more ways than one. I’d eat in one every day, but my…

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  • Street Scenes

    NOTHING COULD BE FINER: A look at NYC diners

    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2001
    by Kevin Walsh December 12, 2001 7 comments

    Restaurant reviews make me laugh. Especially the pictures that go with them. Who could eat the stingy portions shown? Crumbs and morsels on huge plates. And restaurant reviewers all like…

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