An excellent history of the now closed Empire Diner in today's Observer: "It is tempting to say that the passing of the Empire Diner marks the end of an era in New York, that it's yet another symptom of the city losing its soul. But the truth is more complicated than that, as the Empire was always already a whimsical, nostalgic place, and never a holdover from more 'authentic' times." [NYO]
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