LUNCH MOB to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon
LUNCH MOB to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon
LUNCH MOB to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#1
Posted: 11/7/14 at 2:30pm
The great Cafe Edison is being denied a new lease by Hotel Edison management. This beloved New York institution must not go down without a fight. Let your voice be heard--and have some matzo (or brisket, or blintzes, maybe a nice piece of fish?).
Let the cafe, hotel management, and the tourists know why you're there. PLEASE BRING A SIGN OF SUPPORT TO CREATE A VISUAL IMPACT. Markers, poster board, slogans: "Save Cafe Edison," "Polish Tea Room Forever," whatever's clever.
Have lunch, make some noise, get connected with other concerned and pissed off New Yorkers. Take photos--tweet and Instagram with hashtag #SaveCafeEdison. Do those Foursquare and Swarm check-in things, too. Spread the word!
Cafe Edison is located at 228 W 47th St., between 7th and 8th Aves. Starts at noon, goes to whenever everyone is full.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#2
Posted: 11/7/14 at 2:31pmGood.
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#2
Posted: 11/7/14 at 2:31pm
And join the Facebook page, even if you can't be there.
FACEBOOK: Lunch Mob for Cafe Edison
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#3
Posted: 11/7/14 at 2:42pm
Shall the larger constituency that would be more inclined to carry a sign saying CLOSE THIS DUMP!!! show up at the same hour?
As I noted in another thread, the Edison does not deserve preservation, demeans worthwhile preservation efforts and leads the city toward fossilization rather than the vitality that is its signature.
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#4
Posted: 11/7/14 at 2:48pmLike that Guy Fieri place?
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#5
Posted: 11/7/14 at 2:51pmHogansHero--EAT MY BLINTZES!
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#6
Posted: 11/7/14 at 2:52pm
For heaven's sake, no: close that abomination too.
We have lots of restaurants that provide great food in a great atmosphere where people who make theatre go. Neither Edison nor Fieri are among those places.
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#7
Posted: 11/7/14 at 2:53pmLove me some blitzes, PJ. Luckily there are a bunch of places that make great ones: something you can't objectively say about the place you are trying to save.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/09
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#8
Posted: 11/7/14 at 2:53pmYeah, Hogan, those stupid idiots who preserved that fossil Grand Central Terminal. The destruction of Penn Station looks so much better...
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#9
Posted: 11/7/14 at 2:56pm
Penn Station and Grand Central were both worth preserving, Sally. The Edison is not. And when you try to save the unworthy, you end up losing battles that really matter. That's why I am so negative about this hoopla about the Edison (which will, of course, flop).
Updated On: 11/7/14 at 02:56 PM
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#10
Posted: 11/7/14 at 3:03pmAnd that, of course, is in no way an opinion. That is FACT.
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#11
Posted: 11/7/14 at 3:16pmJordan-where in the world did you get the idea I was stating a fact? Can you point me to the place in my posts that suggested that to you so I can straighten you out? It seems to me I have very forcefully stated my opinion on this subject, but that does not make it a fact. Are you not able to distinguish?
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#12
Posted: 11/7/14 at 3:26pm
"As I noted in another thread, the Edison does not deserve preservation, demeans worthwhile preservation efforts and leads the city toward fossilization rather than the vitality that is its signature."
While I disagree with this statement, a petition or a mob won't do any good, they need a lot of money to keep it open, and I don't think people are willing to give a couple thousand each for the cause. Lovely place, though.
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#13
Posted: 11/7/14 at 3:32pm
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#14
Posted: 11/7/14 at 3:38pmCan we get one of those huge inflated rats for outside the hotel? People staying there might want to be made aware of the fact that this establishment is being kicked out.
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#15
Posted: 11/7/14 at 3:41pm
Well, hopefully the signers of the petition and the people involved in this mob will be eating at the Cafe Edison enough for the foreseeable future for the hotel's owners to be convinced it is worthwhile to be kept open.
Or a handful will sit and nurse a cup of coffee and bowl of soup for a couple of hours once in a while. Tomato, tomahto.
I'm not sure this place has enough cause, aside from nostalgia, to merit historical preservation.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#16
Posted: 11/7/14 at 3:46pmHow about as the traditional place where the Tony nominating committee meets to decide the nominees? At 1 PM the day before the nominations, the cafe closes and the windows blackened while the nominators make their picks.
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#17
Posted: 11/7/14 at 3:59pm
I frequented this place probably a hundred times over the past 20 years and will miss it greatly. Aside from the fantastic homemade soups and reliable diner fare it was the people who served me that I always felt comfortable with. Besides being hardworking and honest they were always polite, earnest
and delivered great service. It is they who I'll miss. Ours is a great city but it will be diminished should Cafe Edison leave.
Updated On: 11/7/14 at 03:59 PM
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#18
Posted: 11/7/14 at 4:04pmThe Edison is worth preserving. Ask any long time Broadway veteran.
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#19
Posted: 11/7/14 at 8:46pm
The Wall Street Journal mentions the lunch mob!
WALL ST JOURNAL: Lights Are Going Out at Cafe Edison
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#20
Posted: 11/8/14 at 9:32am
Jeremiah Moss
29 mins
Just talked to Cafe Edison. They're tripling the orders of matzo balls and blintzes. Getting ready for the Lunch Mob!
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#22
Posted: 11/8/14 at 2:47pmDon't let people make fun of trying to make a statement with your presence in the real world.
Lunch Mob to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon#23
Posted: 11/8/14 at 3:20pmWhen are people going to learn how to link to tweets properly? It's almost 2015.
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