LUNCH MOB to Save the Cafe Edison Saturday Noon

SATURDAY, NOV 8, 12:00 NOON

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.

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Updated On: 11/7/14 at 02:30 PM

And join the Facebook page, even if you can't be there.
FACEBOOK: Lunch Mob for Cafe Edison

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Like that Guy Fieri place?

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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.

Yeah, Hogan, those stupid idiots who preserved that fossil Grand Central Terminal. The destruction of Penn Station looks so much better...

And that, of course, is in no way an opinion. That is FACT.

"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.

Can 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.

How 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.

The Edison is worth preserving. Ask any long time Broadway veteran.

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!

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Don't let people make fun of trying to make a statement with your presence in the real world.

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