SAVE THE EDISON CAFE!!!!! — Page 2

I love the Cafe Edison. When I have stayed at the Edison Hotel, I always ate breakfast there (at the counter). Best seat in the house.

Bummed if it closes.

Here's the NBC News 4 New York piece:

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/Customers-Rally-to-Save-Broadway-Icon/282065721



And here's one from NY1:

http://www.ny1.com/content/news/218609/supporters-gather-to-protest-closing-of-manhattan-diner/

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You can also sign a petition at the cashier stand. That place is always busy. Where will we go next? Sad.

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I hope for some last-minute reprieve or other miracle that will save a true NY gem. Definitely my favorite dining spot before a show, especially for comfort food: blintzes, matzoh ball soup and cabbage soup. Ahhhh.

All signs of old NY must be stamped out. Tourists must be welcomed by glass & glitz & screw character & tradition of the old NY.

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Pammylicious, I was at Westway this past week. I don't really think much changed post renovation, I just think the booths and tables were re done. Had an amazing bowl of matza ball soup for just $3.50, I think that's pretty great for midtown.

So sad. I've been doing to the Cafe since it opened - a respite from the insanity of the theater district, especially after a drive into the city, particularly in the winter months. Please sign the petition and help reverse another loss of old NYC...

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Every generation has made the same complaint, but there's something distinctly creepy going on in NYC, similar to (but not identical to) what's going on in San Francisco.

Middle-class people, young and old combined, and minorities, are being squeezed out of the Village, Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen, the Upper West Side, even Harlem and Washington Heights.

Add to that the homogenization of retail by chains forcing out individual businesses, and you end up with a loss of the very individualism, ingenuity, entrepreneurship and creativity that have always made New York...well, New York

In New York, it's foreign money building upscale glass towers that house pieds a terre for people who don't even live here. In San Francisco, it's the tech industries chasing ethnic groups and young people out of the city. Different issues but the same net result: the overpowering blandness of money ruling.

It's not the same as it's always been. It's changing the essential quality and character of the city. For the worse.

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Updated On: 11/10/14 at 04:01 PM

"That's good to hear about Westway. I guess this will be the go to spot if Cafe Edison has to close."

I really enjoy the Westway- has a lot of sentimental assoc for me w a now deceased friend.

Do you know if they lease or own their site? It would make a difference when the gentrification push comes.

I assumed since they just put so much into renovations, Westway either owns the property or just signed a very long term lease, which will make it safe for at least 20 years.

It is closing this weekend. I was in there last night after seeing Side Show and now regret it being only the 2nd time I've been there. And now that I recall, it was the only place in Times Square where one of the waiters had a real conversation with me when they weren't busy. It was very busy last night though. I mean they had to seat me at one of the smaller tables that get pushed together for larger parties with other people at the other 2, but it was fine. I actually did talk to those people about theater a little. It actually started because I had my playbill on my table when I got there. And it definitely is something I will remember and love for the rest of my life. Again, no other restaurant experience I've had in NY can compare.

I do hope that they can find another spot in the city to reopen. I still can't believe what they want to do to that place. The crowd in there makes me hope the new plan is a mistake. I know I probably won't return if it is too upscale and expensive. That's not me putting those kinds of restaurants down, but it isn't the kind of place I search for alone after the theater, if that makes sense.

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It would be cool if a bunch of us got together there for dinner before it closes.