NYC's Famed Empire Diner To Close

Chelsea's iconic Empire Diner will close next month.

"After more than thirty years of serving Chelsea residents, actors, police commissioners, athletes, gangsters, such luminaries as Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, and anyone carrying a New York City Guide Book, the Empire Diner has lost its lease and is closing its doors May 15th, 2010."

I had breakfast at the Empire with outing king Mike Rogers a few weeks ago. I'll have to get there one more time before they close.