The Moondance Diner on Grand Street and 6th Avenue closed a few weeks ago. It's always sad when little pieces of New York like this fade away. (Mr NYC will do a future post on great diners in NYC, past and present.) However, this little piece is getting a new life: some people from a tiny town called La Barge are going to literally dig it out of the ground, put it on a truck and haul the mother to Wyoming.
If you know your diner-speak, then you know that this particular diner is famous, not only for the yellow half crescent spinning on top, but also because 1) it was featured on "Sex and the City" and one of the Spiderman movies; 2) it's where "Rent" creator Jonathan Larson worked for nine years before his musical hit it big (and he sadly died). I've never gone to the Moondance and I'am sad that I won't ever get to (unless I find myself in Wyoming sometime). However, I'm thankful to these people from the country's least populated state that they, unlike so many of the developers and landlords and politicians in this town, are willing to keep a part of this city alive ... 2000 thousand miles away.
One question: will the people of this presumably conservative town want to frequent a formerly gay-friendly chow hall from Soho? One can only ponder.
If you know your diner-speak, then you know that this particular diner is famous, not only for the yellow half crescent spinning on top, but also because 1) it was featured on "Sex and the City" and one of the Spiderman movies; 2) it's where "Rent" creator Jonathan Larson worked for nine years before his musical hit it big (and he sadly died). I've never gone to the Moondance and I'am sad that I won't ever get to (unless I find myself in Wyoming sometime). However, I'm thankful to these people from the country's least populated state that they, unlike so many of the developers and landlords and politicians in this town, are willing to keep a part of this city alive ... 2000 thousand miles away.
One question: will the people of this presumably conservative town want to frequent a formerly gay-friendly chow hall from Soho? One can only ponder.
Downtown Diner is Moving to Wyoming, Lock, Stock and Original Stools
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