The latest in the Lyric Diner saga.
First, a quick recap!
Taverna, the Greek restaurant that took over the Lyric Diner space on Third Avenue at 22nd Street, closed a few weeks ago after just six months in business. The same owners closed Lyric Diner last August.
However, as a reader notes in the above photo, the Lyric is returning.
pcvstBee first reported this development on Saturday. No word just yet on an opening date.
And it's probably a good thing that Taverna kept up some Lyric Diner signage upon opening...
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This is just too, too bizarre.
Was it the same staff working at Taverna?
This is good news. I loved the lyric (especially the massive dinner specials that provided leftovers for like two subsequent meals).
Is this -- dare I say it -- the turning point? No, probably not. Hopefully they saved the neon.
Okay -- we'll take it!
So what was the point in shutting it down in the first place then?
...maybe he thought a more "upscale" place would do better? (Look around...some of the newbies are doing okay.)
Meanwhile, I wish they'd bring back Pete's Place (of Third Avenue)...
The old Lyric was by far the best diner in the neighborhood. I was sad to see it go. A good diner is a community asset, a meeting place, I am very happy to hear of it's return!
DNAinfo confirms Lyric is coming back as a Diner, this time with a full bar and late night specials. I just knew they would be finding a way to start serving tequila! Maybe they should call it Club Lyric. Glad its coming back, and I'm sure the Community Board agrees we could really use a few more bars in the neighborhood. Here's an unintentionally revealing quote by George, the Lyric's owner:
"It's going to be the same diner, but a little different," owner George Kalogerakos said outside the under-construction restaurant this week. "It'll have a bar now and a new late-night menu.... The dinner menu will be different with new items and better quality food."
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130828/gramercy/renovated-lyric-diner-return-gramercy-owner-says
Hey George, what were you serving up for dinner during all those years at the Original Lyric, compost?
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