Third-generation owner John Strats cited a combination of rising food and supply costs and declining business.
On Monday, workers removed the diner's familiar storefront signage.
East Village artist Delphine Le Goff happened to be there and shared these photos...
For anyone hoping the sign might be preserved, there's some bittersweet news.
We're told it was simply too large for the New York Sign Museum to take.
Strats kept the "DINER" portion of the sign and discarded the rest.
The sign had greeted generations of diners at Astor Place. Now it's another piece of neighborhood history that's gone.
10 comments:
28 years in the neighborhood, never felt any need or urge to eat there.
You made it 28 years. Cozy made it 54.
I ate there often - could it be 50 years( ?) of burgers, chili, BLT's...Already missing it - like I miss Leshko's, Odessa, Theresa's, Riviera, Dynasty....thank god B&H lives....
Classic NYC diner, great food (the BEST pea soup), many late night celebrity sightings. Your loss.......
Sign O the times -
That's a wrap and the end of an era for us as local residents. Hope the owners can retire in peace now.
I wish I had reached out. I almost did but I assumed the NY Sign Museum would have taken the sign. That’s what I get for assuming. I have one of the GEM SPA signs and have the space to care for Cozy’s as well. Heartbroken here….
The Overpriced Coffee Shops have completely replaced The Cheap Greasy Spoons! Oh well, what can you do...
Nothing vegan; hope the new occupant gets with the times.
Teresa's decamped for Brooklyn Heights many years ago; it's just a short train ride on the R.
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