Louis Gritsipis insists he will never sell his diner in Hell’s Kitchen, although developers have had their eyes on it for years. “I’ll never retire,” Mr. Gritsipis, 79, said. But Mr. Gritsipis’s kingdom is under siege — from rising expenses, changing tastes and developers who are trying to buy smaller and more unusual lots to assemble enough land for residential and mixed-use projects. Such are the forces encroaching on the city’s vanishing diners. While Mr. Gritsipis’s diner is in a four-story building, many are the lone tenants in single-story buildings.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2019 09:01 UTC