Greenwich Village Diner Silver Spurs To Close

GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — The longtime Greenwich Village diner Silver Spurs will close on March 29.

The diner, located at 490 La Guardia Place, first opened in the Village in 1979. The restaurant is the latest in a long string of greasy spoons to close their doors in New York City.

The diner's original location was at Broadway and Ninth Street.

The diner's manager Kiki Bourekas told Jeremiah's Vanishing New York, which first reported the news, that the diner was closing because of a dip in business.

"It was like Cheers in here. It was family. Customers became friends. You came here and made friends in the neighborhood," Bourekas told the blog. "People in the neighborhood call it 'Kiki's.' 'Let’s go get some of Kiki’s coffee,' they say. I stayed on all that time because I liked it so much."

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