Iconic West Village Diner To Re-Open At Hands Of 'Queer Eye' Star

WEST VILLAGE, NY — A star of the hit Netflix show Queer Eye aims to open a "fast-casual" reboot of the classic West Village diner Village Den, food website Eater first reported.

Foodie Antoni Porowski plans to overhaul the West 12th Street and Greenwich Avenue diner, which shuttered May after more than 36 years in the neighborhood, with a menu emphasizing wholesome comfort food, he said at a recent panel discussion on the Upper East Side.

“I’m all about, like, cheese and pork belly and decadence, and as a result of the increased vanity of being on camera all the time and working out and eating healthy, I’m developing a fast-casual food concept restaurant that I’m gonna be opening here in New York,” Porowski said during a panel at the 92nd Street Y.

Porowski and partners Eric Marx and Lisle Richards, the restaurateurs behind New York hot spots such as the the Wayferer and the Monarch Room, will re-launch the eatery with all-day service and a menu that carters to a variety of diets, reported Eater.

Porowski aims to open his twist on the West Village classic in September.

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