The owner of Broad Street Diner and Melrose Diner (same guy) is an absolute crumb. He’s what you get if a slumlord did the same slumlord thing with a landmark business instead.

Since he took over the Melrose, he stopped advertising almost completely. (When is the last time you heard the jingle: “Everybody Who Knows-Goes-To-Mel-rose!”) He closed the back of the house bakery and started ordering cheap bread that they used to make on site regularly. He also started hiring trash management and cooks all while prices increased. He also started cutting costs in the form of quality food and ingredients he ordered. All while the surrounding neighborhood prices skyrocketed and socioeconomic status of residents has improved.

He sneakily got a demo license ahead of the city granting it a historic designation. So he can still demolish it and build some crap ugly hipster palace we don’t want. He’s doing similar shit with Broad Street now. Fuck this guy. The city should step in.