Downtown could lose its all-night diner

Hearing on July 7 at City Hall on forcing the South Street diner to close at 2 a.m.. Diner claims some yuppies moved next door to an all night diner and now want to shut it down.

Via the Lone Beader.

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Submitted by adamg on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 7:13pm.

Petition

BTW, you can sign a Web petition at that first link.

neilv | Fri, 07/03/2009 - 7:24pm

A petition in support of the

A petition in support of the diner that's been there since 1947 ...

riggssm | Fri, 07/03/2009 - 8:13pm

good grief

just like Boston huh? hard enough to get any food after 10 as it is...

johnmcboston | Fri, 07/03/2009 - 10:02pm

Neighbors

I hope their houses all burn to the ground. Don't fucking live downtown if you have a problem with noise, assholes. Go live in Weston.

Will LaTulippe | Sat, 07/04/2009 - 1:35am

Seriously

What's next? Petitioning the MBTA to stop running its trains in and out of South Station?

Neal | Sat, 07/04/2009 - 8:44am

yes

Exactly it's the city. It's supposed to be noisy. Especially if your downtown what would you expect?

rageagainst | Sat, 07/04/2009 - 8:48am

This reminds me of some smarmy douchebags who bought condos in the back bay and fenway areas in the 70s and 80s. They would complain endlessly that the fraternities and independent living groups affiliated with colleges devalued their condo property.

One problem: how does something that was there for 50 to 75 years before you arrived devalue your property? Maybe, just maybe, you got a great deal because that "negative" presence was there?

Funny thing is, the very rural areas where I spent much of my childhood are having a similar problem. You see, there are a lot of suburban/city/California people who bought ranchettes and hobby farms way out in the sticks without understanding that living next to extensive tracts of farmland was not going to be a quiet, bucolic way of life. Farming is a 24/7/365 operation involving large diesel engines, dust, sprinklers, shit, spraying fields and work crews.

SwirlyGrrl | Sat, 07/04/2009 - 11:27am

Unbelievable

Petition signed, and I urge everyone else who would like to see a safer and non-lame downtown nightlife to do the same.

Since we don't have T service at 2 a.m., it is practically a matter of public safety to provide a place for people to sit and have food and coffee after hours. I lived in Upstate NY prior to moving to Boston, and the plethora of 24-hour diners in the area improved life and *made it safer*.

Downtown is downtown, the Big City. Can you even imagine this issue being brought up in Manhattan?

Connor D (not verified) | Sat, 07/04/2009 - 10:44am

Yuppie morons

Swirlygrrl is right - they probably bought their condo's at a lowe prcie because they were located next to a late night diner, so where do they come off trying to close it down?!!

It was there when they purchased their homes and if they don't like it, they shouldn't have moved there, and perhaps should have boght in a suburb.

anon (not verified) | Sat, 07/04/2009 - 5:46pm

If they really want to do the city a favor

they should start by revoking the liquor license of that Revolution Rock Club in the financial district. It's loud,there's always fights there and if I recall correctly, wasn't someone shot there on NYE last? Leave the SSD alone, it provides a service in this city unparalleled since the days of Mondo.

Bonus points to anyone who knew the name of Mondo's dog!

dvdoff1 (not verified) | Sun, 07/05/2009 - 10:53pm