Goodbye Munson Diner

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[The Munson Diner. Photo credit: Robert Gniewek/Louis Meisel Gallery, via PODgallery (used with permission).]

After more than 50 years in business on the corner of 49th St. & 11th Ave. in Hell's Kitchen, the Munson Diner was boarded up recently.

The small, fading chrome Munson Diner, a Kullman-designed structure, was a popular spot for anyone seeking a quick, low-cost meal. Over the past ten years that I lived down the block from the diner I would pop in regularly, and there was almost always a cab parked outside with the driver grabbing a coffee, a quick meal, or using the pay phone. While certainly not a classy place for a meal, the Munson was the reliable, friendly spot at the end of the block that never closed.



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I sometimes find the word 'meal' to be the least appetizing word in the English language. Is it just me?


followup to August 12th, 2004 article "Munson Diner closes"

The Munson Diner property has been purchased by the Volvo dealer next
door and was originally slated to be destroyed. I contacted NY1 and got no
response. I then located the americandinermuseum.org and shared with them all the information I could about the diner's fate. They have since gotten involved and are working with the dealership to save the building and have it moved to a new location.
thank you for writing this article.


Is this diner going to put up for sale/auction? How can I find out?


The Munson Diner was a friendly place with that cozy new york neighborhood feel. Sad that it will now become part of Volvo's showroom or parking lot.


Millions thats awsome...I heard about that Volvo purchased it but never believed this landmark would close down. WE LOVE YOU GUYS!


since my last post, the Munson has been put up for sale and is advertised as such at "americandinermuseum.org".
The price is $35,000 dollars and the site can offer information about trucking an riging companies to move the diner to a new location.


I worked at the Munson Diner on 42nd and 11th Ave until 1943 when I left to get married. I was the Cashier. Sam and Fay Zelin the owners and my family were related. I gess you can call that nepotism.


The Diner is for sale on the American Diner Museum website.
www.americandinermuseum.org


My dad Frank was a counterman there for about forty years till the early 90's, many memories and burgers, sad to see it go.


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