Roadside Wire

Miss Albany closes — Diner in danger

Published on Friday, 03 February 2012 18:10

UPDATE: The diner will actually close this weekend, February 12. You still have time to visit for one final meal. Fans of the now former Miss Albany Diner or of diners in general will not be happy about this news. If you liked what happened to the Sunrise Diner formerly in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, you might love what’s going to happen to the M.A.D.

Miss Albany Diner sold to Wolff’s, closing; replacement ideas?

by Steve Barnes, senior writer

The Miss Albany Diner, a fixture in the city’s warehouse district since 1941, will close after lunch service next Friday (2÷10). It has been sold to a real-​estate company held by the owners of Wolff’s Biergarten, located next door to the diner’s 893 Broadway location. There are no immediate plans to reopen it as a diner, says Matt Baumgartner, who bought the diner with partners Jimmy and Demetra Vann, with whom he co-​owns Wolff’s and The Olde English Pub & Pantry, also on Broadway in Albany.

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