comfort diner

Some New York restaurants take a break in the summer for a week or two. But a sign on the door of "The Comfort," the nine-month old establishment at 399 Grand St. reads, "We are closed for vacation. We...

The Comfort Diner on Grand Street may very well be serving alcohol by the end of the week. After Community Board 3 balked during the summer, owner Ira Freehof went to the State Liquor Authority yesterday, which granted him...

The new Comfort Diner at 399 Grand St. is in soft-open mode this week.  Local residents have taken note of signs posted outside listing "preview hours" from 5-9 p.m. and a 20% discount "off the entire check." Last night,...

We don't usually consider new signage newsworthy, but there are always exceptions to the rule. This afternoon, the Comfort Diner is making its presence known at 399 Grand St. The long-awaited opening is just days away. Owner Ira Freehof...

There are milkshakes in the short-range forecast at 399 Grand St.

July and August might be considered the slow months for Manhattan’s restaurant business, but you couldn’t prove it by the Lower East Side this summer.

There's some big news for Grand Street on the upcoming agenda for Community Board 3's liquor licensing subcommittee.

Any minute now, the demolition of the old Noah's Ark Deli and the construction of the new Comfort Diner will begin.

Previewing the restaurant that's coming to 399 Grand St.

Some lunchtime food news for your Tuesday: The owners of Venezuelan joint Patacon Pisao say their new location at 139 Essex St. will open "very, very soon." The Comfort Diner, the midtown eatery that's coming to 399 Grand St., had a little April...