Classic Manhattan diners are struggling for survival amidst rent hikes

Flickr/Robyn Lee Two traditional Manhattan diners, Cafe Edison and La Parisienne, have closed since December, along with the Upper West Side's Three Star last year. The closures sparked fear that the city diner -- the vinyl-boothed institution where regulars can nurse a coffee for hours -- is endangered. Managers and workers at some city standbys that are still hanging on told DNAinfo New York that business had declined over the years, and said they worried that rent hikes would drive them under...