How Much Time Left?
Hit these bookshops and shoe shiners before they meet their expiration dates (or relocate).
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(Photo: James and Karla Murray) |
Jim’s Shoe Repair (50 E. 59th St., nr. Madison Ave.; 212-355-8259)
Go: ASAP�it’s currently in a month-to-month lease while contesting eviction.
Get: A traditional shoe shine; all the booths are the originals from 1932, when co-owner Joe Rocco Jr.’s grandfather founded the place.
Subway Inn (143 E. 60th St., nr. Lexington Ave.; 212-752-6500)
Go: Before November 30, when the 77-year-old watering hole, frequented by Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio, will move two avenues east.
Get: A $10 beer-and-shot combo.
Posman Books (9 Grand Central Terminal, nr. 42nd St.; 212-983-1111)
Go: Before December 31.
Get: A hard-to-find 2015 wall calendar from publishers like Cavallini and teNeues.
Cafe Edison (228 W. 47th St., nr. Broadway; 212-354-0368)
Go: Before mid-December.
Get: The matzo-ball soup, served at down-to-earth Jewish-deli prices (and in the blissful absence of tourists) despite the Times Square location.
Glasslands (289 Kent Ave., nr. S. 1st St., Williamsburg; no phone)
Go: Before December 31.
Catch: A tribute night dedicated to Swedish star Robyn (November 28) or punk group Peelander-Z (December 6), whose Japanese members perform in primary-color wigs.
La Lunchonette (130 Tenth Ave., at 18th St.; 212-675-0342)
Go: Before June 2015.
Get: The very reasonably priced grilled lamb sausage, preferably on Sunday night, when there’s live accordion.
Union Square Cafe (21 E. 16th St., nr. Union Sq. W.; 212-243-4020)
Go: Before December 2015 (relocation plans are TBD).
Get: The tuna burger, unchanged since Danny Meyer opened here in 1987.
—Hana R. Alberts