{"id":158044,"date":"2026-03-09T16:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/158044\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:10:30","slug":"chelsea-diner-star-on-18-to-close-after-nearly-25-years-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/158044\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea diner Star On 18 to close after nearly 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A longtime neighborhood diner in Manhattan\u2019s Chelsea neighborhood is preparing to close its doors after nearly 25 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Star-On-18-Diner-Cafe-100045469400323\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In a post to Facebook<\/a>, the owners of Star On 18 Diner and Caf\u00e9 said the restaurant will be shutting down as the property transitions to new ownership.<\/p>\n<p>What You Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>Star On 18 Diner and Caf\u00e9 announced it will close after nearly 25 years in Chelsea<br \/>\n<br \/>Owners said the closure comes as the property is expected to transition to new ownership<br \/>\n<br \/>No official closing date has been announced yet<br \/>\n<br \/>The diner says it will continue operating as normal and serving customers until further notice<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the near term, Star On 18 Diner will be closing. While we do not yet have an official closing date, it appears that the property will be transitioning ownership,\u201d the owners wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The diner, located on 10th Avenue near West 18th Street, said it plans to continue operating as usual for now.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant thanked patrons for \u201cclose to 25 wonderful years of memories, laughter, conversations, and community,\u201d and said it looks forward to welcoming customers in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>The diner has even had a moment on screen, making a cameo in the comedy series \u201cBroad City.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A longtime neighborhood diner in Manhattan\u2019s Chelsea neighborhood is preparing to close its doors after nearly 25 years.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[3478,25,288,576,75,84,83,9,24,12,63,27,200],"class_list":["post-158044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-app-local-business","tag-app-top-stories","tag-business","tag-erica-brosnan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-top-stories","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}