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Sad I guess but the bottom line is that it was a greasy spoon. What I still miss is the departure of EJ's Luncheonette a few blocks down. The same outstanding food you'd get at expensive restaurants for half the price. Wish they'd come back...

here we go again loosing another great hangout in the village .it one of the old time village places left where the average person and the celebrities of the area hang hang out together.its not just the food its the people who work there .I heard on NY1 the landlord is blaming them for a fire in the basment of the building and he want then to pay for all the repairs. Joe Jr said they have nothing to do with the fire that happened

There may be a happy ending:

http://www.ny1.com/Default.aspx?ArID=101704

My kids call Joe's our living room—the people there are part of our family. And the split pea soup with homemade croutons? Amazing (but only on Mondays and Saturdays).

Thanks for the post, Ed. Regarding the comment of “mh330,” it’s not a matter of overromanticizing a shabby place that's just hung on too long. (I know what you mean in that regard and can think of some places that fit that description.) The point is, Joe Jr's is still good and still thriving, a real “heart of the community” kind of place. I couldn't see it shuttered and rightly think, “Well, it was time.”

agree with meem --not sure what the fuss is about. sometimes things aren't worth saving JUST because they're old...

Oh nooooo! Where does one find this petition. We're going there for lunch pronto! I'm going to get a hangover just so I can go there!

Also, I would like to add that when I went in, I saw Jim Lahey there, and he couldn't remember my name. Does that put to rest any question on whether Lahey paid me to promote Co.?

I know a lot of commenters have said it already, but what you're doing is RIGHT. The basic premise behind ALL "diets" is that people are eating less calories than they need. For some people this might mean eating more vegetables and less meat, or replacing full-fat products with low-fat products, but if just cutting the portion size is something you can do, then stick to it!

I also agree with the commenters that say you should view this as a change in lifestyle, as opposed to a "diet", because otherwise you might gain all the weight back... and then some!

Keep up the good work - you're an inspiration!

Ed, this is what skinny people do naturally. We often eat whatever we want but don't eat as much of it (at least not all of the time) as many others.

The only thing I would caution you against is viewing what you are doing as a diet. If you treat it as something that will come to an end so that you can go back to your previous way of eating, you will still fail. Once or twice I thought I should stop indulging in whatever I wanted when I would go through a period that was clearly not going to be kind to my waistline. I would always eat more trying to satisfy myself than if I had just eaten what I wanted in the first place.

I'll admit that I'm lucky and my body tends to stop wanting fat, carb and calorie laden foods after a certain point of indulgence. However, this doesn't mean that I don't eat way more than 2,000 calories some days with most of those calories doing nothing to meet my nutritional requirements. I just don't worry about it and know that I'll probably have several days when I'm really good that balance it out. My weight has been stable since high school eating this way.

Granted, if I had your job, it might not work as well. :)

Okay don't hate me here, Ed, but not only do I subscribe to your kind of loving food anti-diet but while my friends restrict & count calories, I eat whatever I want & have weighed 90 lbs for most of my adult life. (let's say 12 years) now am I also the proud owner of a super, super firm bod? No. But I'd rather be in good health and enjoy those foods! Bring on the birthday icecream breakfasts, the late night extra glass of wine, and my bf's need to find the most luscious gelato in the dead of summer, serve it in a stem glass for two. I'd rather have the real stuff than some chemical-loaded filler any day!

One question: HOW?????