Last night flicking through the TV I happened across Men In Black 2, to my delight I saw one of my favorite places to eat in the whole world was on the screen, the Empire Diner in New York. The Empire Diner is located in Chelsea on the corner of 23rd and 10th and is one of the last remaining “train car” steel diners left on Manhattan. Not only is it full of character but the food they dish up is absolutely top notch. I managed to get there four times during my trips to New York last year and wish I could have breakfast in there at last once at week but the commute from London is a bit much! Here are some shots I took while I was there:

Tags: Breakfast, Chelsea, Empire Diner, film location, Men in Black 2 location, New York, Nick Grant, Photography, Retro
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Wow this site is getting busy with traffic recently, thanks to everyone who keeps stopping by and dropping me emails to say they are enjoying the photos. Through this site, flickr, the various forums I’ve posted them on, and links other people have made to them, over 7000 people have viewed my Hot Rod Hayride photos in 48 hours. That’s getting close to some monthly magazine circulation figures.

Here are some of my flickr stats: 4925 Photos, 107 Sets, 3 Collections and 166, 767 Views (these do not include where the photos are posted elsewhere, like here and I host my forum posts outside of flickr).

 This is my most popular photo, it has been viewed 1369 times on flickr and 67 people have marked it as a favorite. I never knew so many people had a fetish for smoking in leather gloves! It was Chelsea’s idea to light up a cigarette.

Tags: Busy, Chelsea, Nick Grant, photographer, Smoking Fetish, Stats
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