Abathengi bayaphithizela eCafé Edison ngeplate yokugqibela yeefries zaseFrance. (Ifoto yemboleko: Julius Motal / New York Braganca) Kuhlala kukho ii-hellos kunye ne-goodbyes kwaye siya kukubona emva kwexesha. Uyazi, yinto nje entliziyweni yakho. Uphoswa yinto ebiyinxalenye yakho. Awufiki apha yonke imihla, kodwa ayisiyongqondo yokumisa kwaye uthi molo, dlula, utshilo uRoberta Newman, umnqweno onqabileyo kwisimo sakhe. Emva kwentsasa yaseUptown, undwendwela enye yeentandokazi zakhe, uCafé Edison. Ecaleni kwakhe uhleli uConrad Strohl, umphathi werestyu. Ukhula engenakuphumla njengoko isihlwele sasemini singena ngaphakathi, elangazelela ukuthetha nabo bonke abahlobo bakhe.
Ngomhla kaNovemba 6, nini UYeremiya Moss waqhekeza iindaba zokuba i-Café Edison izakuvala xa kuphela unyaka, yabeka i-Intanethi ngomsindo kunye nokungavumi. Hayi i-Edison! Ayisiyo isikhumbuzi sokugqibela sokuba iManhattan yayikhe yangaphezulu komgibe wabakhenkethi obunzima. Ayizelwe kwindawo yeentsana zeBroadway, apho ababhali babhala eyona misebenzi yabo mihle. Awu, umnini wehotele oqhotyoshelweyo uthathe isigqibo sokungahoyi imbali ngeemali ezinkulu kwaye, emva kweminyaka engama-34 yobambiswano, engavuseleli ingqeshiso ye-2015. 
Abasebenzi-abanye babo benenkampani iminyaka engama-34-baxelelwe ukuba bazakulahlekelwa ngumsebenzi ngenxa yokuvalwa. (Ifoto yemboleko: Julius Motal / New York Braganca)
Utatazala wam notata wakhe babenesivumelwano sokuxhawula isandla ukuba singahlala apha kangangoko sifuna. Ndothuka kakhulu, utshilo uMnu. Strohl Umjongi .
Wonakalisiwe, wonakele, wonakele, UNks. Newman uthe, ngaphambi kokuba ongeze, Ngaphandle kwentsimi yasekhohlo.
Intsimi yasekhohlo, inene. Edison Cafe sisiseko saseNew York. Umnumzana Strohl wakhankanya umnquba apho abameli be Shubert Organisation benza isivumelwano kunye no Neil Simon wabhala Imizuzwana engama-45 ukusuka ku-Broadway . Ngexesha lexesha lesi-5 Ukwabelana ngesondo kunye neSixeko, UCarrie Bradshaw walungisa ikhawuntara yedinala kunye ne-haute couture yakhe, esela ngokurhwebeshela kwiJoe ethile. Le ayisiyiyo indawo yakho yokutyela eqhelekileyo –kukho isizathu sokuba abantu abangaphezulu kwama-2 000 baye bavuma uxwebhu lwezikhalazo ukugcina ikhefi.
Umnumzana Strohl utyikitye uxwebhu olumthintelayo ekuchaseni amagunya akwihotele i-Edison, kodwa uNks. Newman wayenamagama ambalwa awayeza kuwongeza.
Baphulukana ne-icon apha, utshilo. Banokuthatha le ndawo bayibeke kwenye indawo, kodwa ayizukufana. Inxalenye yokusekwa kweBroadway… [Ukuba] ufuna ukutya kwamaJuda, kulapho ufika khona.
Kwidokodo elingasekunene kwakhe, uTom Mercadante waqhekeza iikeyiki. Inzalelwane yaseNew Jersey, ebelandela imidlalo yeqonga ukususela ebusaneni bakhe, kwaye nanini na xa esenza uhambo oluya esixekweni ngomboniso, wayedla ngokuya eCafé Edison. Ngoku ese San Diego, Mnu. Mercadante ubhabhela eNew York kabini ngonyaka ukuya kubamba umva kwiGreat White Way. Wayehlala e-Hotel Edison, kodwa akusekho kwimigangatho yakhe. Nangona kunjalo, indawo yokutyela ekufutshane ayizange ilahlekelwe ngumtsalane wayo, kwaye usandwendwela ngalo lonke ixesha ekule ndawo. 
Indlela ende yeCafé Edison igcwele incoko enobuhlobo. (Ifoto yemboleko: Julius Motal / New York Braganca)
Sivuka kwaye size apha, utshilo.
Ndiyazithanda iindonga. Ndihlala ndizithanda iindonga, umlingane wakhe etafileni, uPeter Duenez, wangena ngaphakathi.
Kuyo yonke indlela, igqwetha eliselula lokuzonwabisa, uNathan Sheffield, wabelana ngesidlo nomntu wasedolophini owayebonakala emangele ukuba isidlo sangokuhlwa sinokubakhuthaza kakhulu abantu. Kodwa uMnu. Sheffield uyifumene-ebehlala esiya kwikhefi iminyaka eli-10, kwaye ungowokuqala ukukhuthaza ukuba usapho luzive.
Owu thixo wam, ingathi ubonile oonobumba kunye nabalungiseleli apha lonke ixesha. Bayakwazi kakhulu phambi kokuba uhlale phantsi, kukho ikomityi yekofu ekulindileyo. Kwaye bayazi apho uthanda ukuhlala khona, utshilo.
Kwelinye icala lelo gumbi, kwikona yakhe yesiqhelo, umhlekisi uJackie Mason wayekhumbula malunga neentsuku ezili-10,975 zokutya okumgangatho ophezulu.
Sele ndiyililela indawo, utshilo. Yiyo le nto ndihleli apha ngoku nangona sendityile kakade ngoba andikwazi ukuyifumana into yokuba iyavala. Ndifuna nje ukonwabela imvakalelo yokuba iselapha.
Ekhalimela imeko yokungenisa kweli candelo lokutya, wakhankanya i-Café Edison njengenye yeendawo ezimbalwa emhlabeni apho yonke idessert abanayo apha yenziwe apha.
Yonke into endiyenzayo apha ibiyinto yam endiyithandayo. [Ndinayo] iFryn eyithandayo. Ndine blintz endiyithandayo. Nokuba ikofu apha yenziwe ekhaya kwaye ingcono. Owona mzuzu ndiwuthandayo nanini na ndisitya nantoni na, wongeze watsho. 
Ngokuka Mnu. Mason, ikofu ibhetele eCafé Edison. (Ifoto yemboleko: Julius Motal / New York Braganca)
Njengoko wayengene kwindawo entle yeshumi elinanye, abanye abantu ababemthanda uEdison babedibana kwii-Interwebs. Iqela lesidlo sasemini lilungiselelwe uNovemba 8, xa beyokuqhankqalaza ngamacebo ehotele anyolukileyo ngelixa benqunqa isuphu yebhola ye-matzo yebhola yaseMidtown.
Xa ebuzwa malunga nehlokondiba eliza kubakho nokuba liza kuphumelela, uMnu Strohl wancuma. Ndiyathemba njalo. Ndiyathemba njalo. Silungile, utshilo. Emva koko, wabaleka waya kuMnumzana Mason ukuze banxibelelane kunye ngokutya okuthuthuzelayo.
