Overview
- The reopening comes six months after the diner shut on March 2 following a breakdown in contract talks.
- Real estate entrepreneur Leo Pustilnikov acquired the restaurant and reached an agreement with the workers’ union.
- Union leaders and the new owner plan to release terms of the agreement at a Thursday briefing.
- Unite Here Local 11 sought guarantees for job security and continued union representation through any ownership change.
- The Riordan trust said those demands made a sale difficult, while the union credited community protests and fundraisers for the reopening.