ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Lindy’s Diner downtown on Central and 5th was forced to close down Monday after a building inspection by code enforcement indicated there were structural concerns. The restaurant has been a staple in Albuquerque for almost 100 years, and the current owners have run it since the mid 90s. They say they were aware of the structural conditions and were working to raise the money, but were caught off guard with the closure thinking they had more time.
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“It’s not like we were not wanting to rehab this building,” Lindy’s Diner Co-Owner Dawn Vatoseow said. “But that little restaurant on the corner has been carrying the load for a 100 year old building for a long time, and old buildings are very expensive. Thousands on thousands on thousands of dollars have gone into holding that building up and keeping that restaurant going with a lot of adversity that we have hit down here.”…