Meme’s Diner

Artist/Designer:

Project Location: Brooklyn, New York

Figure 1: Dining area at Meme's Diner (closed) in Prospect Heights Brooklyn ( Source | Accessed : January 16, 2022 )

Figure 2: Bar seating area at Meme's Diner (closed) in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn ( Source | Accessed : December 21, 2021 | Photographer: Noah Fecks )

Figure 3: Dining Room at Meme's Diner (closed) in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn ( Source | Accessed : December 21, 2021 | Photographer: via Meme's Diner )

Style/Period(s):
Contemporary

Primary Material(s):
No Primary Material Assigned.

Function(s):
Restaurant

Related Website(s):

Description of Restaurant's closing amid pandemic | Accessed : January 16, 2022

https://www.vogue.com/article/memes-diner-brooklyn-day-in-the-life-reopening-coronavirus | Accessed : January 16, 2022

Story memorializing Meme's Diner as Queer Space that closed during COVID-19 pandemic | Accessed : January 16, 2022

Significant Date(s):
21st Century

Additional Information:
This Prospect Park restaurant, now closed, was known for the LGBT-focused approach to hospitality. Meticulous crafting of queer space, the owners put policies in place to ensure the comfort of queer individuals. Employees were trained to use gender-neutral language at all times, for example, and not to second-guess names listed on credit cards if they appeared not to line up with assumptions of a person’s gender presentation.

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