SITTING in a booth in a classic Manhattan diner, Dan Doctoroff, clad in jeans and a short-sleeved shirt, is sipping a diet soda and musing about the city he loves.

那是一家典型的曼哈顿餐馆,Dan Doctoroff身着牛仔裤和短袖衬衫，一边啜着无糖苏打一边赞美着这座他深爱的城市。

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A two-storey window cut through it provides views across the city from a split-level living room on the third floor and a combined kitchen-diner on the level below.

切开胶合板形成两层高的窗户，从三楼错层客厅延展到下部的厨房餐厅，带来整个城市的视野。

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Fidel Garcia is the owner of Capital Pilates and Patrick Carl is co-owner of the Capital City Diner.

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Financing is also given to restaurants like the Capital City Diner, which was constructed in the 1940s.

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Capital City Diner opened two months ago, and like Garcia's pilates studio, business is booming.

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"We haven't had much business, but we're in a concrete building, so we're really fine, " said James Thrasher, whose father owns the Fat Elvis Diner in Oklahoma City.

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The reality, however, is that in New York City, most diner food is not so cheap anymore.

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There are, of course, classic diner experiences to be had in all corners of New York City.

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