The town of Teaneck is quickly turning into one big parking lot!

Another one bites the dust....... now some people will ask for performance center or arts studio.....

Maybe Walgreens can just take over all of Cedar Lane. They can make the world's biggest Walgreens.

How many more of the classics on Cedar Lane are we going to lose?

The place was always busy; I wonder why IHOP chose not to renew the franchise. I also wonder why the owners chose not to rebrand the place (if that's even possible, according to the contract, without major renovation.)

As a side note, this has nothing to do with the cinema shutdown, as far as I can tell. It looks bad when you read the list of closures until you realize Louie's has been for sale for years, and Yo Boys and Louie's were probably both pushed over the edge by the cinemas' closing. The Walgreen's... surely there's competition for that space?

The IHOP spot is an ideal place for a bank or a pharmacy.

It would make a great nail salon.

So are they staying open, or closing?
I was on Cedar Lane on Sunday, the 30th, and took my life in my hands walking! Even stores that still claim to be open did not clear their sidewalks! Isn't shoveling required? If one can't even walk, how can you shop?

They are staying open, according to the IHOP spokesman quoted in the story. We were first told by the company that they were closing, but that changed.

You would think that, as the number of dining options drop, there would be more business for each of the remaining restaurants. Keep the IHOP but how about an Outback that is open for lunch as well as evening service? Seriously though, we need more than eateries on Cedar Lane. Maybe a hardware store? We already have a great bookstore, shoe store, banks and hair and nail salons and pharmacies galore, a barber shop, gas stations. I mention again bus shelters and a Teaneck-only circulating bus to bring residents to/from all our shopping districts.

can we ever have too many nail salons?

but seriously folks, there is more to teaneck than observant, kosher jews. and although I am one of them, non kosher eaters eat out...walk around tenafly, engelwood, ramsey, and what do you see? a variety of eateries, shops, movie theaters, some empty store fronts. mostly, you see people.
it is really sad if our town cannot keep an ihop.

Carol: All due respect...did you even read the article? It says they are NOT closing and that IHOP gave The Patch some information at first. While i do agree that Teaneck businesses are hurting big time we should first read articles carefully before making judgments please.

yes, james, i did read the article. there was an element of sarcasm in my post. however, there is a real need for diversification and investment in cedar lane. not more banks, or nail salons, or drugstores, and certainly not more kosher eateries. but there are other enterprises. and we need them. including an ihop.

A Panera Bread would be perfect for Cedar Lane, but that's probably only a dream..otherwise, we need clothing stores, gift shops, shoe stores, something that might bring people back to town - a la the departed Joey's, etc.

So the most generic chain restaurant isn't closing. What a victory.

I don't even go to that IHOP anymore; they have the worst service and food. I prefer the IHOP in Englewood. Nice people and good food. As for the Movie Theatre; they never showed anything worth going to see anyway,

Cedar Lane Cinema always had a variety of films. As to the IHOP, I agree with you Deborah.

The IHOP on Cedar Lane is great. I go in the evenings and the workers for that shift are wonderful. The IHOP in Englewood has a horrible parking lot.

Very well said, JAD. It's impossible to enjoy restaurants, or for that matter any other retailers when they're CLOSED. Teaneck has become a wasteland on the weekends, and many of us LIKE to eat out and/or shop on Saturdays.

I agree but i also say get rid of Blue Laws AND have more places open Friday/Saturday. Personally, i would have liked to see IHOP close and a nicer place to eat move in. OF course that's just a dream in Teaneck.

Blue laws have nothing to do with eateries being open on Friday nights. Many restaurants have opened n the Plaza area over the past few years. They are much better than having empty storefronts. There are few empty stores in that area compared to a number of years ago.