Hector’s Cafe & Diner located at 44 Little West 12th Street Look familiar? Hector’s Diner was where all the diner scenes for Taxi Driver starring Robert DeNiro were filmed and where many of the Law & Order episodes were shot. It looks synonymous with the old New York we know and love in the Meatpacking District. Yet it sits nestled under the High Line, surrounded by chic boutiques and expensive eateries, a stone’s throw from The Standard Hotel. In the 1930s the meatpacking plants in this district producted one-third of our nation’s meats. Hector’s originally opened at 2am to serve the plant employees coming to work. Although the last of the meatpacking plants closed last year, they continue to open at 2am and close at 10pm Monday through Thursday. Hector has long since left the building. Dionisios Manesis bought the diner in 1988. He’s kept the name and this little piece of old New… Read More