La Esquina has yet another secret. The restaurant on the corner of Cleveland and Kenmare—that famously requires customers to go through a series of doors, stairs, and even its kitchen in order to get to a hidden dining room—was the scene of one of the most slightly scary horror movie sequences of all time. In a sequence toward the end of C.H.U.D. (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers), the camera starts with a lower Manhattan view at dusk, World Trade Center and all, drifting and finally settling over an all-night corner diner. more ›