If you’ve been meaning to finally try Elephant & Castle’s famous eggs Benedict—or just want one more go at their goat-cheese-and-arugula pasta—you’ve got until Sunday. Yes, after 52 years at 68 Greenwich Avenue, the beloved West Village café will serve its last brunch service on August 17, closing for good after more than five decades of omelets, burgers and low-key celebrity sightings.

Opened in 1973 by Dr. George Schwarz, a St. Vincent’s Hospital radiation oncologist turned restaurateur, Elephant & Castle quickly became a neighborhood institution. Schwarz named it after a London traffic circle (and the pub that once stood there), then filled the menu with a then-novel blend of New American comfort dishes and brunch before brunch was even a thing. The place became a magnet for loca

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