User:Chalmers Browne/Heroic sandwich

The Heroic Sandwich was the first [Internet Cafe] to open in New York City. It was also the first to close.

Located at [x East 4th Street] in [Noho], The Heroic Sandwich featured an eclectic sandwich menu and a single internet station with 128 MBps ISDN connectivity. It offered Internet access for $7/hour, email account hosting for $5/month, and web-page hosting for negotiable rates. Email and web pages were hosted under the domain name hero.com. The Heroic Sandwich storefront also displayed and sold works by local artists and {adjective} comic books.

The Heroic Sandwich opened on Day Month, 1995, preceding it's closest New York competitor, Internet Cafe, by 3 weeks. Closely following were the openings of @ Cafe and Cyber Cafe. All three of these competing establishments featured T1 lines and multiple workstations, and two were located within eight blocks.

By Month of 1995, The Heroic Sandwich closed its doors. The internet domain hero.com was taken over and maintained by a partnership, with Heroic Sandwich customers allowed to keep existing email accounts and web pages free of charge.