Downtown Syracuse diner to close for good: ‘Covid got the best of us’ Updated 2:27 PM; Today 2:22 PM Owner Joe Todisco at JJ's Miss Syracuse Diner, across from Syracuse City Hall at 258 E. Water St. Lauren Long | llong@syracuse.com Facebook Share It’s hard to run a diner without customers, and they have been in short supply in downtown Syracuse for the past year, says Joe Todisco. That’s the reason Todisco is closing JJ’s Miss Syracuse Diner, the little place across from Syracuse City Hall he took over in 2010. “Covid got the best of us,” he said. “There’s just nobody out, so many workers downtown just aren’t back yet. I’ve been thinking about this for months, and the numbers just aren’t there.”