N.Y.’s new Golden Girls café will have Betty White cake and lots of Blanche pics

The soon-to-open NYC eatery will offer soups, show nostalgia — and even a Betty White cake.

By Katie Underwood

January 19, 2017

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Big news in time for Betty White's 95th: Manhattan's Rue La Rue Café is almost ready to open! The Golden Girls–themed eatery — which will feature soups, salads and plenty of show memorabilia — is the brainchild of the fortunately named Michael J. LaRue, a neighbourhood resident and pal of the late Rue McClanahan (a.k.a. Blanche Devereaux).

“We don’t have an opening date yet, but we are getting SOOOOO close!” reads a post on the café's official Facebook page. Things appear to be coming together nicely — the walls are already adorned with pictures of McClanahan (one for every decade of her life):

Credit, Rue La Rue Cafe.

And costumes:

Credit, Rue La Rue Cafe.

And let's not forget this epically fluffy Betty White cake:

Credit, Rue La Rue Cafe.

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