Coffee Shop

  • Berkli Parc Cafe to Open December 1

    Berkli Parc Cafe to Open December 1

    Those teaser signs we spotted early last month were correct.  A taste of the Bay Area is indeed coming to the southwestern corner of Allen and Delancey. Berkli Parc Cafe has been readying the former flooring [...]

  • Coming Soon: Saigon at 114 MacDougal Street

    Coming Soon: Saigon at 114 MacDougal Street

    The dreaded block of MacDougal Street between Bleecker and West Third is about to welcome a new Vietnamese eatery to its ranks. Get ready for Saigon, a new sandwich shop slated to open at the former Esperanto Cafe [...]

  • Pubblico Espresso Bar Now Open at 124 MacDougal

    Pubblico Espresso Bar Now Open at 124 MacDougal

    Pubblico Espresso Bar (nay, Pvbblico) quietly announced itself at 124 MacDougal Street back in mid-March with a pair of subtle computer printouts.  In the ensuing months, however, the signs were removed from the [...]

  • Coming Soon: Pubblico Espresso Bar at 124 MacDougal

    Coming Soon: Pubblico Espresso Bar at 124 MacDougal

    Just two short months after Esperanto Cafe called it quits, a new java joint is opening a few doors north at 124 MacDougal Street.  Signs hanging in the papered windows above the underground Rabbit Club advertise [...]

  • Flowers Cafe For Sale at 355 Grand Street

    Flowers Cafe For Sale at 355 Grand Street

    The other day, we happened upon this NYCRS real estate listing [pdf] for 355 Grand Street, at the southwest corner of Essex.  From the look of it, Flowers Cafe, the quaint pop culture-themed coffee shop located [...]

  • Esperanto Cafe Closed for Good

    Esperanto Cafe Closed for Good

    Love or loathe it, the perennial student hangout Esperanto Cafe has closed its doors for good.  The requisite brown paper is taped to the windows of 114 MacDougal Street, and the interior is being cleared out. We [...]

  • Coming Soon: Third Rail Coffee

    Coming Soon: Third Rail Coffee

    Just the other day, we noticed that the long-standing sidewalk shed hugging 240 Sullivan Street was propped open to the public. Relaxing at a table inside (reading the paper) was a friendly contractor who was [...]