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For an opinionated woman such as I, blogging is an excellent outlet. This is one of many fori that I use to bloviate. Enjoy! Comment on my commentary.

Opening soon?

Grubbs has teasers out about their plans to open at the defunct York Avenue Kitchen. It’s not the only restaurant on this short stretch of York raising hopes and expectations.

One of many signs at Grubbs teasing about an opening. Soon. Burgers. Breakfast. Shakes.
Not this one

We’re also looking forward to a Filipino place. Who knows when? The only question besides that that I have is why here? Bilbao on 1st & 74th just went out of business. Is this location more receptive to Filipino cuisine?

(Looks like in my anticipation and eagerness, I have several questions.)

As I think back on it, Kossars and its impishly paired Miss Wonton took a long time in coming.

Look at it now! Established and anchoring the little restaurant row.

I spy with my little eye

Never heard of New York Sun
Club. Lipstick Bldg behind
Lots of small to tall contrasts
Very appealing little bldg
Warehouse that once was?
This corner is new to me
Colors, textures, sizes, open facades, or closed facades, it’s a bustle.
The bend and the meet give this structure a unique flavor.
Yellow framed windows and repeated above where it hollows out to the roof.
My apologies to the homeless woman who cursed me out for taking her picture [without intention] and apologies for not seeing her
The way this facade hangs over the entry below gives its geometry a sense of its own context out of the context of the building on which it rests
Is there anything that says New York more than a truck with theatre (spelled just that way) writ large on its side.

Coffee

My coffee hunt has pretty much ended with cups at home or a flatwhite at Starbucks. The latter is the one good cup they serve, and I love the app.

Passing a coffee bar cleverly tricked out as Ground Central well, who among us is strong enough to resist.

Yes. Definitely a robust and balanced cappucino at a price underlining its confidence. 8ozs at about 6 bucks makes this a 50 cent a sip drink.

As I continued on my way up 2nd Avenue, a second outpost of this coffee purveyor appeared just a few blocks north.

In fact, this was a day where duplicates just kept popping up along my route.

Odd but true.

There were restaurants with similar profiles; cleaners clumped on a single block; groups of youngsters similarly disregarding the rules of the road when passing oldsters.

A cortada [aka short] sampling from the Coffee Trail:

An oddity

This is a pretty large vehicle. FYI

What is strange about this sight is not that the vehicle is parked at a hydrant. I didn’t notice that until I had been staring at it for about ten minutes.

It’s that it’s a tank in a sports car’s body. Or perhaps a sports car that is clad as a tank?