Category Archives: around town

Opening? Soon?

Grubbs is a tease

I have complained elsewhere about the years long signage teasing an opening. Grubbs will bring burgers and shakes to an otherwise food- centric stretch of York Avenue.

We have pizza (x2) and deli bars and smoothies. The French have occupied with three outposts. There’s kosher (which maybe adds a plus 1 to the pizza). My go-to for Chinese food (Hunan Delught) and two upscale dining establishments, Yefsi and Cacio e Pepe. Recently, a combo bagel den and dumpling place took over the 75th end of the strip.

Grubbs is a diner style place. We don’t have that for eggs in the morning or fries at night.

Kossar’s

Good week for the coffee trail

L’Avion carries its airport motif to a board announcing flights and onto the ‘aery’ menu.

I wonder why their logo features a doggie pilot, sort of un chien sportif with a rakish scarf about his neck.

There are no dogs in the clean, small but somehow spacious store  I am relieved to say.

The “tres petite” cappuccino was as delicious as the oversized pistachio yogurt muffin. Nice addition to my coffee route.

Not really

What are three objects you couldn’t live without?

I’m just kidding around. I can live without cranes.

This post is for my dear friend ACJ, who famously asked, “What’s with the cranes?”

The cranes are turning my city into a Dubai or Singapore. 

International architects make the international landscape a uniform sight. Tall sometimes glassy sometimes  granitine buildings can be spotted all over the city map.