JUST NOT MAINSTREAM

The name of this cafe sounds like it came straight out of a romantic New York movie about two people who fall in love and somehow a local coffee shop comes into play. And as cute as the title of this Cafe is, so is the coffee shop itself. My irish girlfriend and I were wandering around the East Village, looking to have ourselves a refreshing cup of ice coffee. Lauren works around the corner on a street called marks place and as we passed we found this little corner cafe to sa

I absolutely fell in love with this place.. When I first walked into this restaurant I felt at home. Its hipster like and very much reminds me of what I called home here in New York - Williamsburg. The ambiance is very welcoming and the people as well. When you take your first steps into this amazing place you notice christmas lights and this wooden edgy feel. You walk up to what seems like a cafeteria style counter, where you are approached by a waitress who takes your order

You know when it’s 2pm and you have a bag full of work that you need to get done, and you just want to find a nice cozy cafe, order a coffee and just channel all your focus into completing your tasks. Now you make your way to that cafe you normally go to and order your coffee only to realize that there is nowhere for you to nestle. All seats are taken by people who rushed there before you with the same intent. This happened to me twice in the same day, once with my usual coff

Top notch espresso breakfast tacos. So my boyfriend and I walk to this place called Whirlybird. Now i’m not a big fan of tacos, but he insisted we cure his hangover there. We are both so hungover but our appetite is still big and so I skim the menu for my choices. I have 4. I order the ‘mega-bacon’ aka BBLT. It’s description summarizes its contents to “sweet Cajun bacon on a bed of lettuce, grape tomatoes, topped w/ a bleu chese sauce.” and a special of the day – watermelon s