We're in a state of suspended animation with the opening of Volta-- our plans have been submitted to the state for the division of hotels and restaurants to sign off so that the city can issue the building permits, and the city is telling us that they are four weeks backlogged themselves. The interior is designed, casework plans are ready to go, and the menu is mostly set. The Cirqua system and Clover both arrive the week after Christmas, but we won't be able to move the drains and electric until the permits are cut. After that, everything should go quickly.What else to do but head up to NYC for a long weekend of cafe crawls and fixture shopping? We're scouring the city for menu and service inspiration, we're checking out several tea and chocolate sources to use a possible vendors, and we're looking for chairs, tables, and lighting.
Right-click (control-click on a Mac) on the photo to save the Google Earth .kmz file with all of the cafes/bakeries/restaurants broken out into categoriesObviously, we couldn't cover all of the places in four months. The Google Earth file includes everything on the list sent to me by M'lissa and Chris, as well as the recommendations made by Jay on coffeed, places I've been (or know I want to visit), and suggestions from chowhound.com and the NYTimes. Any other suggestions?
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