oh, the breakfasts at nolita's café gitane are all well documented, but there is a flip side to the sunday morning routine. like ying and yang, hot cocoa and whipped creme, fred astaire and ginger rogers, the east side and the west side - lies the post petit-dejeuner chillax at mcnally robinson bookstore on prince street.
what a lovely little spot! and indy bookseller - great - still thrives, but not in a tatty, been-on-the-block-for-a-hundred-years sort of way ... no, this place is a relative newcomer. we fondly recall the days when it had an outpost of teany (moby's café on rivington as the original) ... alas, café is still there, moby is not. but the real draw is the content - great books all neatly stacked, 'zines too - a great place to browse, and to treat yourself to a weekly selection of literature. fabulous design, travel, and cookbooks (the new bubby's pie edition) too - or just reading the onion atlas (heavenly wicked!).
the staff is steady - no huge turnover here - so when you return from your vacation abroad they ask you if the wallpaper guide they recommended was accurate, and if it came in handy. the lighting is great, as is the cutout towards the front of the store which lets the lower level breathe. the kids enjoy it too, flipping through their latest teen books, or sardonic issues lambasting the current administration in comic form.
this bookstore is an offspring of the canadian original, so it scores extra points in our family (we're all canucks by birth or naturalization, so it's just a 'cool' slice of home in the big city) ...
they wrap too!
mcnally robinson
52 prince street 10012
212 274 1160
what a lovely little spot! and indy bookseller - great - still thrives, but not in a tatty, been-on-the-block-for-a-hundred-years sort of way ... no, this place is a relative newcomer. we fondly recall the days when it had an outpost of teany (moby's café on rivington as the original) ... alas, café is still there, moby is not. but the real draw is the content - great books all neatly stacked, 'zines too - a great place to browse, and to treat yourself to a weekly selection of literature. fabulous design, travel, and cookbooks (the new bubby's pie edition) too - or just reading the onion atlas (heavenly wicked!).
the staff is steady - no huge turnover here - so when you return from your vacation abroad they ask you if the wallpaper guide they recommended was accurate, and if it came in handy. the lighting is great, as is the cutout towards the front of the store which lets the lower level breathe. the kids enjoy it too, flipping through their latest teen books, or sardonic issues lambasting the current administration in comic form.
this bookstore is an offspring of the canadian original, so it scores extra points in our family (we're all canucks by birth or naturalization, so it's just a 'cool' slice of home in the big city) ...
they wrap too!
mcnally robinson
52 prince street 10012
212 274 1160
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