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Thursday, August 31, 2023

Dallas gets its first cat café. Here's a look - Texas Standard

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It’s Tuesday afternoon, around 1 o’clock, and the main room at Whiskers and Soda cat cafe is buzzing with a low din of 30 cat-happy customers, many of them children.

Shannon Regan, a computer programmer, sits at a table, wearing a headset. Once a week, he drives 30 minutes to the café to work remotely. And yes, cats do jump on his laptop’s keyboard and press buttons.

He doesn’t seem to mind about the cats or the noise. After working in silence at home, “a little noise can be comforting,” he said.

His kids clamor to go with him to the café. “And every single time, they want me to come home with a cat,” he said. So far, he’s resisted. “I’ve made it three times here and not gone home with a cat. But I’m due. I’m due.”

Silent kitties scurry across open floors or weave between chair legs to sniff extended fingers. Some duck into hidey holes. Others are tuckered out and curled up on cat beds or pillows. A curious orange tabby gently bats at my mic cable as I interview owners Caroline and Rob Stovall.

The Stovalls, who have six cats, were inspired by cat cafes they visited in Asia and Europe. But they also created Whiskers and Soda to make pet adoption easier on the cats. Caroline is the president of rescue group A Voice for All Paws.

As with all cat cafes, there are rules for interacting with the cats: no picking up, no chasing, no tail-pulling, no waking, no yelling, no rough-housing.

After checking in, patrons can remove their shoes or walk around in their socks or put on plastic covers over their shoes – they’re provided by the café to prevent the spread of disease. Then customers go through a magnetically locked door into the cafe.

Cultivar Coffee Roasting Co. and Leila Bakery, both nearby, provide refreshments for the café. It’s the only one of the four North Texas cat cafes that offers fresh pastries and locally roasted coffee.

“We’re Lake Highlands residents,” Rob said. “It’s very important for us to keep things local.”

Separate from the main café are a kitten room for the youngest residents, a quiet room for adoption bonding and a cats-only lounge.

“If they get tired of people, that’s where they go,” Rob said. “They just chill.”

The Stovalls also run a cat boarding facility, Griffin Rock Cat Retreat, in the same building. Each of the 12 suites has nooks and hammocks for the cats, camera and audio for owners to watch, listen and talk 24 hours a day. And a flat-screen TV with nothing but bird, fish and squirrel videos.

The Stovalls plan to add additional boarding suites and an intake center for A Voice for All Paws. The group has completed 350 adoptions this year from foster homes and from the café, Caroline said. She hopes to raise that number to 1,000 cats a year.

“It’s something we’re very passionate about and that we all really love,” she said. “When you see some of the cats that come to us in the states that they arrive, and then they go to wonderful homes, there is really nothing that beats that.”

North Texas is home to at least four cat cafés. Learn about each and plan your visit.

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B.C. café owner suffers heart attack after thieves smash vehicle into business - Global News

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RCMP are investigating a string of break-ins in South Surrey that they believe may be connected.

Police are probing at least eight break-ins or break-in attempts at South Surrey businesses in August.

In each case, the suspects drove a vehicle into the business to gain access, according to police.

Location and date of South Surrey smash-and-grabs:

August 1, 2023 at 4:50 a.m. in the 15300-block of Croydon Drive
August 6, 2023 at 3:31 a.m. in the 16000-block of 24 Avenue
August 9, 2023 at 3:20 a.m. in the 16000-block of 24 Avenue
August 11, 2023 at 4:20 a.m. in the 15300-block of 24 Avenue
August 12, 2023 at 3:23 a.m. in the 12800-block of 16 Avenue
August 13, 2023 at 11:20 p.m. in the 1900-block of 152 Street
August 20, 2023 at 3:53 a.m. in the 15700-block of Croydon Drive
August 31, 2023 at 3:44 a.m. in the 12200-block of Beecher Street.

In the most recent case, which took place shortly before 4 a.m. on Thursday, the suspects used a white GMC pickup truck to back into a Martino’s cappuccino and coffee bar in Crescent Beach.

Joe Martino, the 85-year-old owner, lives upstairs and immediately phoned police. The suspects fled without taking anything, including an ATM near the doorway believed to have been the target.

Martino’s son Nick Martino said his father was taken to hospital as a precaution, amid the shock of the event.

“My dad was pretty upset,” he said. “I just came back from there and found out he had a heart attack.”

Fortunately, the elder Martino is now in stable condition.

Mounties seized the truck for forensic examination, and have confirmed it was stolen in Langley on Wednesday.

Police believe the smash-and-grabs are likely connected given the similar tactics and geographic proximity of the thefts, but need more evidence to be sure.

They are asking anyone with information or video from the area around the break-ins at the time of the thefts to contact them at 604-599-0502.

— With files from Troy Charles

Salt Lake's new 85°C Bakery Cafe is drawing crowds - Axios

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Agatha’s Is Savannah’s Moody New Mystery-Themed Cafe - Eater

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After decades of dreaming and coordinating, an Agatha Christie cafe finds home in a storied building in Savannah’s North Historic District.

History sits on top of itself at Agatha’s Coffee and Tea House (516 Martin Luther King Jr.Boulevard) and King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Bar (the to-be-open jazz club attached to Agatha’s). The building has been a funeral home, a jazz club, seven restaurants, and the pool hall where King Oliver–Louis Armstrong’s mentor and leader of King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band swept the floors late in life after a gum disease rendered him unable to play the trumpet.

Today, the address is part ASMR cafe, part treasure hunt, and part-time warp to 1930s Savannah, a hundred years removed from the fast food chains and modern amenities across the street.

Inside, dim light dances across antiques and books that could’ve composed Agatha Christie’s library; jazz licks and storm sounds mingle on a flickering radio to the left of chess-playing customers. With the employees dressed in period costumes, time traveling is easy at Agatha’s — if you can suspend your disbelief while typing on your MacBook and sipping an iced caramel latte.

A wooden bookshelf filled with novels. — The shelves are lined with works from Agatha Christie.

The tea house is the brainchild of Darrin Farr and a masterclass in dreaming, organizing, and executing. Twenty-seven years ago, when Farr was working in events public relations for Disney, he frequented a bar that would serve as the blueprint for Agatha’s.

“There was a hotel bar at Disney World called the Bellevue Room,” he says, “and it had books, old radios, and radio shows going. But it was bright white and didn’t have warmth. I said if I ever do my own place, I want to have kind of an Agatha Christie feel — a mystery cafe alive with warm lighting.”

At that time, Farr began accumulating the vintage art and decor that cements Agatha’s authenticity. “I have enough antiques in my house to build three more Agatha’s,” he says — but it wasn’t until ten years ago when he met Jonathan Clark that his idea grew legs.

With his long hair and breezy attitude, Clark is a modern Renaissance man; he builds, bakes, and sees big ideas through impeccable execution. Most furniture and fixtures not sourced from Farr’s personal collection were constructed by Clark.

“Jonathan said to me, let’s collaborate because I can build and take your dreams to fruition,” says Farr. And so they did, along with Clark’s partner in business and life Taía Harris.

After a decade of tireless dedication, the trio’s creation is distinctive, stylish, and just so Savannah. It’s no surprise a similar cafe (unrelated to the team) didn’t work out in Atlanta. A cafe like this simply has to exist in the push and pull of Savannah’s romantic past and present.

A woman holding a cup of coffee. — Stop for a coffee, tea, or cake at Agatha’s.

As the cost of living in Savannah rises, Agatha’s deserves recognition for being the only place in town where a cup of tea is still under two dollars. Agatha’s is affordable by design. “I spent many years as a homeless person,” shares Clark, “I just want a space where people can come in, escape into ambiance, enjoy themselves, and not have to pay their rent late because of it.”

The coffee house’s confections are also affordable and rival some of the best. Clark and David Laughlin, the artist behind King Oliver’s and Agatha’s murals, are co-bakers in the kitchen, responsible for the smells of English toffee cookies, blueberry pear scones, and quiches that warm the air.

However, they aren’t stopping at scones.

To help patrons refuel after boogieing, King Oliver’s (opening this fall) will serve Creole fare. But, for now, the team is starting simple: with pizza and wings tested and perfected by Clark. Classic Pennsylvania Dutch delights (a nod to Clark’s heritage) like bacon and cheddar pizza and renditions with roots further afield, like chili lime wings, collide on King Oliver’s current DoorDash menu.

Feel like solving a mystery? Type agathascoffeeandteahouse into your Instagram search bar.

Objects frequently go missing in Agatha’s and are shared to their account by detective Percy — the lead detective inspector in the cafe’s story world.

Though it’s Agatha Christie-inspired, saying “Christie” is legally off-limits. So, instead, the tea house introduces patrons to the legend of Agatha Harper, a suspected murderer who has been missing for months. Is she dead? Is she on the run? Detective Percy is determined to find out, and his murder board is on display for your contemplation in the cafe.

Play chess or write your own novel in the cafe.

Harris, Clark, and Farr have poured their time, energy, and finances into Agatha’s and King Oliver’s, but there’s still more to do. To ensure this ambitious project thrives, Savannahians must show support.

What does an ideal Friday night at Agatha’s and King Oliver’s look like five years from now? For Harris, it would be “coffee cocktails. Charcuterie boards. Wine. Maybe a couple of people are crocheting. Some older gentleman is giving life-changing advice to young people.” Simply: “an atmosphere that encourages conversation.”

Become a regular. Buy a book. Donate to their GoFundMe. Solve a mystery. Salvage Savannah.

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Stumptown Will Relocate Its West End Cafe...in the West End - Willamette Week

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Stumptown Coffee Roasters is moving one of its downtown cafes. But it won’t be pulling out of the city’s core. In fact, the new location is a mere two-block stroll from its current home.

Stumptown is departing its digs inside the Ace Hotel on Southwest Harvey Milk Street and headed for the recently finished Residences at 11W, a mixed-use building with both luxury apartments and office and retail space at the corner of Southwest 11th Avenue and Washington Street. The cafe should open in late fall.

Stumptown has long had a presence in downtown Portland. Its biggest cafe opened on Southwest 3rd Avenue near Pine Street in 2003, and even though the brand is leaving its longtime coffee bar at Ace, it’s clearly committed to the West End while other area businesses have departed over the course of the pandemic.

The new 25-story building that will contain Stumptown is a vastly different environment than Ace: The peak-Portland hipster aesthetic of the popular hotel is being swapped out for a sleek structure made of glass and steel. However, there should be some character to enjoy while sipping your morning latte—the cafe will be situated in an alcove that looks across to the Capax Infiniti mural on the nearby Carlyle Building.

And if you’re curious about the vacancy rate at yet another new Portland high-rise, seeing as how so many remain lightly populated, the building has filled about half of its leased space, which includes residences and commercial areas, which might generate some much-needed foot traffic for downtown.

In between the Ace and Residences at 11W sits 10West, a building with prospects WW examined this week.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Hoboken's Getting a New Coffee Shop Called 'Cafe Cartel' - hobokengirl.com

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It’s been the year of the coffee shop here in Hoboken. In 2023 alone, Hey Coffee People and Kompany Kafe have opened their doors, and Jersey City’s famed ModCup announced plans to venture into the Mile Square. Though caffeine might be abundant, another new coffee shop is set to arrive in town at 1100 Adams Street. Called Cafe Cartel, this new cafe is serving up “curated Colombian coffee” and lite cafe bites (including empanadas). Cafe Cartel is looking at a November opening, hoping to be a “local caffeine dealer” for Hoboken residents. Read on for what to expect from Cafe Cartel, a new coffee shop + cafe coming to Hoboken this fall.

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On August 10th, Cafe Cartel shared its first Instagram post, promoting a planned pop-up event the forthcoming coffee shop. The post encouraged locals to “indulge in delightful organic Colombian, coffee, and a wonderful atmosphere.” Locals, it seemed, took interest — the reel garnered 30 comments of Instagram users sharing their excitement (many by way of fire emoji and all-caps exclamations).

In the subsequent Instagram posts that followed, Cafe Cartel divulged more details on the shop-to-be, each one more anticipatory than the next. One was captioned: “Slinging the best beans, from Medellin,” another “your local caffeine dealer,” and one of particular interest, “your Silent Partner in Caffeine Crimes.” It’s worth noting, too, the vibe of these posts — a skull wearing a bandana as the brand’s logo, red-and-black decor inside, and a spray paint rendition of the logo currently in progress.

The pop-up event took place on Saturday, August 26th, and a member of The Hoboken Girl team stopped by to check it out. At the event, the shop’s owners shared that Cafe Cartel is looking at a November opening for its 1100 Adams Street location, where it will serve up a variety of coffees using Medellin beans. In addition, Cafe Cartel will have food selections like, cookies, bakery items, empanadas, and more.

As for the inspiration behind the vibe and the name, Cafe Cartel shared with The Hoboken Girl: “The inspiration behind Cafe Cartel came from spending time in Colombia, where [the owner’s] wife is originally from (she came to NY when she was 16). He fell in love with the country, the culture, the people, and the coffee.” They went on to say, “unfortunately, Colombia has had a bad reputation due to its past cartels. The owner thought it would be a great idea to turn the negative into a positive by promoting and shedding light on one of its greatest exports: coffee!”

As of right now, Cafe Cartel’s only online presence is its social media, which you can keep up with here. The Hoboken Girl reached out to the team for more details, but hasn’t gotten a response. Of course, we’ll update this article as more details are shared.

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Cafe Cartel joins a varsity list of Hoboken coffee shops — and while we wait for it to Hoboken, here’s a list of current cafes to satisfy your coffee needs.

See More: A Guide to Montclair’s Best Coffee Shops

To stay in the know on all things Hoboken + Jersey City, be sure to follow @thehobokengirl on Instagram and TikTok.

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See More: A Guide to Montclair’s Best Coffee Shops

To stay in the know on all things Hoboken + Jersey City, be sure to follow @thehobokengirl on Instagram and TikTok.

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Lazy Janes Café shuts down temporarily after fire - Madison - WMTV – NBC15

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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - No one was hurt after a fire broke out in a café Monday in downtown Madison, the fire department reported.

Firefighters responded around 6 p.m. to the café on the 1300 block of Williamson Street after a manager reported seeing smoke in the building, according to the Madison Fire Department. Lazy Jane’s Café confirmed in a Facebook post Tuesday that there was a small electrical fire in the attic of the business, which was closed at the time of the blaze.

When engine crews arrived to the café, they reported seeing smoke showing from the roof and a light haze on the first and second floor. Crews noted a fire in the ceiling on the second floor, laid down a tarp and pulled the ceiling open to put the flames out.

MFD noted the fire was limited to a rafter with electrical wiring on both sides of it.

Lazy Jane’s Café said it was evaluating the damage and would post an update for when it would reopen. In the meantime, the bakery building two doors down, on 1348 Williamson Street, will be open for bakery items and hot to-go coffee from 7-10 a.m., starting Wednesday.

The fire department notified Public Health Madison and Dane County to the fire, and MGE responded to the scene.

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Property crimes prompt Lower Haight restaurant owner to hit pause - San Francisco Chronicle

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The owner of a Lower Haight cafe is determined not to be the latest business to leave San Francisco. But first, she says, she needs a break after witnessing too much crime.

Cafe International is closed for the week. In a note posted both on Instagram and at the cafe, owner Zahra Saleh said she needs the time to “rest, think and regroup” after witnessing several shoplifting incidents and break-ins in the area.

“My Lower Haight is sinking in a sea of lawlessness and the ship captains and politicians are bickering among each other, blaming each other … while small businesses suffer,” Saleh wrote.

The business has been open at the intersection of Haight Street and Fillmore Street for more than 30 years, serving coffee, pastries, salads and sandwiches and hosting live music and poetry performances. In 2016, then-Supervisor London Breed nominated Cafe International for the Legacy Business Registry, calling the business a “neighborhood hub” for community organizers, musicians and poets.

The Chronicle was unable to reach Saleh immediately for an interview.

Cafe International has faced potential closure before — in its 2016 application to the registry, it notes that staying in business “has been a constant struggle,” especially after its rent more than doubled, Saleh wrote. Now the challenge is “daily shoplifting, extortions coupled with a propensity to violence, back-to-back break-ins and thousands of dollars in debt for property damages,” she wrote.

San Francisco Police Department data shows officers have been called to the Haight and Fillmore intersection 45 times so far this year, including three instances of commercial burglary. City data classifies Cafe International as right on the border between the Hayes Valley and Haight-Ashbury neighborhoods. Hayes Valley has seen 18 reports of commercial burglary or shoplifting, down from 38 at this time last year. But the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood has had 20 instances of commercial burglary or shoplifting this year, up from just 4 at this time last year.

The cafe will reopen again on Saturday, according to the Instagram post. In the comments, dozens of customers left messages of support for Saleh.

“I am tired and need time to find a way NOT to be another Lower Haight business who shuts down and leaves San Francisco,” Saleh wrote. “I will not leave my city.”

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The Frye Museum's Cafe Is Turning Into a MariPili - Eater Seattle

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In the arms race between Seattle museums to see which cafe has the best food, the Frye just took a big step forward: Last week the Seattle Times reported that Grayson Corrales, the chef behind Capitol Hill’s celebrated MariPili Tapas Bar, is taking over the First Hill museum’s Café Frieda.

Corrales, a Washington State native of Spanish descent who apprenticed at the Michelin-starred restaurant Culler de Pau in Spain, opened MariPili in May 2022 to widespread rejoicing (and long lines). She’s not bringing over the entire menu to the Frye — fried whole trout seems unlikely to make the list — but will be featuring a couple of favorites, including the patatas bravas (with tomato-pepper sauce and garlic aioli) and churros with chocolate dipping sauce. According to the Times, “Corrales expressed excitement about featuring boquerones fritos, adobo-marinated-and-fried anchovies served with piparra tartar sauce.” We would also like to express excitement about that.

New Frye director Jamilee Lacy told the Times that the museum went through a fairly robust process of searching for a chef to take over Café Frieda, which has been closed since the beginning of the pandemic, interviewing several candidates and having them cook as a tryout. “Chef Grayson and MariPili just brought the ‘wow!’ factor,” Lacy told the Times.

This follows a recent trend of Seattle museums taking their food seriously. In 2018, the Nordic Museum opened in Ballard with the Freya cafe attached, serving traditional Scandinavian food not on many Seattle menus. In 2019, the Burke Museum announced that it was recruiting Native food truck Off the Rez (and its famous fry bread “tacos”) to be a food vendor at its cafe. And in 2021, MARKET brought its seafood rolls to the Seattle Art Museum.

The new Frye cafe, officially called MariPili at Café Frieda, will also serve beer, wine, and sangria. The anticipated opening date is late October.

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Dallas' Knox Street gains essential amenity: a gourmet grocery cafe - CultureMap Dallas

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Dallas' Knox Street has a new opening that meets the needs of the neighborhood: Berkley's Market, the grocery concept founded by entrepreneur Zac Porter, has opened at 3300 Knox St., near the corner of Knox and Travis, just off the Katy Trail.

Located in the former Into the Garden space next-door to Toulouse, the store is nearly 5,000 square feet, including a 600 square-foot patio that came with the space.

"It's our largest store and our new flagship," Porter says.

It's also the concept's fourth location, following two in downtown Dallas and one that opened in Oak Cliff in 2022. But this one is probably the one closest to Porter's heart: less than two miles from Highland Park Village, where he opened his first store, then called Royal Blue Grocery, in 2015.

"It does feel like a return to the neighborhood for us, and we're thrilled to be seeing lots of familiar faces and regulars," Porter says. "We're also superexcited about being on Knox Street, and we're off to a good start, stocking up and reviewing requests to get the items our new neighborhood wants."

One new thing exclusive to this location is a lunch counter and wine bar.

"We've always had wine for sale by the bottle and by the glass, but we wanted to create an area that made it comfortable to sit down and have a glass with charcuterie and snacky things," Porter says.

He and his wife Emily Ray-Porter and their friend Cullen Potts entered the grocery world in 2015 when they opened a location of Austin-based Royal Blue Grocery in Highland Park Village. With its street-side patio seating facing Preston Road, it quickly became a destination for Park Cities meet-ups and people watching.

Its market-and-coffee-shop combination as well as Porter's attentive daily presence helped spawn a major sidewalk scene at the shopping center. It was closed in 2021 to make way for Sadelle's, which opened in 2022.

In 2021, Porter parted ways with Royal Blue and relaunched as Berkley's Market, affording more freedom to fine-tune their neighborhood focus.

Knox Street has thousands of residents in the area, as well as shoppers, diners, and visitors from the Katy Trail who are already dropping in before and after using the trail for fueling. That means breakfast tacos and coffee for orders on the run, plus essential and gourmet groceries, and prepared foods.

They've kept the location's original brick walls and open rafters - the center was built in 1930 - and opened up the patio, which the gardening store had closed in as a display area for outdoor furniture.

"Knox is such a buzzy street and I'm hoping we’re a real convenience for everybody in the neighborhood," Porter says.

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Monday, August 28, 2023

Inside the Japanese Cafe, Speakeasy, and Sushi Bar That Shares a Roof in the East Village - Eater San Diego

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An all-in-one destination for Japanese food that’s just emerging in the East Village is an ambitious enterprise from the team behind Beshock Ramen, whose flagship noodle shop opened on Market Street in 2016. Landing around the corner on 14th Street where they’re sharing the former Melvin Brewing space are three distinct businesses that each convey a different aspect of Japanese cuisine.

The largest storefront belongs to Asa Bakery, a sidewalk-facing cafe that owner Ayaka Ito says is inspired by her hometown of Nagoya, Japan which is known for its kissaten, or coffee shop, culture. Offering coffee and espresso drinks as well as matcha and hojicha lattes featuring organic Japanese tea, its in-house bakery turns out a wide range of Japanese bread and pastries, from the iconic Japanese sweet bread called melon pan to baguettes spread with mentaiko (salty fish roe) and various sozai pan, which are soft buns with savory fillings like sausage and pizza toppings. Ito tells Eater that Asa’s menu will extend to include Japanese sandos and homestyle dishes like curry rice and omurice, and the cafe will eventually serve coffee cocktails in the evening.

Behind a secret door hidden in the right wall of the bakery is Bar Kamon, a speakeasy that transports guests back to Japan in the 1920s. Designed by co-owner Masaki Yamauchi, the bar’s Taisho-era look reflects the period in Japan when traditionalism and modernism first converged, a style that also influenced the popular Japanese manga series, Demon Slayer.

Yamauchi, Ito, and bar manager Brett Grimsman spent time in some of the best bars in Kyoto to create Bar Kamon’s cocktail list, which includes Negronis made with hojicha-infused gin and Old Fashioneds sweetened with sugar smoked on cypress wood. A certified sake sommelier, Ito says the bar will focus on Japanese-made alcohol, including a selection from Tokyo’s Honkaku Spirits which specializes in koji-based spirits such as shochu and awamori.

A door in the back of the bakery leads to Sushi Gaga, a cozy 10-seat, omakase-only sushi bar that opens Saturday, September 15. Reservations are launching soon for its dinners, which will be offered at only one seating per night. Spanning nearly 20 items, the multi-course meal will include appetizers, nigiri, sashimi, and chawanmushi as well as noodles and ramen broth from Beshock.

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‘Everyone has a story about it’: The fight to save a legendary Katoomba cafe - Sydney Morning Herald

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NSW Heritage Minister Penny Sharpe will ask the state’s statutory authority on conservation to prevent Katoomba’s much-loved 105-year-old Paragon Cafe from perishing because of neglect.

Experts say the NSW heritage-listed Paragon is an exemplar of the art deco Greek cafes that once brought Hollywood glamour and ice-cream sodas and sundaes to Australian country towns and suburbs.

The 105-year-old Paragon Cafe is at risk of demolition by neglect, say its supporters.Credit: Dion Georgopoulos

A group called Friends of the Paragon has been lobbying for the government to save the cafe.

It says since the Paragon’s closure five years ago, the property has been unloved and neglected, and vandalised and graffitied. It has suffered water damage, dampness and mould that has threatened its famous finishes and plaster interiors.

Under NSW laws, owners of heritage-listed buildings must maintain them, and can face fines.

Hal Ginges, Robert Trenchard-Smith, and Heather Ginges from the Friends of the Paragon, a local advocacy group in the Blue Mountains.Credit: Dion Georgopoulos

A petition by the Friends calling on the government to intervene attracted 3800 signatures. “The Paragon Cafe is a state heritage icon,” Sharpe said. “The owners have a responsibility to look after the building, and they cannot simply neglect it so it can’t be repaired.”

Sharpe said she would ask the Heritage Council, a statutory body including experts, to consider whether it should step in and use its powers to ensure the owner maintains the building.

A report by the NSW auditor-general in June identified systemic failures and gaps in Heritage NSW’s records that caused inadequate oversight of more than 1700 items on the register. The records were so poor it knew little about the true physical condition of hundreds of historic properties in its inventory.

In the lead-up to the NSW state election, Sharpe told the National Trust in NSW that a Labor government would review funding and incentives for heritage conservation, develop the state’s first heritage policy, and work to ensure its power and responsibilities met the needs of coming decades.

Her undertaking on the Paragon coincides with the start of the first Australian meeting of the peak global body on cultural heritage and conservation, ICOMOS (the International Council on Monuments and Sites) which runs in Sydney from August 31. It includes visits by international visitors to the Blue Mountains.

The banquet hall at the Paragon in the 1930s. Credit: Robyn Parker

A spokesperson for the minister said Heritage NSW had been told works were due to commence this month. When its inspectors visited the Paragon on June 9 to check the condition of the building, they were concerned about the building’s maintenance and repair.

John Landerer, a prominent solicitor who controls Conset Investments Pty Ltd which owns the cafe, was granted a development application in 2020 with support from the NSW Heritage office to restore the cafe’s public space.

Landerer said he was more concerned about the condition of the cafe than anyone else. He stressed there was no delay, and said work was expected to start this year. “I am entitled to plan my expenditure in any way I like. This is the time that I plan to spend money on the Paragon.”

Rod Stowe, the chair of the Blue Mountains Branch of the National Trust in NSW, said the building was in a serious state. “It’s a real tragedy, it is such an iconic building. Everyone has a story to tell about it,” he said. “It also has important cultural heritage for Greek migrants who set up cafes and restaurants.”

Stowe said Katoomba had a great collection of art deco buildings, many vacant, and neglected. Cities such as Napier in New Zealand that celebrated their art deco buildings had turned them into wonderful tourist attractions. Visitors interested in heritage spent more and stayed longer than other tourists, Stowe said.

Opened more than a century ago, the Katoomba cafe was designed by its owner, Jack Simos, who migrated to Australia from Kythera in Greece, as an “acme of good taste” that had nothing but the best.

To Effy Alexakis and Leonard Janiszewski, the authors of Greek Cafes and Milk Bars of Australia, the Paragon represented the very best example of the Greek diaspora’s enterprise, ambition, and success.

“This food-catering institution was unquestionably one of the finest examples of the Greek cafe phenomenon of 20th century Australia – featuring high art deco architectural styles and furnishings ... coupled with a reputation for high-quality custom-made chocolates and pastries,” they said.

The Kytherian Association of Australia said Greek migrants had been driven from their homelands by poverty or persecution, and came to Australia to forge a new life.

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The Cafe Meow had a busy final day of coffee and cat adoptions. Maura McCarty was one of the cafe's first employees when they opened along Hennepin Avenue in February 2018.

"I helped build this place, decorate, met all the cats that came through here, so it is bittersweet," said McCarty.

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"You can come experience how they act around other cats and like around a lot of people," said Komis.

Since they opened their doors, The Cafe Meow has helped facilitate nearly 700 cat adoptions.

"It just makes me so happy as a cat lover," said McCarty.

The shelter partners say this exposure has increased cat adoption rates.

"I'm already begging my dad for a third cat, so now I just want a third one more," said Komis.

The cafe's ownership wants to build off the momentum of its success to be able to accommodate more cats and customers. Right now, reservations cap at 10 people.

"We do fill up a lot on the weekends and people come and they get disappointed that they can't go in," said McCarty.

Another reason for the relocation is the need for more parking. Next year, street parking is being eliminated along the stretch of Hennepin Avenue where the cafe is located.

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"They're taking away parking on Hennepin, which will be very difficult for the customers," said McCarty.

The loyalty and a love for cats runs deep, and McCarty is staying with the business as they make their move to Roseville next month, and customers are committed, too.

"I'm really sad that it's gonna close, but I'm definitely gonna go to like the new location a lot because I really like it," said Komis.

A grand opening date in Roseville hasn't been decided yet. Follow The Cafe Meow on social media for updates.

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The Cafe Meow had a busy final day of coffee and cat adoptions. Maura McCarty was one of the cafe's first employees when they opened along Hennepin Avenue in February 2018.

"I helped build this place, decorate, met all the cats that came through here, so it is bittersweet," said McCarty.

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"You can come experience how they act around other cats and like around a lot of people," said Komis.

Since they opened their doors, The Cafe Meow has helped facilitate nearly 700 cat adoptions.

"It just makes me so happy as a cat lover," said McCarty.

The shelter partners say this exposure has increased cat adoption rates.

"I'm already begging my dad for a third cat, so now I just want a third one more," said Komis.

The cafe's ownership wants to build off the momentum of its success to be able to accommodate more cats and customers. Right now, reservations cap at 10 people.

"We do fill up a lot on the weekends and people come and they get disappointed that they can't go in," said McCarty.

Another reason for the relocation is the need for more parking. Next year, street parking is being eliminated along the stretch of Hennepin Avenue where the cafe is located.

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"They're taking away parking on Hennepin, which will be very difficult for the customers," said McCarty.

The loyalty and a love for cats runs deep, and McCarty is staying with the business as they make their move to Roseville next month, and customers are committed, too.

"I'm really sad that it's gonna close, but I'm definitely gonna go to like the new location a lot because I really like it," said Komis.

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