Some new restaurants and coffee shops are opening in the neighborhood, as a Starbucks looks set to close.
Joe Coffee will be opening this fall on Columbus between 68th and 69th streets in the former home of Bomboloni, which closed suddenly in April. Joe has eight other locations in the city and one other spot on the Upper West Side, at 85th and Columbus. Thanks to Andrew, Jeffrey, Corrie and others.
Brokers are looking for a new tenant for the Starbucks space on the corner of Columbus and 86th street. Asking rent is $59,250. That’s a lot of Venti Lattes!
Just Salad will be opening in the former home of yogurt shop Yapple on Broadway between 70th and 71st. Just Salad is part of a chain with locations in New York, New Jersey, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. The name, by the way, is a LIE! They also sell smoothies, wraps and soups. We’ll be sure to write a full expose when we get around to it. Thanks to Jason, Andrew and Diana for the tips.
Maison Kayser, which is moving into the corner space at 76th and Broadway, will open in October, a manager at the Columbus Circle location told one of our tipsters.
The windows are covered at sweet shop Chocolate Works on 91st and Amsterdam, but a voice message says the shop is renovating and will reopen on September 3 “with some sweet changes.”
We hear the bodega at the corner of 95th and Columbus got a nice renovation, with a new floor.
Speaking of openings and closings, the Maoz on Broadway between 110th and 111th has been closed for a while, with a sign in the window that says “closed for renovation.” No sign of any work inside, however.
In additional news, I’ll note that Red Stone Cafe opened on 72nd between West End and Broadway – we’d expected a Red Stone Pizzeria and instead just got another place for muffins and eggs (bummer).
Also, BRGR opened on Broadway and quickly earned some of the worst ratings of any restaurant in the city:
https://www.yelp.com/biz/brgr-new-york-3
Re: Closing Starbucks at 86th & Columbus – we have apparently now entered an new era when even a nationally based retail operation can no longer justify the asking commercial rent in high-traffic public transportation hub legacy locations on the UWS. Perhaps they can relocate across the street into the former 3 Star space. It’s more like the footprint of newer Starbucks and that property owner seems to have been OK with $0/per month for most of their commercial space for an extended period of time LOL.
$59K a month is absolutely ridiculous asking rent.
Enjoy your vacant storefront landlord – it will be a long time.
This is and the 3 star abandoned block, shootings up 32% this year.. I don’t know…are the bad old days back……?
This may be the case of ” The more things change, The more they stay the same”
I’ve been living on the block for 6 months and haven’t been shot yet.. I know it’s weird. Anyway, I think any kind of salad place, Just Salad for instance, above 82nd St would absolutely kill.
Hee hee hee.
So excited for Just Salad!!
There’s a new coffee place on 95th and Broadway that looks pretty nice. I haven’t had a chance to stop in yet, but will soon.
i stopped in. the prices are ridiculous. I will stay at Starbucks.
Very well said, 9d8b.
I glanced at the coffee menu out front — the latte, cappuccino etc. prices seemed in line with Starbucks. As I recall, $4.25 for a grande latte, which is about what I pay at Starbucks.
Do you mean the food prices? I haven’t checked those out yet. But I dislike the food at Starbucks (pre-packaged and nasty, IMO), so I don’t eat there anyway. I also am not a huge fan of the coffee there, for that matter, which tastes slightly burnt to me.
And whatever happened to “pay a bit more and support local independent businesses instead of huge corporate chains”?
yes, the food prices are ridiculous.
I am fine with going to Starbucks because they employ a lot of people who I have gotten to know over the years. I wish they could unionize but i still have no problem supporting them.
BB: “Like many people in NYC, you are trying to get into “socialist” affordable housing.”
People have a right to get some of their money back from the welfare state (especially people who are opposed to the welfare state).
We must live within the housing system that has been created. That doesn’t mean we can’t be opposed to it and can’t try to change it.
First , we are not friends.
Second, stop putting words in mouth. I never “tried to, get rid of all the affordable housing that already exists”.
You think I have so much power?
Third, nice deflection from your blatant hypocrisy in supporting a multinational conglomerate that destroys small businesses, raises costs, adds to pollution and global warming via the destruction of the rain forest to make its product – which basically is a addictive drug, and you rationalize that “because they employ a lot of people who I have gotten to know over the years.”
i am not the only non-anonymous on this site.
your finances are not the issue. Like many people in NYC, you are trying to get into “socialist” affordable housing. More power to you. Just don’t try to, at the same time, get rid of all the affordable housing that already exists. that, my friend, is called hypocrisy.
are you misspelling my name on purpose , Brice?
For the record, I would say all to your face. I doubt you are tough as you are, especially when getting mugged, like all extreme liberals. No answers, just complaints. and never satisfied.
ALSO
Everyone on this site is anonymous , except one. its not really anonymous , and its not really anonymous – more like personas , clearly we all have them and are real people behind the avatar.- Scooter, Paul, Gomez, etc… and in this age of identity theft it is just plane stupid to have your full name on a public website.
Yes, I applied to Penn South, yes they are ugly, and bad urban planning – no grid, no commerce, cars emphized , a NORC, but you don’t know my finances, so mind your bees wax.
Gee, thanks for dragging me into it, Bruce! Funny that you did, however – I used to live in Penn South (in an illegal sublet) for a couple of years in the 1990’s. And yes – I would tear it down. Not because of what it represents, but because it’s an ugly behemoth of an eyesore. From an aesthetic and urban landscaping point of view, it’s downright dreadful.
Webroot, if you want to get into the hypocrisy issue — didn’t i see that you were applying to get into Penn South? Talk about subsidized housing… and unlike your other accusation, this actually WAS started by socialists. And it still has a lot of “socialist” regulations.
PaulRL would be in favor of ripping it down, of course… or at least ending the limits on resale prices.
Just for the record, I think Penn South is a model affordable housing development… and Webroot has every right to apply. I just am enjoying the irony.
i don’t know if i know WebRoot because he is anonymous on this site. he would never say these insulting things to my face, of course…
I always wonder, do you guys (Bruce and webot) know each other in real life?
Duane Reade, Banks, Walmart all “employ a lot of people”
can someone spell hypocrisy?
Good reminder, G. Gomez! I’ve been to Filicori Zecchini a couple of times already. It’s a great addition to the neighborhood. The owners and counter-folks are very friendly. Incidentally, they are applying for a wine license as well.
I just stopped in for coffee! It’s very good. The drink prices are in line with Starbucks (and the coffee and atmosphere are better, and you get a little chocolate with your drink). The snacks are not cheap; on the other hand, you can get just a little tasty bite (a small cookie or pastry) instead of a behemoth of a dry, tasteless muffin. As someone who doesn’t like to stuff myself with sugar, I appreciate that. I had some kind of Argentinian cookie that had a dulce de leche thing going on. I’m with you, Paul RL — I’ll be back!
I look forward to the JOE Coffee being added. $59,250 a month for that area? that is insane. There definitely will be a real estate bubble to pop in the near future. If a national chain won’t sustain those prices, few will.
Broadway and Columbus have Starbucks after Starbucks, but for the whole length of Amsterdam Ave there’s only the one between 71st & 72nd. You’d think they have snatched up at least one or two spots in the mid 80s by now.
That “bodega” will be an outpost of The Halal Guys.
It is great that Joe is opening another location. They are local (have met the founders), and the coffee is fantastic.
Filicori Zecchini is midtown is excellent as well. Both are much better than Starbucks or Coffee Bean.
“$59K a month is absolutely ridiculous asking rent. Enjoy your vacant storefront landlord – it will be a long time.”
You apparently do not know the commercial real estate market at all. at a $59K asking price, that landlord will easily get $55K. Especially on that corner.
thank you for your input.
Are you the landlord’s broker?
if so, what is the Square footage of the space.that is the only way to actually say whether its a good deal or not. as I recall it is not so deep, but does have a lot of frontage.
But, Ii still thinks its way to high, They are going to try for a bank. but they are not expanding like they once where. so it will sit empty for a long long time. Trust.
I think many of us are looking at storefronts on the UWS that have stayed empty for a VERY long time, and wondering how true your statement is. The former Rite Aid at 96th and Broadway, for example. Isn’t that a pretty good corner, being right across from an express subway stop and on a major bus route as well? And how long has it been empty now? And if a huge corporate chain like Starbucks finds a rent too expensive…well, who exactly is going to prosper there? I think the NYC commercial rental market is about due for a crash.
The west side of Broadway between W95 & W96 will stay a wasteland. It was killed off when the Starship Enterprise landed in the middle of the Broadway mall, visually blocking the west side of Broadway (on the block) from the rest of the world. Good plan, no? – especially the two years of street and sidewalk reconfiguration that accompanied it – which they now had to reverse with lane blockages because the new subway station, in addition to killing off real estate – also kills people. Just saying.
That’s right G. There are several storefronts between 90th and 96th on Broadway that are empty, some longer than others. Off the top of my head, here is a list – the old Blockbuster site, the CapOne that was on the corner of Broadway & 91st (has been empty for a few years now), the two stores next to it, the store between Radio Shack and Sprint Sports, City M.D. and most recently the deli on the corner of 92nd & Broadway
I noticed Bocca Di Bacco on 85th off of Broadway has been shuttered since last week. Dean’s lasted in that space for a long time, but nothing else has managed to have any staying power. It’s a very large space in the back, and the newer incarnations just don’t seem to know how to use it, not to mention serving mediocre food won’t gain many fans.
Yep, just walked by Bocca di Bacco last night and noticed that. Side street restaurants are always going to have a tough go of it, good food or not.
As already said, Dean’s did very well in that space for a long, long time. Next theory??
I just walked by the long-empty space on the south-east corner of 106th and Broadway and saw that it is being refurbished and will be a 7-11. I have my doubts about how well a 7-11 will do in that space, but I guess it will be good not to have a vacancy at that key corner.