Restaurants have always had a short shelf life in New York.
But even in today’s frat bar-happy, quasi-Bridge and Tunnel East Village, some old-school eateries are still drawing crowds.
From the January 1986 issue of local arts newspaper the East Village Eye comes this ad for Life Cafe—once a refuge for the bloody and battered who were caught up in the Tompkins Square Park riots of the late 1980s.
I never knew Yaffa Cafe had a slogan. But here it is in their ad from the same newspaper.
Tags: Avenue B, East Village in the 1980s, East Village restaurants, Life Cafe, New York City in the 1980s, Tompkins Square Park riots, Yaffa Cafe
August 4, 2010 at 5:31 pm |
[…] 1980s ads for Life Cafe and Yaffa Cafe in the East Village Eye [Ephemeral NY] […]
August 4, 2010 at 7:24 pm |
i ate in the yaffa a few times. once the dish was taking forever so i asked about it and was told “a glass broke and the pieces went in your order, so we had to make another one.” i appreciated that!
August 5, 2010 at 12:34 am |
I remember Life Cafe and Yaffa Cafe since the 1980’s–still great–love the tofu scramble at Life and the crepes at Yaffa.
August 6, 2010 at 7:36 pm |
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/realestate/08scapes.html?_r=1&hp
Maaaaayyyybe an interesting ephemeral new york post?
August 6, 2010 at 8:24 pm |
Oh yeah, I read that this morning, it’s fascinating. The Times covers it better than I ever could, but here’s a little more on Colonnade Row and a cool 19th century photo:
https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/new-yorks-most-elegant-address-in-1833/