Cafe Zaiya, wtf!!!

via Midtown Lunch

Cafe Zaiya, how could you do this to me? Where am I going to get my leaf pies now? Apparently they were closed today because of nonpayment of taxes. Midtown Lunch called for more info and they were told that the store could be back in business pretty soon, but IDK, that SEIZED sign looks pretty scary to me!


thanks, Baker Bibi!

Cafe Zaiya calls these "leaf pies," and I always knew them as butterfly or snail cookies, but apparently they're palmiers. And wow, they're so easy to make. Maybe I don't need you after all, Cafe Zaiya!

Max Fish is closing!!!

Max Fish is closing due to high rent! The NY Times article does a great job of summing up how significant this bar is and how much it sucks that it has to close. Personally I never go in because it's my ex's favorite bar and I don't want to have to bloody up my new ring:



That said, I really liked it there the times I went, despite the fact that no one there appreciates my bling.

Sadness

via dnainfo

This poor man had such bad luck at the Hermes sample sale that he was forced to buy a $309 scarf that was just "alright." Look at the havoc the recession is wreaking!