I remember the place on 3rd Street and Ave. A with their big ceramic mugs. The best coffee shop EVER....alas... That's when I used to walk past the Chillmasters home, going for a big mug of coffee. I drank very little alcohol at that time. Believe it or not.
3rd and A -- LIMBO's! i loved that place. you could play Connect Four and Life and sit and write and chat all day, and i loved those big pastel mugs too. but i know a lot of folks saw it as presaging the yuppiedom of the east village. (SOMETHING always presages the destruction of the ev. no matter how far back you go.)
i THINK that was around the same time ('91-'94?) that little ricky's was in the space at 3rd/1st that's now The Bean. (the ORIGINAL bean. maybe the bean will be our very own hyperlocal starbucks. kill me.)
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Nice design, but silly name.
Plastic cups? Fail.
- East Villager
I remember the place on 3rd Street and Ave. A with their big ceramic mugs. The best coffee shop EVER....alas...
That's when I used to walk past the Chillmasters home, going for a big mug of coffee. I drank very little alcohol at that time. Believe it or not.
3rd and A -- LIMBO's! i loved that place. you could play Connect Four and Life and sit and write and chat all day, and i loved those big pastel mugs too. but i know a lot of folks saw it as presaging the yuppiedom of the east village. (SOMETHING always presages the destruction of the ev. no matter how far back you go.)
i THINK that was around the same time ('91-'94?) that little ricky's was in the space at 3rd/1st that's now The Bean. (the ORIGINAL bean. maybe the bean will be our very own hyperlocal starbucks. kill me.)
ahhh, Little Ricky's.
Not to be confused with the drag-queen drug store chain of similar nomenclature.
Or the old Army and Navy stoire where I used to buy my jeans as a kid.
@Uncle Waltie: "I drank very little alcohol at that time."
I need a drink after reading that!
Oh boy. Little Ricky's and Limbo. Two great East Village places of respect and honor. I want them back. Double damn man.
Marty, I can't blame you. I needed a drink before I posted this.
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