Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
After several weeks of renovations, a new-look cafe is ready to debut at 68 Avenue A between Fourth Street and Fifth Street.
Owner Angel Ramirez has revamped Café Social 68, expanding the menu to offer more options throughout the day. Along with the new menu comes a new name: Viva! Café.
The counter has been relocated from the left side to the center of the storefront, and a larger kitchen takes up the are where the few tabletops used to be. Viva! Cafe will now be an order-and-go operation with a new delivery (Seamless, et al) service.
Aside from a variety of coffee drinks (still offering Devoción), they'll have special sandwiches, salads and soups... and a focus on breakfast foods such as egg sandwiches and French toast.
Last evening, Ramirez, who owns adjacent clothing businesses Angels on A and Angels Boutique, was busy finishing up the space for today's expected grand opening.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Café Social 68 opened in August 2019.
3 comments:
Croissanteria that was in this space before covid had the best vibe to me. It's hard to compete with Starbucks with such a small space. They need to offer good quality bagel sandwiches to be more competitive.
Well, there are already two bagel places on Ave A. A few different hot breakfast and lunch options and salads would be nice. We don't have as many quick take-out options like that as we used to.
I wish them the best but it’s hard to see this succeeding. Not sure why they have reduced seating with each iteration and now they are down to two seats. The menu does not match the format of the store. Not many people want take-out pancakes. I miss the original which sat about 15 people. Even the last version sat at least 8 or so. There is an opening, esp post Native Bean, for a really good breakfast spot but unfortunately I don’t think this is it (neither is davidovitch).
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