Monday, December 22, 2025

Signage alert: Matcha and coffee for 68 Avenue A

A sign is up on the papered-over storefront at 68 Avenue A, noting "Meet Your New Favorite Coffee & Matcha." 

This will be the latest establishment in the block-long Untitled building between Fourth Street and Fifth Street. (Other new retail tenants here are Barryville General and B&H Barber Shop.)

The new cafe is the first tenant in this storefront since Ink closed in July 2023 after 30-plus years in business. Owner Ben "Benny" Dahud had been in a legal tussle (some of this was his own fault, he admitted) with the private equity firm that bought the building in the fall of 2022 for $64 million.

In the end, Benny decided to retire and close the newsstand. 

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