To be honest, we don't know exactly when the changeover occurred here on Avenue A at East 12th Street … a few alert readers pointed this out to us just yesterday … (The first Yelp review is from Sunday.)
In any event, Table 12, the former 24-hour cafe/bistro that served sandwiches, wraps, egg dishes, etc., has been turned over to Au Za'atar. Here's the restaurant's description via Facebook:
Au Za'atar is a Middle Eastern restaurant with a French twist. Our menu offers everything from Lebanon's national dish (Kibbe Kras) to classical Parisian fare with influences spreading from the Arabian Peninsula to the Mediterranean Sea.
To complement this blend of flavors we serve an extensive selection of organic wines, by the glass, and delicious craft brew beer.
For brunch our free-trade organic coffee and espresso comes from a "craft" roaster straight out of Brooklyn.
Our intimate and beautiful interior was designed and built using only recycled materials.
The hours are 8 a.m. to midnight.
Anyway, all this explains why we spotted 50 pounds of Table 12 to-go menus in the middle of East 12th Street one recent day…
Updated 2:41
A rep for the restaurant said that the Au Za’atar menus have not been finalized, and asked for us to remove the menu that we posted.
In addition, the old menus were left in the street by the carting company after they broke the garbage bag. The restaurant apparently cleaned them up after seeing what happened.
