[Image via Yaffa Cafe on Facebook]
There seems to be a lot going on now with Yaffa Cafe at 97 St. Mark's Place.
For starters, the DOH temporarily closed the 32-year-old restaurant last Friday for a variety of violations, including "Hot food item not held at or above 140F" and "Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations." (There were 100 violation points in total.)
Meanwhile, the familiar Yaffa Cafe mural was covered yesterday by a Google ad.
A tweet for Yaffa offered this...
Hi everyone. Yes, we are officially closed but don't worry, we will be back! And so will our mural. We are starting renovations. #3Months
— Yaffa Cafe (@YaffaCafe) September 11, 2014
So the restaurant (and mural) will return — likely after a 3-month renovation.
However, when Yaffa does reopen, it will likely be without its charming garden dining space.
The city handed down a vacate order on the backyard dining space...
[Photo by Allen Semanco]
Why now for the garden to go? We don't know... what we do know is that there isn't any negotiation on this.
More TK.