I think I may have uncovered the source at this storefront at 444 E 81.
The birdhouses that decorate trees on several nearby streets may originate from this location.
Some rows of houses have an innate appeal as this block does to me. In our New York the row can be adjacent to a high rise or a group of unrelated brownstones. This all gives us the brilliant visual kaleidoscope I love.
Pictorial with Christmas trees being thrown out!
Clearly- or rather not so clearly as you can see above- the autofocus is very superior to the manual variety. (For the latter, see below.)
Note, the roof with the balustrade which is similar to the one on the 79th Street NYPL. This building is also on 79th Street. (No A.J. this is not a public building so if I can get atop the Public Library, this rooftop is off limits.
This fellow with the PA. plates is hovering between the bus stop and the fire hydrant (see below.)
Flapping, flying, flags are here to speak for differing precincts.
Elsewhere, I have recommended to you- my peeps- that you look up when enjoying our city. I was rewarded with a roof that had a stone barrier encasing it. Wish I were a bird to fly over it and see the rooftop in detail!
It looks like such an inviting place to hang out and look down at the action on the streetscape below.
Some of which you have seen but you just can’t get too much of skating penguin decorations. I love toy houses, don’t you?
No question it’s still an excellent cup of specialty joe. But. The service in a heavy tumbler gives it an edge over any other coffee of this class.
Tozzo is tucked in next to Caleixco, the Mexican grill and bar on 78th and Second. It’s a small scale place with a large personality.
I suspected that a take-out carton of the latte would not be as superlative as the glass tumbler had proven. I was right.
Enjoy the simple latte I prefer or grab one with a colorful bottom.
They offer a flavored version with pistachio or hazelnut or white coffee decorating the first third of your glass.
It’s very elegant.
It’s time to revise any superlatives about cappuccinos and lattes upward.
I had been relying on mostly French sources for my coffee fix and, truthfully, many of them were terrific.
Along comes month-old Tozzo on 2d Avenue just off 78th Street and it exceeds all my expectations.
Tozzo serves Italian coffees; more specifically Sicilian specialties, which include sweet confections, and soft bread on which prosciutto and mozzarella are fabulously tasty.
On the top of my ballot, it’s the latte. A particularly outstanding drink served like the old Lower East Side standard tea in a “gless.”
Its arrival surprised me: a heavy beveled soda-fountain tumbler filled to the tippy top with a warming brown beverage.
I will say this unequivocally- this was the best latte I have ever enjoyed.
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