The Fall Cafe, bastion of 1990s-early-gentrification Carroll Gardens, has been closed for months. For a long while, a notice on the door indicated the place was undergoing renovations and would reopen. But that no longer appears to be the case. The outlines of a new stencil on the window indicate the address will soon be the home of something called Ciro's. Local restaurant king Jim Mamary is the owner. (No reference to the famous 1950s Hollywood nightclub, I presume. However, the cursive lettering is reminiscent of the old Ciro's sign. )
Inside, things are looking spiffier that the raffish old Fall Cafe ever did. I'll miss the place. It had pretensions, as all coffee bars do. But they were low-rent pretensions.
I remember when Fall Cafe was new... and when Halcyon, Patois, Boat were all new. I think Boat is the only one left now. Wonder how much longer they will hang on. I just recently moved out of the neighborhood after more than a decade as my family can't afford to live there any longer.
ReplyDeleteFall was never slated to re-open, the owner just closed the place. A victim of the Uber-gentrification of the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteSeems like Fall Cafe just rolled over and played dead years ago. Their small coffees were hardly bigger than a Dixie cup and their baked goods were so dry, they tasted like raw flour.
ReplyDeleteCheck out the love letter to the Fall Cafe here: http://mrbellersneighborhood.com/2012/03/a-frothy-goodbye
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