Shanghai Square on 13th St. is now open for breakfast, serving traditional Chinese fare such as dim sum, Shanghai soup dumplings, and scallion pancakes. Is this innovative marketing or desperation? Is this bagel-and-croissant neighborhood ready for something so exotic at 8 in the morning?
This is Union Square West in the ’40s. The reason all these buildings are so narrow is that the lots originally held townhouses.
Have you noticed that many dry cleaners, including the one on 13th closest to our building, are now billing themselves as “organic?” What does that really mean. Not much in reality. Click here to read an article and watch a video report.
On University Place a few blocks down. And it appears to be very popular. Good desserts.
Pinkberry and Red Mango are going at it just one block west. The Villager has all the details.
Soon to arrive in the former Blick Art space. 
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