Been patiently waiting like 50 and Em for my favorite Harlem coffee spot to reopen. In January, Fraud braved the frigid Northeastern Hawk in search of some coffee with a smooth, chocolaty finish. BOOM!: Settepani. Best coffee in Harlem, says I. I get there, crying from the cold and wind, icicles tumbling down my cheeks, only to find a notice that Settepani would be "TEMPORARILY" closed for renovations. Two weeks it said. Ownership was remodeling and adding a wine bar. Dope, thought Fraud. I'm cold, but I'm a soldier. (Pause.) I can wait... Especially for a full-bodied Cabernet.
Two months later, notice is no where to be found, and that joint is boarded up like a crack den. In fact, that whole block is boarded up like a... block of crack dens. (But all the D boys operate a couple blocks farther down.) What's goin' on east side of Lennox between 119th and 120th? Get it together fam. All those buildings are beautiful yet remain eerily and depressingly vacant/dilapidated.
Who's got the answer, loyal readers (Mom, Dad)?
Fortunately it's 70 degrees and sunny, so the only tears shed by Fraud today were due to being stuck indoors, typing and shit. Back to it.
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