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  Brunch & Dinner at Community Food & Juice – NYC

  03.26.11 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  For my birthday, my brother and Hannah (my sister-in-law), got me a gift card to Community Food & Juice, the uptown branch of Clinton St. Baking Co. My initial reaction was “WOOT!” followed quickly by “F*CK!” Not that I hate gift cards or that Community is a bad restaurant or that I wasn’t grateful. (Thank you Hannah and Bro for thinking of my stomach!) It’s just that the location isn’t so ideal for me. Community Food & Juice is located in Morningside Heights. From the East Village, it takes a little less than an hour by train. That’s more time than I want to spend commuting on the weekend for brunch. Years ago, when I was a hungry college student in Morningside Heights (I’m a Barnard girl), I probably would have been more appreciative, but now, not so much. In addition, considering the East Village is seasonal restaurant central, it really doesn’t make sense to go all the way to Morningside Heights for the type of food I can eat a block away. It’s like living in Flushing and commuting to the Upper East Side for Chinese food. I inquired about using the card at Clinton St., but Community said it wasn’t possible. It probably wouldn’t have made a difference anyway. Even though Clinton St. is less than ten minutes away from my apartment, I’d probably spend the same amount of time waiting for a table outside with the morning tourist crowd. Not my kind of scene. So one morning, with dragging feet, David and I set off to find out if Community Food & Juice was truly a destination restaurant. MORE »