Portland’s Cafe Today Going Up Next to Chipotle
Earlier this week, we received a tip from Lunch’er “Nick” about activity in the former Tomatoes space next to Chipotle on 52nd btw. 3rd + Lex. I went by for a look, and there does indeed seem to be a Cafe Today going up in that location. According to their website, they are a Portland, Oregon-based chain serving a variety of soups, salads, sandwiches, etc. as well as offering corporate catering. Are there any Portlanders out there who can let us know if this is something to get excited about?
Posted by Anna at 3:00 pm, January 12th, 2012 under 52nd btw Lex+3rd.
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Same folks (as I understand) that recently opened ‘Essen on 53rd and Madison (at least ‘Essen initially had the same awning and used wrappers/bags that said “Cafe Today” when they first opened a few months back.
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Anna: did you confirm that the “Cafe Today” opening in Manhattan is owned by the same parent company as the one in Portland, or are you just assuming this? For one, the logo/branding looks totally different. I also don’t see any mention of their new location on the website.
Here’s from Essen’s website – not sure if it is the same company, but if the awnings were the same at one point, probably:
“About Essen Slow Fast Food is the New York’s best catering and delivery delicatessen located in Madison Avenue, 53th Street New York. Cafetoday serves range of delicious foods freshly prepared just for you, from breakfast such as pancakes, french toasts, blueberry muffins, mushroom vegetable wraps to hot grilled sandwitches like cuban sandwitches and philly cheese steaks. Cafetoday also serves freshly brewed coffee and tea, to help start your day fresh. Variety of Asian foods are also ready for you, like shrimp california roll, tempura udon, and seafood mandoo dumplings. Please feel free to email us for any questions.”-
joer, are you suggesting that ML should do research beyond typing “Cafe Today” into google and seeing what pops up? What do you think this is, the New York Freaking Times?
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And this was in Crains back in 12/2010 – remember reading this when Essen/Cafe Today opened @ 53rd & Madison: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/dcce/20101221/12/real_estate/122/deals_active/2545354&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+crainsnewyork/real_estate+(Everything+Real+Estate+-+CrainsNewYork.com)
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Bottom line….just another generic deli.
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Surprised they didn’t put a bird on the window.
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Cacao
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Lived in Portland until 2009… never heard of this place. Proceed with caution.
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I see that the title of this post stands, but no clarification from Anna, the originator of this entry.
Anna?
we can pickle that!