Park Avenue Cafe at Grace Farms, Then Brooklyn Kabobs
Grace Farms Café NYC is a Park Avenue cafe in Midtown with organic coffee, tea and matcha cookies, open weekdays only. Then run a Walgreens #21337 errand, eat breakfast at Choice Brooklyn and finish at Fire Kabob.
Grace Farms Café NYC is a cafe at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown that pairs organic coffee and tea with pastries such as matcha cookies. For a solo pause, take a colorful outdoor seat and watch Midtown street activity. Profits fund Design for Freedom and campaigns to end child and forced labor. It is open weekdays only, from 7 AM to 4 PM.
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Walgreens #21337 is a spacious, single-level drugstore at 285 Broadway in Brooklyn, beneath the Marcy Avenue JMZ tracks. It stocks over-the-counter medications, snacks, drinks and household goods, and the store opens daily from 7 AM to 10 PM. The pharmacy runs weekdays 9 AM to 7 PM with a 1:30 to 2 PM meal break and closes on weekends. Premium pricing is the trade-off.
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Choice Brooklyn - Upper West Side is a Brooklyn-born cafe and market at 2040 Broadway on the Upper West Side that makes breakfast to order. Avocado toast comes on multi-grain bread, the chorizo egg burrito is light and balanced, and warm croissants hold spinach, cheese and tomatoes. It is open daily from 8 AM to 8 PM.
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Fire Kabob is a small, family-run halal restaurant at 535 86th St in Brooklyn, serving chicken, beef and kafta kabobs shaped by Middle Eastern and Persian traditions, with sambosa to start. Hospitality is warm, but the no-frills space is small. It opens at 12:30 PM Tuesday to Sunday, stays later Friday and Saturday, and closes Mondays.
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