Ciao For Now actually exists as a cafe/bakery in New York!
Serendipitously, this adorable cafe (how could it not be adorable, with such a fantastic name) has its main location in East Village with another location in West Village. Although it was pretty far East (12th street, between 1st Ave and Ave. A to be exact), I knew I had to make the trip over to see our namesake. The place had a slightly hipsterish feel, with cheerful flowers adorning the front window. As I wandered inside, I realized it was much bigger than it appeared, since the main seating for coffee/brunch was around the corner from the entrance where the bakery counter stood. Although I had just eaten lunch, I felt I needed to purchase something to justify the trek, so I got a blueberry scone which looked quite scrumptious and dusted in powdery sugar inside the glass display case. The guy taking my order must have seen me hesitate when I glanced over at the muffin stand, because he asked me if I wanted a muffin on the house given it was almost closing time. Of course I responded with an enthusiastic yes! Sadly, neither the scone nor the pumpkin loaf (aka the 'muffin' on the house) was anything to write home about, but the cute decor, cute delivery truck (see below), awesome name and the fact I got a free pastry is enough for me to give it a solid 3.5 stars out of 5. J, when the weather's nicer, we should come here for brunch.
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