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Tina Bakalli says her new coffee shop, Savor Coffee and More on Riverdale Avenue, is meant to provide the neighborhood with a European café experience. Savor began a soft opening late last month while still training its crew while hearing feedback on their menu.

Savor moment at Riverdale Ave's new coffee hangout

For a long time, it seemed the trendy coffee shops populating Brooklyn and Manhattan were staying in Brooklyn and Manhattan. This part of the Bronx got close with Buunni Coffee on Riverdale Avenue, … more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 8/29/21

The One Yoga for All studio space on Johnson Avenue will soon be home to a monthly pop-up market for local artists and businesses, says its founder, Eduvigis Marmolejos. The studio can fit up to 10 vendors who can sell homemade crafts like candles and jewelry as well as food.

Johnson Ave yoga studio eyes monthly pop-up market

It wouldn’t be an understatement to say Buunni Coffee had a sizable impact on the neighborhood before shuttering last January. Many saw it as a community hub where they could not only get a cup of joe, but also spend hours connecting with neighbors. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 8/8/21

A sign announces the temporary closure of the Riverdale Library in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

One Year Later ...

She was a Manhattan health care worker who recently returned from Iran. He was a New Rochelle lawyer who worked in Manhattan. Everyday people leading everyday lives. But what they carried inside them was no everyday virus. And there was just no way they could know how it would change not just their home, but the world. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 3/13/21

Racquel Johnson was inspired to start her new adaptive clothing store, KMJ Love Wear, after the death of her 5-year-old daughter, who had cerebral palsy. The Black-owned store opened in December and has had some struggles getting traffic to her North Riverdale storefront because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Businesses just trying to survive

It would be a gross understatement to say this past year has been tough for small businesses. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 2/28/21

The coronavirus pandemic has left what was once crowded tables at Buunni Coffee empty. And now, the Riverdale Avenue storefront is dark after Buunni’s owners couldn’t reach an agreement with a landlord to operate on reduced rent for the next several months.

No last-minute reprieve for Buunni Coffee

Last Saturday, with every last option exhausted, Sarina Prabasi stood in front of their proud Riverdale Avenue coffee shop to share the bad news: The doors were closing for good. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 1/31/21

Buunni Coffee co-founder Sarina Prabasi talks to a crowd that rallied outside her 3207 Riverdale Ave., location Saturday afternoon, in the hopes to prevent the shop from closing for good on Sunday.

Coffee drinkers hope for last-minute reprieve to save Buunni

The temperature was a chilly 32 degrees outside of Buunni Coffee, but there was nowhere else Sarina Prabasi wanted to be at that moment. When the doors finally opened in 2018 at 3702 Riverdale Ave., after months of delay, this location marked the official expansion of an idea to bring hot Ethiopian coffee to the city, which Prabasi started with husband Elias Gurmu in Washington Heights. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 1/23/21

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