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Nolita's Newest Coffee Shop Has Fashion-Designer Cred
Oro Bakery & Bar owner Dorina Yuen is expanding her café empire with Lafayette Espresso Bar and Marketplace, reports Diner's Journal. The Nolita shop, just a few blocks away from Oro at 189 Lafayette Street, opens July 20 and will supplement the standard café menu of sandwiches and salads with options like local pickles and preserves, and — of course — vegan cookies. For additional cool-crowd cred, one of Yuen's partners is erstwhile fashion designer Christiane Celle, founder of hippie-luxe brand Calypso. CLICK TO ARTICLE

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Off the Menu: Lafayette Espresso Bar and Marketplace
Dorina Yuen, who opened Oro, a cafe and wine bar in NoLIta, in 2008, has teamed up with Christiane Celle, Antoine Verglas and Judy Tan to open Lafayette Espresso Bar and Marketplace on July 20. Ms. Celle, the founder of the Calypso clothing stores, now owns the Clic galleries, and is married to Mr. Verglas, a photographer. Lafayette, a 250-square-foot storefront, will serve made-to-order juices, espresso and drip coffee brewed to order, and sell sandwiches and salads, as well as an array of local artisanal food products like Brooklyn Brine pickles, Anarchy in a Jar preserves, vegan Cavemen Cookies and homemade granola. CLICK TO ARTICLE