To Cargo and James tea shop and its kind employees: you were the warmth of my winter and I miss you very much. It was a dream come true that my first apartment was three doors down, and waking up with you, well, the pleasure was mine. From the Chocolate Ginger, to Cinnamon Kiss, oh, my Lady Hannah, and the Mint Earl Grey, always topped off with a cinnamon roll. My days are no longer the same, I miss you, I miss you! —Cold and Sleepy
This article appears in Mar 18-24, 2010.
I’m sad that it’s gone too! What happened? Business always seemed OK in there – not perfect, but not horrible, either. That building must be a curse for food establishments: Bear, Twelve Forty One, Cargo & James. You have been warned, Cafe Chianti! Better make sure to break any “Malocchios” that have been cast upon you.
Or, let’s just knock it down and make it a YWCA again.