You know that tiny storefront on Berkeley Place between 7th and 6th Avenue?  For a couple of years it was Zuzu's Petals (they called it Little Zu). And before that a furniture store. And before that…

I forget.

Now one of my favorite Slope cafes, Cafe Regular, has opened a second branch in that spot. The 11th Street Cafe Regular has been quietly thriving for at least five years now. It is also in a tiny storefront on the south side of a residential street (11th Street between 5th and 4th Avenues).

They obviously go for tiny storefronts on residential streets.

The Berkeley Place Cafe Regular, like the one 11th Street, has casual/elegant, Euorpean vibe. The walls are painted dark brown, there's a funky chandelier, the ceiling has a wild distressed paint treatment and there are a bunch of tables inside and out.

The 11th Street Regular offers back issues of the Times LIterary Supplements for perusal and other interesting magazines as well.

The menu is simple. Excellent coffee, breads and sweet rolls, hard boiled eggs and that's pretty much it. It's all written out on a mirror a al a French bistro. Today the cafe on Berkeley was quite crowded at 8 in the morning.