More real estate rumors: Chock Full of Nuts may be taking over the space vacated by Cinematique on Seventh Avenue between Union and President Streets.
It is the heavenly coffee. And I grew up with a CFON on Broadway between 86th and 87th Streets. We spent a lot of time there eating raisin date nut bread and cream cheese sandwiches and butterscotch brownies.
Ah, that really brings back memories. That place really was chock full of nuts. It won’t be the same without all the weird Broadway types circa 1960’s and ’70’s, who used to nurse a cup of Joe for hours on end. When they weren’ there they were sitting on the benches on the Broadway median.
Wow: dueling coffee corporations on Seventh Avenue. CFON, DD and S. Is there room for all of them?
Dear Blog,
Chock Full o’Nuts is NOT coming to the store of the old Cinematique video store.
I know this because:
I OWN THE BUILDING.
please stop spreading silly rumors.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Nicholas G Kotsonis
Chock Full O’ Nuts? Really?
Chock Full O’ Nuts is terrible coffee. Terrible coffee. Terrible coffee! More terrible coffee, money couldn’t buy!
Rasin bread? Wasn’t it date nut bread? Chock Full o’ Nuts coffee is now owned by Sara Lee, but I haven’t seen a CFON restaurant in years. Maybe it and the Duncan Donuts are Reise Brothers outposts in Brooklyn. And last I heard, Horn and Hardardt had become a mail order catalog company.
Is it possible there are still CFON’s? Will they have the same wonderful crusty hefty circular donuts with the powdered sugar? Especially wonderful after taking in the windows of the Swissair display for Christmas.
Next thing we’ll have a Horn and Hardarts on 7th Avenue.