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3. Vynl
A kitsch and camp diner that’s very popular with the local LGBTI crowd.
Vynl (756 9th Ave.) lives up to its name, with old records attached to the walls and tables and
menus decorated with classic album covers (I sat at the Never Mind the Bollocks table!).
The menu is a diner-ish selection of all-day breakfasts (a ‘Chelsea Boy Special’ of chicken
breast and scrambled eggs whites is a nod to the local muscle brigade), burgers and some
Asian dishes. Cheap, cheerful, and popular for weekend brunch.
4. Schmackary’s
Schmackary’s (362 W 45th St.) offers a bewildering array of freshly-baked cookies and coffee.
Artisan cookies include green tea, ‘Funfetti’, maple bacon (yes, really) and pumpkin spice.
Sat here nibbling on a cookie at 10.30pm, while staff blasted out ‘Seedy Films’ by Soft Cell
over the store stereo, I wondered why there wasn’t somewhere like this in Soho, in my home
city of London.
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