Cafe's Ingenuity Almost Makes You Forget Sanitary Violations

“A clever barista turned the Astor Row Cafe’s ‘B’ rating into a more desirable offering, mixing it with some ingredients from the alphabet to serve up ‘brunch.’”
 — This is great, except for the part where I’m going to hear it as “bee-runch” in my head from now on, and also I guess the part about the “evidence of mice or live mice.” I mean, I’m not saying I live in conditions that are any better. It’s New York, there’s always something creeping around there in the dark. [Photo via]