The cafe opened with a menu of pastries and baked goods, like house-made raisin and lemon zest scones or pumpkin cranberry date pecan muffins, paired with coffee from Intelligentsia Coffee.Ĭroissants hail from Amy's Bread, which bakes its goods nearby, and also provides the bread for the cafe's sandwiches, which are made with cheeses and cured meats from Murray's Cheese. "That's what's important to me - to make people feel like this is their place." "I wanted to have a place where people can really just come, get to know each other, somebody that they might not have known before," Hess said. "Now, I think even though there’s all these people, it's harder for them to find community," she said, saying the neighborhood is in some ways a "bedroom" community, with residents spending more time in Manhattan than where they live. Hess says their goal is to create a gathering place that locals can call their own. But now she and Stirling have launched their second eatery in the neighborhood - where they're also longtime residents - opening 51st Bakery and Cafe three weeks ago at 5-33 51st Ave. Hess closed LIC Brick to teach cooking classes for several years in Italy and France. There were fewer strollers back then too, she added. "With all these new buildings here, there's a lot more people," said Hess, a longtime baker and chef. The couple ran their first cafe, LIC Brick, in Hunters Point about 15 years ago, when the neighborhood was very different than it is today - before it was a hotspot for young families, dotted with luxury high-rises. LONG ISLAND CITY - Faye Hess and her husband Jonathan Stirling aren't newcomers to the Hunters Point food scene. Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook.
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