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CAFÉ ANNE
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A $7 Beaver Street Lunch Cart Mystery!
Two Fidi Halal lunch carts operate side by side, offering a $7 chicken over rice. But only the green cart has a long line.
I Met 'The Bull' From the Subway Ads and He is Awesome!
Plus! Help me find my summer uniform!!!
I Played Airport Stranger Roulette!
Plus! So Much Goo Gone!! A Day Without Coffee!!!
I Met Two Guys At the Staten Island Mall!
Plus! Best Birthday Ever!! Newsletter News!!!
I Bought a $34 Loaf of Bread!
Plus! Something very good!! Something very bad!!! More worst enemies!!!!
200 New Yorkers Reveal: Their Worst Enemy!
Time! Satan!! Fruit desserts!!!
The Chinatown Guy Selling Shrimp As Pets!
Plus! Tweet of the Week!! Items of Interest!!!
Banana Ketchup and Caffeine!
A trip to Jollibee! Recipe contest results!! Skin experiment!!!
No Wallet, No Underwear!
A day off the grid in Brooklyn
She Cleans For Free. In a Hazmat Suit!
Plus! CAFÉ ANNE recipe contest!! I survived my silent retreat!!!
I Ate the $8 Mamdani Special!!!
Plus! AI Mystery Product Reveal!! The $90 Amazon Tux!!!
The Trumpet Player in a Tux at Grand Central
Plus! Storm-panic grocery shopping!! Mystery AI merchandise!!!
From Zoom to Soap in Brooklyn!
Inside the borough's strangest store. Plus! Save the High Line Pigeon!!
The NYC Snack That Ate My Lunch!
Plus! Protein cage match!! Bodega worker predictions for 2026!!!
New Yorkers Reveal: Bonkers Gifting Fantasies!
Plus! 2025's best and worst!! The real-life Café Anne!!!
Meet the Man Spending $28k on Substack Subscriptions!
Plus! Bagel declarations!! Jake Rich is Moving On!!!
I Found It And I Ate It—NYC's Worst Bagel!
Plus! CAFÉ ANNE holiday swag!! Bagel stats!!!
The Secret Wire Around Manhattan
Plus! Turkey Poll! Too much the thank yous!!!
I Survived the Museum of Interesting Things!
Plus! Jake answers reader questions!! New Jerseys of the World!!!