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Most children only want a cookie or ice cream for dessert, but my daughter, Joelle, chose to do things differently. Her request, from an early age, was always a bowl of oatmeal. To this day, at 28, she still ends her evening with her cereal. You cannot imagine my excitement when I learned that OatMeals was opening in the Village. We were thoroughly bewitched by the oatmeal creations of owner Samantha Stephens. She has been working towards this dream for the past ten years. Sam gave up her career in investment banking, went to the French Culinary Institute, and is now filling this niche market. What a clever, healthy concept she has begun serving up. We sampled both the hot and cold oatmeal selections with an array of sweet and savory toppings. I was in heaven tasting warm oatmeal with truffle oil, parmesan cheese and sea salt, while Esteban delighted in having oatmeal with pesto and sun dried tomatoes, and we both topped it off with cold oatmeal that had berries and brown sugar on top. Anything that you can imagine is baked with oatmeal, plus sandwiches on oatmeal bread, and then you can wash it all down with specialty teas and coffees. In a small farmhouse setting you can choose a stool by the window, or just have your oatmeal treats on the go. This one's for you, Joelle!!!

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Book Club isn’t just for the suburbs anymore — as a new bookshop, bar and coffeehouse gives East Village denizens and beyond a new place to pore over and pour over their favorite reads. Married proprietors Erin Neary and Nat Esten, East Village residents themselves, had longed for an independent bookstore to serve the Alphabet City area, they told the Manhattan Sideways team when we popped in to see dozens of happy customers enjoying a read and a latte one sunny Friday morning. “We always thought that the neighborhood needed another bookstore, ” said Erin, “and we also kept wondering, ‘Wouldn't it be so cool if you could drink wine while you were shopping for books? ’” They decided not only to open a bookstore and bar, but to additionally add in the day-to-night-element of coffee into the mix. While both Erin and Nat had worked in hospitality before, bookselling was new to them. “I started doing research in 2017 and worked with the American Booksellers Association’s consulting program to help new bookstores get off the ground, ” said Erin. “I met with them as well as other bar owners and bookstore owners in the neighborhood and did as much research as I could without actually doing it. ” The duo launched Book Club in November 2019, enjoying an enthusiastic community reception until COVID-19 forced them to pivot. “Nate started doing bike deliveries — as many as 20 miles a day! ” Erin told us. “He’d go out to Harlem to drop off books and then all the way out to Bushwick — so a lot of people learned about the store that way. ”Once they were able to reopen to the public, Book Club forged full steam ahead in engaging the community in “book club”-esque events — from author talks to poetry readings to creative writing workshops, with additional unique offerings like an adult spelling bee and a “drink and draw” sketching class. They’ve also recently received their full liquor license, and plan to roll out literary-themed cocktails like an In Cold Bloody Mary or the Murder on the Orient Espresso Martini, Erin told us. More than anything, she added, she enjoyed having customers back in the store to guide them toward their next favorite book. “Our staff are not just really good baristas, but they’re avid readers as well. So between myself and the rest of the team, we have a really good handle on the books here — it’s fun to be able to curate not just what we stock, but to get the right book into someone’s hands. ” 

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