Caranda Fine Foods, a specialty retailer that manufactures African coffees, teas, chocolates, herbs, and spices, has expressed serious interest in filling a vacancy on St. Nicholas Avenue and 118th Street in West Harlem.
Book Culture owner Chris Doeblin says negotiations with Columbia University to expand his business into Morningside Bookshop's previous home are "very advanced."
An increased number of local restaurants and shops have signed on to accept Flex points, likely as a means to survive the area’s economic downturn by catering to hungry college students.
Despite support of locals upset over the closing of Morningside Bookshop—neighborhood residents pledged a sum of $95,000 to help keep the doors open—owner Peter Soter determined officially that his independent store must go out of business.
