So much new stuff! Food critic Bethany over at the Slog tipped us off about Cafe Presse opening not far from our office so we sauntered over for a lunchtime look-see. We spotted it easily because of the yellow sign. It's on the west side of 12th Avenue, on the block south of Madison, forming a French triangle (un triangle français) with Licorous and Lark. Maybe they can all field a soccer team against Stellina and La Spiga.

Everyone who's anyone was there. That's Stranger emeritus editor Sean Nelson's back in the picture, he's heading toward Bethany's table; the Robot Co-op dropped in; and Linda Derschang was just leaving.

Cafe Presse isn't just a cool Euro-style name: they're stocking reading material up front, newspapers (local and foreign) and magazines. There's a single, low-low priced food menu (pdf!) in operation; hours are 7am to 2am. Lotsa baguettes and varieties of croques ($4-$7).

Today we had the salade niçoise ($12), which was long on Italian tuna (che cosa?) and short on spinach and green beans (as we traditionally know the ingredients). Like idiots we didn't sample the $4 glass of Côtes du Rhône. Now...so...thirsty. We'll just have to stop back.