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UWS Locals Want Magnolia Bakery Off Their Sidewalk

phpCLQJjqPM.jpg While an out-of-business storefront with illegal ads plastered all over it may be an eyesore when jutting out into the sidewalk, what about a storefront filled with Sex and the City wanna-bots drooling over cupcakes? The UWS community thinks that's just as bad, but it seems Magnolia Bakery will be allowed to keep its sidewalk cafe on Columbus and 69th Street anyway.

According to West Side Independent, Councilwoman Gale Brewer has been fighting for the sweets shop, while Community Board 7 has rallied against it's sidewalk cafe because it's "too wide... really hard to get by," and basically only houses long lines for the store. But if the line isn't contained in there, won't it just be crowding the sidewalk anyway?

The shop has Brewer's support, and the Department of Consumer Affairs has also approved their application to keep the extension.

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  • wiseguynyc

    Wow, so many angry people commenting on this web site. Come on, lighten up. It's a cupcake place! And a pretty darn tasty one at that. Go order one or two and you'll be singing a different tune.

  • Barbj8

    Cupcake Cafe infinitely better.

  • NannyState

    Shouldn't they be across the river, scouting out a sweet spot in Xanadu?

  • WelshalienNYC

    How about getting rid of the West Village one too? On the basis that the lines block the sidewalk and the cupcakes are half the size and twice the price they used to be?

  • Trilby16

    God I hate sidewalk cafes. It's theft of public space, nothing more. Can I build out from my apartment onto the sidewalk, please?

  • Guest

    if magnolia goes down, so does the quality of the neighborhood. by a little.

  • FutureMan83

    uh, no

  • Guest

    i said, "buy a little" damn it!

  • whitecastlerock

    Shitty, overpriced cupcakes. I liked the Japanese restaurant that used be there.

  • FutureMan83

    the size of the Magnolia storefront is bad enough, then you have all the fat tourists standing around like elephants outside the door

  • kedeady

    People still go to Magnolia?! Their cupcakes blow.

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