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THE MERCURY DIME: Sasha Petraske, whose elegantly exclusive cocktail den Milk & Honey sparked the city’s current fancy-drink fetish, quixotically tried to get a liquor license for his new East Village venture The Mercury Dime. But the local community board shot him down like pretty much everyone else, so now he’s running it as an upscale coffee shop where sober gentleman and ladies can sip fine espresso in Petraske’s signature refined ambience, replete with fireplace and free Wi-Fi. The house specialty is an Ethiopian coffee called Chichu, which Urban Daddy claims is only available in the U.S. at the Mercury Dime. There are also teas, sandwiches and pastries. 246 East 5th Street, (212) 533-3295.