it's on cornelia street, i it's a thai restaurant. and it was ere established by a guy named joe chino. young man who decided, he was from buffalo, a child of italian immigrants and he wanted to come to new york city and establish himself as a dancer. he ofessional dancer, and really worked very, very hard but there were, first of all, incredibly competitive to be professional dancer, or a professional anything in new york. have to fight for it. and he did very hard but he also had pretty significant weight fluctuations. he struggled with his weight tired after nd got a while of starving himself, then go for an audition and he ouldn't make the audition and then he would be bad. eat, put on weight and get epressed, this cycle, and he got tired of it. so he decided, and he was a beloved guy, he had lots and friends, and lots of artists, lots of friends who he decided to o pu his resources and rent the tiniest little hole in the wall afford. find and -- put in a coffee maker, a cap cappuccino maker and according attracted, hee he said co