October 12, 2026

Melville is a neighborhood long defined by its singular, bohemian character, but stepping across the threshold of Love Books feels like a discovery entirely its own. At first glance, it evokes the quiet, romantic charm of an independent corner bookshop tucked away down a cobblestone side street in Bologna, Italy—a rare sanctuary where time immediately […]

There is something deeply poetic about a restaurant born out of familial devotion. When Tashas Group founders Natasha and Savva Sideris opened Cafe Sofi, it was envisioned as more than a culinary destination, it was an intimate love letter to their mother, Sophia Electra. A woman of eclectic, uncompromising tastes, Sophia’s world was defined by