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Bola Bake

Honey butter toast with creme caramel.
Honey butter toast with creme caramel.Justin McManus

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This roller-doored backstreet warehouse is an extraordinary find. It’s been transformed into a vintage-inspired, plant-filled hangout with excellent coffee and matcha. Key dishes include honey-butter shokupan with creme caramel, and squid ink breakfast spaghetti with a sauce made from the Japanese salted roe mentaiko.

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