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The proprietors of Indian Road Café and Market, which opened

in June of 2008, hand-picked the ingredients for its success.

Choosing a picturesque corner across from Inwood Hill Park,

they gutted a former bodega to create a warm space with exposed

brick, large windows, high ceilings, and lots of oak. Being

longtime Inwood residents, the owners knew what their neighborhood

needed: A coffee bar (with critically lauded Counter

Culture Coffee) featuring fresh baked goods from local artisans

and free WiFi. A wine bar with an eclectic and global selection

of great, affordable wines and a long and varied microbrew

beer list. A café menu based on seasonal and local produce and

meats (much of it from the Isham Street Greenmarket.) A gallery

space with rotating work from local artists. And finally a

market featuring locally produced goods and specialty items,

from gourmet doggie treats to cured meats from Arthur Avenue

in the Bronx.

They ended up creating the kind of place where they would

want to eat, drink, read and laugh with family and friends.

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