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Bushwick, You’ll Soon Be Able to Vape It Up While You Crepe It Up

Creative Crepe and Coffee co-owner Malwina Gutierrez experiments with a Rice Krispies crepe. (Photo: @creativecrepeandcoffee)

Creative Crepe and Coffee co-owner Malwina Gutierrez experiments with a Rice Krispies crepe. (Photo: @creativecrepeandcoffee)

Remember that Austin Powers in Goldmember scene where Goldmember and Queen B offer Austin a pipe and a crepe? (Or a shmoke and a pancake, or a bong and a blintz…) He refuses, and Goldmember exclaims, “Then there is no pleasing you!” Well, a couple of entrepreneurial Brooklyn natives are hoping that the blinged-out bad guy was actually on to something. They’re in the process of opening their cross-branded Creative Vape and Creative Crepe and Coffee shops at Wyckoff Avenue and Hancock Street in Bushwick, where they’ll be putting an inspired (and arguably healthier) twist on the pipe/crepe combination by pairing colorful, made-from-scratch crepes with custom-made, hip hop-based e-juice and vapes.

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An E-Cig Ban Looms, But Vape Shop Owners are Breathing Easy

A sign lists carcinogens at Henley Vaporium. (Courtesy of Henley)

A sign lists carcinogens at Henley Vaporium. (Courtesy of Henley)

With a public hearing scheduled tomorrow and vote expected later this month, the City Council’s Health Committee is proposing a ban on e-cigs in most indoor public spaces. E-cigarettes and vaporizers are the latest indulgence to be threatened by Bloomberg. But while the ban might stop New Yorkers from e-puffing in bars, clubs, and subway platforms, owners of several vaping lounges aren’t as threatened by it as you’d assume.
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Will Kent Avenue’s Hidden Mini Mall Be ‘Better Than Chelsea Market’?

Will Kent Avenue’s Hidden Mini Mall Be ‘Better Than Chelsea Market’?
Jacqueline Yu in her specialty hat and jewelry shop, Oat

Jacqueline Yu in her specialty hat and jewelry shop, Oat

“We’re still debating on names. It’ll be either Kent Avenue Market, Kent Avenue Shops, or Shops at 240 Kent,” says Renée Cecris, owner of Renée New York, a “girly” boutique in the newish, yet-to-be-named market near Williamsburg’s waterfront. The retail space is bright and airy, with dozens of little shops and businesses to wander through, and outgoing designers and shop owners to boot.
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