. "0"^^ . "4"^^ . "0"^^ . "For one thing, you gotta give Kiva Han cred for surviving against the evil Starbucks across the road. \n\nFor two things, Kiva Han was my go-to back when I was little (well, 16) and even now, years later, it still provides that soothing, sunny, gently-murmuring escape from a busy day taxing my irises in the Carnegie Museum (just across the street!). It's cheap, the decor is funky and adorable (I could spend quite a bit of time reading all the cute-pretentious Sharpie scribbles on the girls' bathroom walls - seriously, Yeats?!), and the coffee is strong. Today I got the granola with yogurt (hell, why not?), and it was way fancier than I expected. For ~$5, that's not bad at all. It was a pleasure to peruse the posters (some arty-hipster, some sensitive and important (like an anorexia one)), as well as listen to some (gentle) ragin' on the Law and Disorder radio."^^ . . "2011-10-17T00:00:00"^^ . . "0"^^ .