Baked by Melissa is closing its very first location, a pick-up window in SoHo, so owner Melissa Ben-Ishay passed out free cupcakes July 21 at the spot where it all began.
Amid the bustling and brisk SoHo scene—the cronut mania, the shopping mecca—there are still pockets of an older SoHo, such as a little Italian trattoria called Il Corallo.
The cafe that is said to often serve stars such as David Schwimmer, Uma Thurman, and Claire Danes throughout its 16-year tenure in Soho is closing permanently Sunday.