Originally Posted by
Gradfly
I'm surprised to hear the cafe closed. I was there this past winter during my last trip. Went during the evening and that place was packed. We ended up waiting around 20min before a table opened up.
DA is a great marketer, but actual products are very lackluster and mediocre. Even his products in NYC aren't that great, but attract a lot of attention because of how they're presented. I figured his shops wouldn't do too well in Tokyo after the hype died down considering the high standards in Japan, and considering the quality of his products in NYC is already sub-average,