{"id":779,"date":"2025-05-12T22:20:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/?post_type=locations&#038;p=779"},"modified":"2025-10-11T13:53:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T17:53:54","slug":"laza-cafe","status":"publish","type":"locations","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/nyfoodatlas\/locations\/laza-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Laza Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Laza Cafe is a new dessert spot that has been taking the Bay Ridge area by storm with its lights and rowdy crowd waiting to get their hands on a dish. Stationed in an Arab community in Southern Brooklyn, Laza Cafe has redefined what it means to be a cultural restaurant, pushing the boundaries of authentic cuisine and incorporating modern American desserts into their menu Being in one of the most diverse cities in the world, sharing your culture through food is not the most profound thing that a restaurant owner can do. But, with a constant threat of gentrification looming over ethnic neighborhoods in the five boroughs, Laza\u2019s ability to combat gentrification by adapting new recipes to traditional desserts made the business flourish with success. Exploring their ability to persevere through constant redevelopment in the city can show us a new age of New York where ethnic shops can have their cake and eat it too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-placepress-block-map-location alignwide\" aria-label=\"Interactive Map\" role=\"region\"><figure><div class=\"map-pp\" id=\"placepress-map\" data-lat=\"40.6516230\" data-lon=\"-74.0017532\" data-zoom=\"12\" data-basemap=\"carto_voyager\" data-type=\"single-location\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"map-caption-pp\">6740 Fifth Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ghost\">By Aseel Ahmed, Samantha Soued, Maria Ioffe<br \/>The melting pot is full of traditional cuisine to get people going, but as that traditional food meets a new wave of modern cuisine, what will the kitchen serve next?<br \/>Campus: Hunter College<br \/>Professor: Michael Benediktsson<br \/>Location: 6740 Fifth Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220<br \/>References: NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING, Rudolph W. Giuliani, and Joseph B. Rose. 2001. \u201cResults From the 2000 Census.\u201d <br \/>\u201cNew York Migration History 1850-2022 &#8211; America\u2019s Great Migrations.\u201d n.d.<br \/>The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1998. \u201cEllis Island | History, Facts, Immigration, &amp; Map.\u201d Encyclopedia Britannica. July 20, 1998.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laza Cafe is a new dessert spot that has been taking the Bay Ridge area by storm with its lights and rowdy crowd waiting to get their hands on a dish. 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