Mela's Cafe — Restaurant in New York

This is a bright and cheerful breakfast place. You know their food is fresh because call the early morning working people are coming here to get their breakfast and lunch items-- it's surrounded by police, fdny and industrial spaces, so it's filled with workers who want good food at good prices.

The mangu is delicious, I can do mangu with egg and onion, sometimes cheese, while I'm sure the tres golpes is amazing I just cannot manage salami fried in addition to the rest.

The sandwich they whipped up for me is pictured here, my "egg alternative" breakfast sandwich is cheese on a roll with the marinated onions. It was perfect.

Bonus: serve your own coffee. Truly a dying tradition in NYC, but this is the old school give them cash and walk over and grab your cup of coffee and go. Even the decaf orange has caffeine in it because these owners know their...

Came here 2 yrs ago for work in the area. Stopped in at Mela's, people are SUPER NICE and food is delicious! That's why I stopped in again today 9/18/18. Will be back all week! Yumm!

10/25/18 Came back to the area for work...stopped by all week! Today I had the pork stuffed with apple, rice, beans and I was reminded to have my veggies (green beans)!! DELICIOUS!!! I wish I could take all 3 ladies that work there back to Chicago w me! I don't have to go into work tomorrow but I'm thinking of crossing the GW bridge just to have...

Went there for the first time yesterday and I ordered the Cuban Panini. It was fantastic! Hot, moist and juicy. The pork was so tasty, the pickle gave it some great crunch and the bread was excellent. The ladies there are very proud of what they cooked. When we got there, one of the ladies took the time to show us everything that was just cooked in the steam buffet. My buddy, got the Italian sub and he also loved it. Definitely worth checking out, its a hidden gem...