by Sharaf Mowjood
At a corner in lower Manhattan, surrounded by skyscrapers, iron-cast historic apartments, and chic galleries sits Bubby’s restaurant. An eclectic 24-hour diner, it specializes in organic home-made pies, thick chocolate chip pancakes, and a menu filled with old-fashioned farm food. Their decorations showcase a retro small-town; rocking chairs, a fake cow, and vintage coke signs, but the ambiance and attitude is of a trendy city restaurant. New Yorkers have given this establishment, which offers a cozy dining experience, its culinary stripes.
On this night though, at 1:30 a.m., Bubby’s embarks on a different dining experience, serving over one hundred Muslims for their pre-dawn meal during the month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.
“So I love Bubby’s and I love brunch, so I decided to have a brunch in the middle of the night,” says Rafia Ali, a lawyer who organized the late night feast. “Bubby’s is my go-to spot.”
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