Alister stops outside a restaurant that could be a first cousin to the coffee shop in Amundsen.

NEWYORKER: Amundsen

First we wanted them to help us find the nearest subway station, coffee shop or particular address.

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Riffel said business at his coffee shop was flat last summer, but sales are up 10 percent for the first quarter of 2009.

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