From Aspen with love

SABRINA RUDIN • Spring Café Aspen

WORK • Tuesday Routine

SABRINA RUDIN • founder/writer • Spring Café Aspen
Neighborhood you work and live in: Greenwich Village

It’s Tuesday morning. What’s the scene at your workplace?
I’m making breakfast for my three boys, usually banana pancakes and green juice in my office (a.k.a. our home kitchen), then getting them out the door to school. After that, I’ll walk over to my other office (a.k.a. my restaurant, Spring Café Aspen) on the corner of Mercer and West 4th. It’s an organic, vegetarian café I founded in Aspen in 2013. I get there around 930a, greet our staff, and go over any major catering events or reservations for the day. I drink a Beet Mine and Matcha or Rose Latte with homemade nut milk, and say hi to any friends or regulars in the dining room.

What’s on the agenda for today?
I’m recording a podcast today and have to finish a draft of the Substack I’m launching this spring. There’s no greenmarket on Tuesdays, so I’ll make a grocery run to my favorite OG Village health food store, Lifethyme, and probably do a hot yoga class at Sui. I’ll have lunch at Spring with friends, probably a Greek Salad with tofu, and then it’s off to school pickup, and hockey practice with my eight-year-old. We all meet home for dinner around 630p and since it’s Tuesday, of course we’re having tacos.

Any restaurant plans today, tonight, this weekend?
Last night I had dinner with girlfriends at Atla in Noho and enjoyed a few rounds of brussels sprout tacos and hibiscus aqua frescas. This weekend, we’ll head to ABCv for family brunch — my kids love the dosa and almond flour pancakes. Saturday night is a fun night out at The Corner Store, where I fully indulge with the artichoke dip and coconut samoa sundae.

How about a little leisure or culture this week?
There’s an early Rangers game on Saturday at MSG, so we will take the two older boys, then we’ll stop by Space Club in Brooklyn, so they can run around out of the cold and get naturally colored blue and yellow smoothies and healthy snacks. And if there are waves, I’ll be in the Rockaways surfing.

What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
A surfboard, a 7-foot twin pin shaped by Charles Mencel.

What NYC store or service do you love to recommend?
My friend Nicole Berrie’s store Bonberi for the best grab-and-go salads, natural products and fun snacks, and a pilates private with Annie Venier of Le Petit Studio.