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The newly reopened Mayo Hotel offers more than a good night's sleep.
After sleeping late on Sunday morning, my wife and I decided to head downtown for some coffee and perhaps a pastry of some sorts at Cafe Topéca.
Downtown was eerily quiet, which I occasionally love. It’s as if the world has slowed down just for us. We walked along Fifth Street in the uncommonly hot early afternoon.
But to our surprise and disappointment, Topéca was closed. A sign on the door stated that they would be open on Sunday beginning next week. No worms or coffee for these early birds.
So what now?
We were hungry, thirsty and not very interested in searching for something else. But there we were, standing outside the newly opened Mayo Hotel, when we thought, “I wonder if their restaurant is open yet?”
We walked inside, looked around the nearly finished lobby and eventually made our way into Trula, the posh new spot named for a longtime Mayo resident.
We were, aside from two other diners, the only ones in the place. The vibe gives off a roaring ’20s elegance, and our waitress, Katy (a transplant from a Utica Square restaurant who actually remembered our usual orders), was a delight. She informed us that a grand opening was coming, but this was just part of a “soft open.”
The food was great (pesto penne for me, a salad for my wife), the atmosphere was everything it should be and the only thing missing was people. But when this place is done and word gets around, that won’t be any sort of problem. All I could think as I looked out the window into the quiet downtown streets was “Bring it on!”
