So that's what it's called...

While driving home from lunch today, I saw this sign on University Ave in North Park...

There was a recently article about the "parklet" a few days ago in the Union Tribune (article linked at the end)...

Aaaaah, so that's what this was called, the little mini "park" in front of Caffe Calabria, which we visited in mid-August (original post linked at the end). At the time, the "parklet" was only one week new. Now it is garnering positive attention in the press. It's patterned after a program called Pavement to Parks, which originated in San Francisco.

Here are a few drive by shots (Cathy was driving) earlier today...

I like the idea of having outside seating. The potted plants and planter boxes are such a nice touch.

Here are some older photos from when we went in mid-August...

At the time, this was only one week old and only a few people were using it that early evening, including us.

Nifty eh?

According to the article, there are four more of these parklets to be installed in San Diego (Little Italy and Hillcrest are two of the other locations).

It'll be interesting to see where exactly these other parklets pop up.

My original post:
"Sidewalk Talk at Caffe Calabria" - August 18, 2013

Articles about the Parklet:
"A Parklet is coming to North Park" - April 2013
"North Park Coffee Roaster gets first parklet" - August 2013

and this most recent one:
"A Parklet grows in North Park" - September 2013

I really like the affogato here! I'm sure I'll be visiting a few more times before the end of this year.