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<\/a>The decor for the Blue Box Cafe is inspired by Tiffany & Co.’s signature shade of blue and is likened to dining inside a Tiffany jewelry box. (Courtesy of Tiffany & Co.)<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cBoth the cafe and redesign of the Home & Accessories floor reflect a modern luxury experience,\u201d chief artistic officer Reed Krakoff (the former executive creative director for Coach) told media when the Blue Box Cafe debuted. \u201cThe space is experimental and experiential \u2014 a window into the new Tiffany.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Blue Box Cafe lives up to its name \u2014 it\u2019s literally a small box of a cafe decked out in Tiffany\u2019s signature shade of robin\u2019s egg blue, including the walls, chairs and even plates. The menu focuses on \u201cAmerican classics\u201d such as buttermilk waffles, smoked salmon and bagel stacks and truffle eggs for breakfast (with most options running about $29, including coffee or tea). For lunch, $39 will get you a soup or a salad and a main course. The Charles Lewis Tiffany \u201cCLT\u201d club sandwich (chicken, bibb lettuce and beefsteak tomato on rye bread) and the Fifty-Seventh Street flatbread (burrata, apple, olive or tomato with fresh mozzarella) are a couple of examples. Or try tea and your choice of finger sandwiches for $49. (The menu may change from season to season.)<\/p>\n
Good luck with actually getting to eat any of these dishes! During a visit to Tiffany & Co. in February, I found myself feeling a lot like Ms. Hepburn\u2019s character, Holly, from the movie \u2014 standing on the outside looking in.<\/p>\n
Tables at the Blue Box Cafe can be booked 30 days in advance \u2014 and they do book up. Reservations can be made only through the booking app Resy. (No phone calls, and the demand is still too great to accommodate walk-ins.) I tried reserving a table for one during a four-day stretch in February for every time slot that the cafe seats guests (10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 4:30 p.m. Sundays), and there was not a single seat to be spared.<\/p>\n
<\/a>A look inside the Blue Box Cafe on the fourth floor of Tiffany & Co. on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan.<\/p><\/div>\n
There were plenty of glimmers of false hope, though. The Resy app can alert users if a table becomes available. If one does, the app leads you through a series of prompts for how to reserve your spot. I received 24 notifications that a table was up for grabs, but each time I tried to book one (usually within just a few minutes of getting the email) I got a message saying that the cafe was at capacity.<\/p>\n
Was I doing something wrong? Was the Resy app on the fritz? Mystified, I headed to Tiffany & Co. to seek out answers.<\/p>\n
Turns out you can find out a lot by flagging down a waiter as he ends his shift and chitchatting with the friendly gentlemen who operate the Tiffany & Co. elevators. Here\u2019s what I learned:<\/p>\n
\u2022 If you\u2019re heading to New York City, book your reservation as soon as possible. (I tried to book a week in advance, which wasn\u2019t enough time.)<\/p>\n
\u2022 If you receive a notification that a table is available, don\u2019t wait to claim it. If you really have your heart set on dining at the Blue Box Cafe, check your phone frequently (obsessively, even). The moment you get a notification, click on it! Every second you wait, someone else will claim it.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Stay logged in to Resy. You could lose the chance in the time it takes to log back in.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Check the booking site each day at about 9 a.m. According to one elevator operator, sometimes you can find a rare opening about that time.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Enlist others to help. Have each person in your party try to reserve a table to up your chances for success.<\/p>\n
Although the Blue Box Cafe has been wildly popular, don\u2019t plan on seeing one pop up at Tiffany & Co. in Ross Park Mall. For now, New York City is the only place to enjoy breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s \u2014 hopefully inside next time.<\/p>\n
Sara Bauknecht: sbauknecht@post-gazette.com or on Twitter and Instagram @SaraB_PG.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW YORK \u2014 More than 50 years after the Oscar-winning film \u201cBreakfast at Tiffany\u2019s\u201d starring Audrey Hepburn came out, you can now actually have breakfast at Tiffany & Co.\u2019s flagship store in midtown Manhattan. Last November, the Blue Box Cafe opened on the fourth floor of the iconic Fifth Avenue jewelry store. The intimate restaurant… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"coauthors":[10],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/06\/tiff.jpg?fit=1920%2C1199&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"The Blue Box Cafe opened on the fourth floor of the iconic Fifth Avenue jewelry store and is so popular that tables book up a month out.","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9EDbT-7o","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions\/498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/distinction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}