A Trip to the Zoo

Like many of you, Cafe Drake holds ambivalent views regarding zoos and captive animals. Better than most, the Prospect Park Children's Zoo largely provides ample room for most of the creatures housed there, and the eternally hungry farm animals in the Petting Zoo at least seem grateful for their petite visitors, chubby hands doubling as 5-fingered feeding troughs for frisky sheep, goats and others. Lunch was nearby at an erstwhile Colombian lunch counter; located on a seedy stretch of Franklin Street, the very friendly staff dished up hefty portions of beef stew, stewed goat and the ubiquitous yellow rice and soupy beans. Above are a few photos of Cafe Drake's day spent with David and Julian Sellers.