by Emma Davey 
El Beit (later known as Cafe Beit) the long-standing coffee shop on Bedford Avenue, suddenly closed in December, due to their landlord not renewing the lease.Â
A tattoo shop called White Lotus— cue the obvious joke about the HBO series —has taken over the space, with a grand opening set for Friday, February 3. While the timing of the name might seem suspect, when NY1 host Pat Kiernan noticed the shop and shared a…
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