Sonya's Market is a corner store in a residential neighborhood that feels like a mom and pop shop. Most customers are regulars who come in for beer, wine, or some groceries. The store fits right in with its environment. Point Chaud Café and Crêpes draws people in with a crêpe maker visible through the open door window. However, it is located downtown in a busy area with wide roads and traffic, making it not ideal for a romantic date like the cozy interior suggests. Unlike Sonya's Market, Point Chaud Café and Crêpes does not belong in its environment.

1. Two stores

2. Two stores
and their environments

3. Sonya’s Market

4. • Above ground, with steps up,
make Sonya’s Market stand out
• The open door, along with the
corner location, invite you in

5. • Muffins and cookies as soon as
you enter make you feel a bit
like it’s a Mom and Pop store
• Even with all the candy and
cigarettes

6. • The bottles of
• ‘98% of folks here wine and
are regulars’ said beer and the
the shopkeeper, groceries are
standing behind neatly laid
the deli counter out
• ‘Mostly they come
for beer… wine.
We got some
grocery
customers,
though.

7. • And at the corner
in a residential
neighborhood, it
fits right in

8. Sonya’s Market

9. Sonya’s Market
belongs

10. Point Chaud
Café and Crêpes

11. • The crêpe-maker
stands in the
window facing the
street • And of
• The movement course
draws passers-by the
to look in door
is
open

12. • The menus are visually
prominent, though the ice-
cream chest makes a lot of
noise and is very bright

13. • A cute
clock on
the wall
says ‘I <3
crêpes’
• The tables are all set for two, and there is
soft Spanish dance music playing

14. • But it downtown DC, where
the roads are wide and with
lots of traffic, this ain’t a
place to go for a date

15. Point Chaud
Café and Crêpes

16. Point Chaud
Café and Crêpes
doesn’t belong

17. Isaac Hollander McCreery
28 October 2012