LARK | Our Story

All of Your Favorite Things

LARK started with a simple belief: that a neighborhood café should feel like an extension of the community it belongs to. On Church Avenue in Flatbush — and now inside Prospect Park — that belief shows up in every bagel, every cup, and every warm corner of the room.

Built on Church Avenue

Eugene and Ellina run LARK on a philosophy you don't hear often enough: that small kindnesses make a person's day, and that a café should be the kind of place that actually proves it. From the beginning, the golden pendant lights, the handwritten chalkboard, and the familiar faces behind the counter weren't decorative choices — they were the whole point.

What we serve daily

Bagels and pastries served fresh every morning, and the dill scallion cream cheese has earned the kind of loyalty that regulars whisper about to newcomers like a secret worth keeping. Pastries from Colson and Good Batch line the counter alongside foamy Stumptown lattes, Jane's ice cream and delicuous smoothies make the day perfect.

Room for Everyone

LARK was designed — deliberately, thoughtfully — so that a parent with a stroller and a freelancer with a laptop feel equally at home. The round tables with no sharp edges, the dedicated playroom stocked with toys and lounge pillows, the weekly storytimes and sing-alongs: none of it happened by accident, and all of it shows.

A Second Home in the Park

When a regular tipped off Eugene and Ellina about an open snack bar space at Prospect Park's Parade Ground, a second LARK was born — not from a growth strategy, but from a neighbor passing along a good thing. That's still the most LARK way imaginable to expand.