In this real estate market, you’ve got to keep a poker face — even with the prospect of an 1830s Federal-style townhouse with exposed brick and three fireplaces.

Maybe that’s why the rustic cafe/eclectic shop/source of merriment with a prime Bond Street address is called The Smile.

Coffee’s brewed in a vintage 1963 Faema e61, and seats are dappled with sunlight. Note curated Santa Maria Novella, Sol Moscot, The Lake & Stars, and Laguiole lining mantels.

Commit to lunch. The kitchen serves a simple menu (fresh ricotta and cherry tomato salad, roast beef sandwich with horseradish cream and arugula, chocolate and Brie baguette) through an old bank teller window.

Peek downstairs at the new home of Saved Tattoo (a work in progress) and stop back for Wool and the Gang’s knitting class (stitching sans bitching).

Yeah, we put on a happy face, too.

The Smile, 26 Bond Street, between Lafayette Street and Bowery. Knitting class, Sunday, 3-6 p.m.