Not exactly a coffee shop, Chocolate Bar is my next stop on the Lower Manhattan Coffee Crawl. Located on 8th Avenue between 12th and Jane Streets, it’s only a short hop skip and a jump from my apartment. With the bitter and cold New York City air that’s blown in this week, this coffee crawler [...]
Archive for January, 2010
23 Jan
The Grey Dog
The next stop on my coffee crawl brings me to a newcomer in Chelsea: The Grey Dog. Located on 16th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues, this café brings a much needed solution to the Starbucks-ridden streets of the neighborhood (although I do love Starbucks at times!). As the third café opening for this local [...]
21 Jan
Soy Luck Club
The next stop on my coffee crawl of lower Manhattan brings me to a healthy West Village favorite: Soy Luck Club. Located on Greenwich and Jane Avenues, the store is perfectly located to position itself as the “cute neighborhood coffee shop.” It also has an incredibly tough audience to please: the affluent, intelligent, health conscious [...]
18 Jan
Roasting Plant
The next stop on the coffee crawl kept me close to home. I found myself at one of my favorite local coffee shops where I was very inspired to blog. Roasting Plant is a great little find in the West Village on the corner of Greenwich Avenue and 7th Avenue. The name says it all. [...]
16 Jan
Irving Farm Coffee House
The Lower Manhattan Coffee Crawl kicked off today with a trip over to Gramercy. Irving Farm Coffee House can be found nestled between 19th & 18th streets on Irving Place. At first glance from outside, it seems like a trendy yet sterile environment. However, when I walked through their heavy dark walnut door, I was [...]