Years before Cafe Grumpy was in existence in Chelsea, there was an outstanding coffee shop called The Big Cup. It was the neighborhood hang out. Comfy couches and chairs lined the walls. Assorted magazines were scattered on the coffee tables for customers to enjoy while they visited the shop. The baristas who worked there knew [...]
Archive for April, 2010
25 Apr
Butter Lane Cupcakes
I may as well turn this blog into the Cupcake Crawl! Every place I visit seems to have these delicious morsels of goodness. I was hanging out on the East Side today when I got a craving for a cup of coffee and a cupcake. After checking out google maps, I found that there was [...]
15 Apr
Sweet Heart Bakery
I know it’s unusual for me to post another Crawl so quickly after another one, but since it’s so beautiful out today and I was craving a coffee, I decided to take off for another coffee crawl! Today’s stop brought me to a cute little neighborhood bakery/coffee shop called Sweet Heart Bakery. Located on 8th [...]
13 Apr
Amy’s Bread: Hell’s Kitchen
On this overcast and dreary day here in New York City, I found myself wandering around Hell’s Kitchen looking for a great cup of coffee, a place to sit and enjoy that cup of coffee, and a tasty little dessert wouldn’t have been too bad either. Then, walking up 9th Avenue between 46th and 47th [...]
8 Apr
msnbc.com digital cafe
I know, you’re probably thinking, “why did he go to the NBC cafe?” I actually went based on a recommendation and on the fact that it was recently remodeled and was supposedly “very cool.” Well, I traveled up to Rockefeller Center and braved the swarms of people, tourists, and Midtown employees to find myself standing [...]
