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Specialty coffee in New York

Light roasts in Bushwick, Colombian beans roasted in Brooklyn and Manhattan espresso bars that go back to 1996.

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Two of New York's specialty roasters began as Manhattan cafés in the 1990s and 2000s. Irving Farm’s founders opened their first café at 52 Irving Place in Gramercy in 1996, converted a carriage house in Millerton, upstate, into a roastery in 1998, and moved the café to 71 Irving Place in 2001.1 Joe opened in 2003 on the corner of Waverly Place and Gay Street in Greenwich Village; by 2019 it ran 20 cafés and a roastery in Long Island City.2

Much of the roasting now happens in Brooklyn, often with a bar in front of the roaster. In North Brooklyn you can drink light, Scandinavian-style filter at SEY and watch La Cabra roast in Bushwick.3 Park Slope and Prospect Heights have the deepest choice of specialty bars, ahead of the Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook stretch, then the East Village and Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Local tip: At SEY on Grattan Street, order the filter brew to taste the season’s origins, and ask the barista for prices and pastries, since neither is easy to find on the menu.3

Where these cafés are: Park Slope & Prospect Heights (78), Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook (37), East Village & Lower East Side (30), Bedford-Stuyvesant (23), Midtown (20), DUMBO & Brooklyn Heights (19), Williamsburg & Greenpoint (17), Fort Greene & Clinton Hill (17), Crown Heights & Prospect Lefferts Gardens (16), Chelsea & Flatiron (15), SoHo & Nolita (15), Greenwich Village & West Village (13), Bushwick & Ridgewood (12), Upper East Side (6), Long Island City & Astoria (5), Harlem & Morningside Heights (5), Sunnyside & Woodside (3), Upper West Side (2), Financial District & Tribeca (2).

At a glance

335Cafés listed
205With opening hours
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  • Opens earliest: Cafe on 7th, from 05:00 (Mon–Fri 05:00–19:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–16:00).
  • Closes latest: Art Cafe + Bar, until 02:00 (Mon–Thu 08:00–01:00 · Fri–Sat 08:00–02:00 · Sun 08:00–00:00).
  • Most listed streets: Franklin Avenue (9), Atlantic Avenue (6), Lafayette Street (6).
  • Most common features: brunch (24%), bakery café (16%), wi-fi (12%).
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Roasteries with a bar in Bushwick

SEY, at 18 Grattan Street, roasts light, Scandinavian-style coffee in a skylit industrial room full of plants. Sprudge’s 2025 guide to North Brooklyn recommends the filter brew for tasting the origins, and suggests asking the barista about pastries and prices, which are hard to find on the menu.3 The café opens 07:00–17:00 on weekdays and from 08:00 at weekends.

La Cabra started in Aarhus, Denmark, in 2012 and opened its first New York café on Second Avenue, between 9th and 10th Streets, on October 1, 2021.5 Its North American roastery is at 1329 Willoughby Avenue in Bushwick, with the roasting visible at the back; the bar there opens daily 08:00–18:00.3 A short walk south, Loveless at 86 Central Avenue roasts what it calls “New York Nordic” coffee on a Loring roaster and serves it daily 08:00–16:00.3

Colombian coffee roasted in Brooklyn

Steven Sutton, who was born in Colombia, launched Devoción in 2006 to sell coffee fresher than beans that sit for months after the harvest.4 The company buys only coffee in active harvest, mills it at its own facility in Bogotá and roasts it in Brooklyn.4

Pueblo Querido’s founder and roaster, Christian Guzman Herrera, comes from Calarcá in Colombia’s Quindío department and buys his coffee only from Colombia.6

Roasters and espresso bars across the boroughs

In Williamsburg, Rhythm Zero at 209 North 11th Street opens at 07:00 on weekdays, and Dun-Well Doughnuts at 222 Montrose Avenue pours from 08:00 to 18:00 every day. In the East Village, Kona Coffee Roasters at 57 2nd Avenue opens at 07:00 on weekdays, and Not As Bitter at 241 East 10th Street serves daily 08:00–18:00.

Irving Farm counted six cafés in Manhattan and one in Millerton in 2025.1 In Hell's Kitchen, Afficionado Coffee Roasters at 750 11th Avenue opens at 07:00 from Monday to Saturday, and near Union Square, Everyman Espresso at 134 East 13th Street opens at 08:00 from Monday to Saturday.

In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Commune at 415 Classon Avenue opens at 07:00 on weekdays, Stonefruit at 1058 Bedford Avenue at 08:00, and Golda at 504 Franklin Avenue stays open until 18:00 from Friday to Sunday.

Rising prices at specialty bars

Green coffee prices have pushed menus up. In October 2025 Birch Coffee, which has roasted its own beans in Queens since 2015 and runs 14 cafés, added 50 cents to every cup sold in its shops and $2 to $3 to each bag sold online; its co-founder put the rise in market prices at about 55% in a year.7

Sources

  1. Our History, Irving Farm Coffee Roasters, accessed October 2026
  2. How Jonathan Rubinstein Turned Joe Coffee Into New York’s Hometown Brand, Worth (November 21, 2019), accessed October 2026
  3. The Sprudge Guide to Coffee in North Brooklyn, Sprudge (Liz Clayton, February 3, 2025), accessed October 2026
  4. Our Story, Devoción, accessed October 2026
  5. Danish coffee shop La Cabra set to debut tomorrow, EV Grieve (September 30, 2021), accessed October 2026
  6. The Colorful World of Brooklyn’s Pueblo Querido Coffee Roasters, Sprudge (November 30, 2022), accessed October 2026
  7. Brewing crisis: java-loving NY confronts soaring coffee costs, International Business Times / AFP (October 17, 2025), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Specialty coffee in New York: questions

Which specialty coffee roasters in New York have a café at the roastery?

In Bushwick, SEY roasts behind its café at 18 Grattan Street, and La Cabra roasts at 1329 Willoughby Avenue, where the roasting is visible from the bar. A short walk south, Loveless roasts on a Loring at 86 Central Avenue and serves daily 08:00–16:00.

Which specialty coffee bars in New York open early?

In Bushwick, Drip at 12 Belvidere Street opens daily at 06:00, and SEY on Grattan Street at 07:00 on weekdays. In Astoria, Mighty Oak Roasters at 28-01 24th Avenue opens daily at 06:30. In Manhattan, Kona Coffee Roasters at 57 2nd Avenue and Afficionado Coffee Roasters at 750 11th Avenue both open at 07:00 on weekdays.

When did specialty coffee bars start in New York City?

Irving Farm opened its first café at 52 Irving Place in Gramercy in 1996 and began roasting in a converted carriage house in Millerton in 1998. Joe opened in 2003 at Waverly Place and Gay Street in Greenwich Village. Newer arrivals include La Cabra from Aarhus, whose first New York café opened on Second Avenue in October 2021.

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