The weather is cold and a warm cuppa joe is sounding really good right now. Who makes the best coffee in the nabe? Discuss below!
The weather is cold and a warm cuppa joe is sounding really good right now. Who makes the best coffee in the nabe? Discuss below!
Starbucks still rules over all. I know, the truth hurts.
Noooo! I can’t stand that burnt taste of Starbucks coffee. My vote goes to Tazza.
I do, obviously. Finest Kenyan coffee, from The Open Pantry, in the East Village. Hmmmmmmm.
Leave that Starbucks floor sweeping well alone!
OK, not exactly in the nabe, but Almondine in Dumbo has coffee that’s worth the walk. (Not to mention the other treats)
I gotta say I like Tazza as well. Dunkin Donuts is the next best.
Busy Chef and the pastries are yummy. Chef is a master baker!
Siggys has the best coffee in the hood, hands down. I only go to Starbucks for my fix on Tuesdays when Siggys is closed.
Honest opinion? Dunkin Donuts.
Clark’s Restaurant has the best diner coffee I’ve ever had. And the best part — free refills!
Park Plaza.. old school Diner coffee AND free refills!!
If you like it strong (real strong!!!) it’s definately Bubbys in Dumbo (altho I haven’t been there in about 6 mos)..
Tazza makes a pretty good cup! Their espresso drinks are ok, certainly better than Starbucks, but they need a better machine for their espresso and machiatto if Bk Heights is going to have a great coffee shop. Tazza’s food is surprisingly good.
When I really need some good stuff, I jump on the B61 and head down to Baked in Red Hook.
Lassen & Hennings brews a fine to-go cup if I’m near Montague (it needn’t be said how superior it is to the Starbucks next door), but agreed: Tazza wins it.
Another vote for Siggy’s. Not crazy about anything else there, but the coffee is excellent.
Nothing great around here but I guess I would vote L&H or Tazza. If I ventured a little further, Almondine is ok and the starbucks in dumbo is surprisingly good and loads better than the other locations (and I don’t even like starbucks coffee). . Baked has really great coffee and every time I go to fairway I stop by for coffee and some treats.
Lassen + Hennigs for consistently good and fresh coffee.
Just one of the best old-school delis around. The vibe is perfect, and the butter cookies are the best.
Both BH Starbucks are low on the scale [Montague next to L+H, Court across from Boro Hall]
Lassen and Hennigs sucks. Starbucks sucks. Tazza is good. Almondine is great, but it’s in Dumbo so perhaps it can’t be included.
The only good thing about Lassen is ….. wait, now that Abdul & other regular employees are gone, I can’t think of anything! It’s the same food for 20 years already, the guys behind the counter are always preparing phone orders instead of helping the people in front of them, the lines at lunch are ridiculous. If it wasn’t for Julie’s awesome baked goods, there’d be no reason to go there… between Tazza, Montague Bagels & Connecticut Muffin everything is available elsewhere!
Not about coffee … but did anyone else notice that the sign on the old Green’s restaurant now says Vietnamese Grill?? Only it doesn’t — it says Virtnamese Grill. Whatever.
Yeah…so? They serve food from Virtnam…
Dunkin Donuts coffee is my favorite. They have a new flavor – Vanilla Spice…yum. I like the little DD on Court Street. You always have to wait but I find it entertaining to watch the Indian lady (manager) yell stuff at the staff in a foreign language. (weird sense of humor – oh well).
The guys at Connecticut Muffin aren’t the nicest to me (and I can’t figure out why) but they do serve some good coffee.
Arthur –
You’re kidding…right?
No, the Busy Chef is a blessing to the neighborhood. May it be there for 1000 years!
why are the guys at CT Muffin so mean?
ABC, you’re right! That little guy is so nasty. He’ll actually disparage a customer as a result of misunderstanding something the customer said in English. I’ve had to repeat things to him and he gets so %$#in’ testy
The only good coffee in the neighborhood is the cart guy outside rite-aid until 11 am on weekdays. Everything else is horrible and makes me want to cry. But that’s what you get when there are no real coffee shops in the entire neighborhood.
Uncommon grounds on the corner of Henry st and Cranberry had yummy coffee for the short time it was open. Maybe they’ll serve the same coffee if the renovation (which looks nice btw) is ever done. B’klyn Heights needs a local coffee shop!
HDEB – Let’s hope the new UCG rocks the BH!
honestly arthur, if you’re being sarcastic about busy chef and “UCG” then you are funny, if you’re serious, then you work there.
I fail to see why everyone is so negative about the BC and the UCG here. Maybe it’s because you can’t be a master baker or wine expert like the Chef is. Too bad. You’re missing out on some delicious food.
The Connecticut Muffin guys are one of the reasons I love the Heights – it’s weird to hear that they’re mean because they are so friendly to me and my boyfriend. The muffins themselves, not so great, but the coffee is my fave.
CONNECTICUT MUFFIN!
hello??!?!?
cranberrys coffee people!
the best in NYC
Arthur — unless you completely adore every morsel of your food tasting like pepper, Busy Chef is gross. They even put pepper on the kids meals, guaranteeing that no one eats anything! Their chef may be a decent guy, I don’t know him, never met him, but dang … he’s got a thing for overseasoning his food!
The Chef is very talented as exhibited by his work at South Restaurant in Boston, which was critically acclaimed. We are lucky to have someone of his talent here in Brooklyn Heights.
Ok I have held-out on commenting until now…I know the people behind UCG and BC and Oven (including the chef, Dan) personally. And I know rather unfavorable details about them (one in particular). I have tasted their food as well, and have rarely eaten something I enjoyed or would recommend. Based on my experiences at their establishments and my relationship with a couple of them, I can’t see how anyone would find them favorable.
Arthur – are you, in fact, Dan posting in disguise? Do you have money invested in these restaurants? What makes you so in favor of them and so adamant about it being the best thing in BH since sliced bread? Trust me, if you only knew…
Uh, Da…oops, I mean Arthur. Given the acclaim, has it ever occured to why he’s not in Boston anymore?
Arthur is very clearly a plant/owner of those restaurants. Busy Chef is TOTALLY AND IRREDEEMABLY VILE. I have it on high authority that some of their “home cooked meals” are Stouffers and the like, sliced up and served at quadruple the price. Also all the beverages are awful– literally the WORST coffee i’ve had in BH.
The only solution I’ve come up with for the BH coffee conundrum is to make my own…
Best coffee? Get beans from Sahadi’s, make your own at home.
squashi –
i couldn’t have said it better myself.
BOTH times i ate food from BC i got horribly ill. i woudn’t even trust their coffee at this point. perhaps they will be doomed as the others before them, and then Cranberry’s can open a sit-down cafe. sigh.
Regarding Ct Muffin: the muffins suck, the guys who work there are a-holes, the coffee’s middling. They’re only in business due to Starbucks’ overflow.