Quiet, tiny, right by the subway (F/R/G). Great staff, solid tea offering, great little sandwiches.
Smallish, comfortable, with a staff that relentlessly curates a strong indie soundtrack overhead, sometimes of the 90's variety. Good food, solid wifi.
Great wifi, great coffee, great staff. Out of the way, and therefor more of a neighborhood haunt of the authentic persuasion.
Quiet, with no-laptop rule during certain busy hours. GREAT pastries, great coffee, great lunch bites, and near the waterfront for walking meetings.
Quiet, huge, out of the way. Great spot for brainstorms and focus sessions, but also for meetings.
The kings of the dark roast, this Seattle transplant roasts their own on the Lower East Side's Ludlow St. It's dark in there in more ways than one. They supply coffee to some other cafes on this list Read more.
An attractive, spacious, house-like shop on Greenpoint's Manhattan Ave, Propeller serves Toby's Estate Coffee, roasted in Williamsburg. Free wifi, plugs & retro design touches. Read more.
Serving dark roasted Doma Coffee roasted in Idaho, Madman Espresso sits astride on the East Village/Gramercy Park border. Wifi. Read more.
Intelligentsia's first official New York City outpost is in the High Line Hotel on far West 20th St. Read more.
This kid-friendly Ditmas Park Stumptown shop makes the most of its triangular space, with lots of exposed brick, yellow accents, a wall of windows, free wifi, plugs, and lots of community events. Read more.
Ports uses its multi-roaster strategy to attempt to bring their customers the best coffee available at any particular time. Talented baristas will pull you a good shot of the current featured roaster. Read more.
Only a few tables are set up, but already happy neighbors are pouring through the door in this coffee wasteland area of the Upper West Side. Only coffee for now but expect beer, wine & food. Read more.
Cafe de Cupping's 5 stool counter near the front of shop is slightly low for standing work if you're tall, but we find ourselves here nevertheless. It's the only good coffee for at least 70 blocks. Read more.
Ost means East, a name cleverly suggesting both its East Village location & Eastern European origins. A cafe/wine bar w/ beautiful tiles, cafe tables, library-style newspaper racks & friendly staff. Read more.
Seattle transplant Caffe Vita has brought their dark roasting operation to the East Coast with a tiny roastery on the Lower East Side's Ludlow St. Read more.
This small mostly takeout branch of the original Graham Ave Variety has great baristas that pull quality shots of the more unusual Stumptown espresso roasts plus guests such as Ritual Roasters. Read more.
Although somewhat soulless, R & R Coffee provides fairly well-prepared Intelligentsia coffee to the underserved Financial District, along with wifi, a good amount of seating, and some plugs. Read more.
Stumptown's gorgeous 2nd NYC shop opened Friday, just in time for Memorial Day Weekend.
Although the High Line Hotel's exterior looks something like a correctional facility, if you venture inside, you'll find Intelligentsia's attractive lobby coffee bar, their first in NYC. Read more.
This week old Cobble Hill shop's name is a play on rugelach, the pastry. They're the first in NYC with an Alpha Dominche Steampunk automated brewing system, a cross between a siphon & French press.
A much-needed Third Wave coffee shop in Lower Manhattan, this Fulton St shop offers workspace, Intelligentsia coffee and pastries from Ceci-Cela. Read more.
Serving Brooklyn Roasting Co coffee daytime, craft beer and food at night, this large attractive West Village spot has pinball machines in the downstairs room. Read more.
Opening June 1st but already serving takeout drinks, Blank Cafe, on the western end of Broadway near Kent Ave, is a pretty, library-themed spot that doesn't seem super serious about coffee.
New York's first speakeasy style coffee shop, arty, Australian-run Happy Bones is tucked away in the rear of a Bond St boutique. Wifi is available. Read more.
Stumptown Coffee's gorgeous new shop in Greenwich Village includes a brew bar in the back along with a tiny espresso machine for single origin coffee. Read more.
The only modern coffee shop for blocks, Rex is a godsend to Hells Kitchen, serving up Counter Culture coffee, pressed sandwiches, and housemade baked goods to nearby workers and far west side denizens Read more.
Taking over the Irving Farm branch that used to be at this location, Birch Coffee extends their coffee roasting & cafe empire from the Gershwin Hotel to Chelsea. Read more.
Our favorite indie shop of 2012, Parlor, which roasts their own coffee, is tucked into the back of a Persons of Interest barbershop in Williamsburg. Single origin espresso drinks only. Recommended. Read more.
Just opened, this family-run, barebones spot has wifi & plugs, coffee still needs work. Read more.
Although the wifi is a bit turgid, this is a relaxing place to work, and there are plugs, with one large communal table in a large, design-oriented space with good light. Pretty good Stumptown coffee. Read more.
