BlueSpoon Coffee Co
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Cannoli and espresso on Mulberry Street, freddo cappuccino on Ditmars Boulevard, Yemeni coffee on Steinway Street and roasters along Wyckoff Avenue.
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New York's oldest cafés came with Italian immigrants. Antonio Ferrara opened his pastry shop on Grand Street in 1892,1 Antonio Veniero, from Sorrento, opened a caffè on East 11th Street two years later,2 and Caffe Reggio has served on MacDougal Street since 1927.3 Other arrivals kept adding rooms: a Hungarian couple's pastry shop near Columbia in 1961,4 a Cantonese lunch counter on Pell Street in 1967,5 and the Greek cafés of Astoria, where iced freddo cappuccinos and frappés are standard.6
Specialty coffee arrived on East 9th Street. Ken Nye opened the first Ninth Street Espresso at Avenue C in 2001 and is counted among the pioneers of the city's artisanal coffee movement.7 Roasting has since moved into the city's old industrial blocks: Devoción ships its Colombian coffee by FedEx to its New York roaster and roasts it about 10 days after it leaves origin,8 and La Cabra, the Danish roaster, does its North American roasting in Bushwick.9
The newest wave is Yemeni. By the late 2010s about half of the city's bodegas, corner stores that often double as delis, were run by Yemeni Americans,10 and in the 2020s Yemeni coffeehouses followed, busy late into the night.11 Qahwah House opened its second shop, in Williamsburg, in 2020,12 and Haraz added Astoria in March 2025 after SoHo.13
The neighborhoods here span three boroughs: Manhattan from the Financial District to Harlem, North and brownstone Brooklyn, and western Queens. Bedford Avenue is the L train's first stop in Brooklyn,21 the line runs on to Jefferson Street in Bushwick,22 and the 7 train crosses to Long Island City at Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue.23

Coffee where brokers met at the Tontine in 1793, espresso off cobbled Stone Street, and Tribeca cafés on Duane, Greenwich and Hudson.
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Ferrara on Grand Street since 1892, cannoli on Mulberry, sponge cake on Baxter, and specialty bars among the cast-iron lofts of Lafayette Street.
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Caffe Reggio on MacDougal Street, bean bins on Bleecker since 1907, and espresso bars along Bedford, Grove and Hudson streets.
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Veniero's on East 11th Street since 1894, the first Ninth Street Espresso in Alphabet City, and milk tea along Bayard and Pell in Chinatown.
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Espresso below the High Line, Chelsea Market's old Nabisco halls, Union Square on Greenmarket days, and bakeries around Madison Square.
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Kiosks and movable chairs in Bryant Park, espresso bars around Grand Central, Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen and late tea on Korea Way.
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Zabar's coffee counter on Broadway, Irving Farm on West 79th until 22:00, and bagels and espresso along Amsterdam and Columbus.
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Viennese cafés on Museum Mile, roasters on Lexington Avenue and East 75th Street, and Yorkville bagel counters that open at 05:30.
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The Hungarian Pastry Shop across from St. John the Divine, a student coffeehouse under Columbia's chapel, and espresso on Frederick Douglass Boulevard.
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Devoción's Colombian roastery café on Grand Street, the first Variety on Graham Avenue, and Polish bakeries and espresso bars along Manhattan Avenue.
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SEY's skylit roastery café on Grattan Street, Variety on Wyckoff Avenue, La Cabra's roastery on Willoughby, and German bakeries across the line in Ridgewood.
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Espresso in the old coffee warehouses of Water Street, Devoción on York Street, and early counters on Henry Street below the Promenade.
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Seventh and Fifth avenue espresso bars below Prospect Park, a refugee-run café in the Central Library, and bakeries along Vanderbilt Avenue.
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Freddo espresso in the Greek cafés of Ditmars and 30th Avenue, Yemeni coffeehouses in Little Egypt on Steinway Street, and roasters by the Hunters Point waterfront.
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Light roasts in Bushwick, Colombian beans roasted in Brooklyn and Manhattan espresso bars that go back to 1996.
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Bryant Park chairs, High Line cold brew, cafés in Central Park and Prospect Park, and curbside tables from Bed-Stuy to Astoria.
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Wyckoff Avenue coffee shops, Park Slope’s 7th Avenue, Midtown espresso bars and the cafés that switch the Wi-Fi off.
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Cannoli on Grand Street, knishes on East Houston, bagels from 05:30 and the Cronut on Spring Street.
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Smoked fish on Orchard Street, 7th Avenue in Park Slope, Smith Street and flat whites with smashed avocado.
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Yemeni coffee on Steinway Street, Omonia until 01:30, East Village cafés past midnight and 24-hour donuts on 14th Street.
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Ask for a coffee "regular" and New York has long understood milk and sugar; a 2006 New York Post guide put it as milk and two sugars, though a 1994 New York Times piece warned that in this city it could mean "just about anything."14 Bagel counters are the earliest openers: in Yorkville, H&H Midtown Bagels East on Second Avenue opens at 05:30.
Yemeni coffeehouses have their own menu: Sana'ani is a medium roast with cardamom, mofawar a Yemeni take on the latte made with evaporated milk, qishr a decaf drink brewed from coffee husks with notes of ginger and cinnamon, and jubani a medium-light roast with husks, cardamom, ginger and cinnamon.12 Haraz in Astoria lists Adeni chai and Harazi mufawar among its most popular drinks.13
You order and pay at the counter. The city's tourism office treats a tip as optional for drip coffee or a pastry and calls about US$1 fairly standard for espresso drinks; sales tax is 8.875% on most goods and services, and prepared food is not exempt.15 A few cafés skip tips altogether: Three-Legged Cat in Bushwick opened in 2024 as a no-tipping café.9
Laptop rules vary by owner. Birch Coffee removed Wi-Fi from its cafés around 2015 to get customers talking,16 and the Hungarian Pastry Shop near Columbia does not offer it.4 Where Wi-Fi matters, Variety Coffee Roasters' cafés on Wyckoff, Seventh and Lexington avenues and Astoria Coffee on 30th Street have it.
| Drink | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Cappuccino Regular size, city average | US$6.67 New York average, October 2026 |
| Cappuccino Regular size, typical range | US$4.50–12 New York range, October 2026 |
| Latte or cappuccino Medium, at a Bleecker Street coffee importer | US$5.20 Porto Rico Importing Co., March 2025 |
| Pour-over 8-ounce cup at a luxury chain | US$32 WatchHouse, August 2026 |
Sales tax of 8.875% applies on top of most prices, prepared food included.15 The cappuccino figures are Numbeo's, updated on October 26, 2026,17 the Porto Rico price comes from a New York Post report of March 2025,18 and the WatchHouse price from Bloomberg Government, August 2026.19 In October 2025 Birch Coffee added 50 cents to its in-store cups as green-coffee costs rose.20
Numbeo's October 2026 average for a regular cappuccino in New York was US$6.67, in a typical range of US$4.50 to US$12. In March 2025 Porto Rico Importing Co. on Bleecker Street raised a medium latte to US$5.20, and in 2026 WatchHouse charged US$32 for an 8-ounce pour-over. Sales tax in the city is 8.875%.
Midtown and East Village & Lower East Side have the most cafés, followed by Williamsburg & Greenpoint. Midtown has the widest choice, from the bagel counters around Penn Station to Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen; the East Village and Lower East Side come next, ahead of Williamsburg and Greenpoint.
In New York, a coffee "regular" has long meant coffee with milk and sugar; a 2006 New York Post guide defined it as milk and two sugars. A 1994 New York Times piece noted that regular meant black in Chicago and with milk in Boston, and that in New York it could mean just about anything, so say exactly what you want.
New York City's tourism office says a tip is optional when you buy a drip coffee or a pastry, and that about US$1 is fairly standard for espresso drinks or made-to-order sandwiches. Some cafés, such as Three-Legged Cat in Bushwick, which opened in 2024, are no-tipping. Sales tax is 8.875% on most goods and services.
Yemeni coffeehouses, busy late at night, have spread through the city in the 2020s. Qahwah House opened its second shop, in Williamsburg, in 2020, and Haraz opened in SoHo before adding Astoria in March 2025. Menus include Sana'ani coffee with cardamom, mofawar made with evaporated milk, qishr from coffee husks, and Adeni chai.
Ferrara opened on Grand Street in Little Italy in 1892 and Veniero's on East 11th Street in the East Village in 1894. Caffe Reggio has served on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village since 1927, the Hungarian Pastry Shop near Columbia University opened in 1961, and Mee Sum Cafe on Pell Street in Chinatown in 1967.
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