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Cafés in Financial District & Tribeca

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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The Financial District fills the southern tip of Manhattan, where New Amsterdam began; Stone Street, paved in 1658, was the colony's first cobblestone street.1 The city's market in stocks grew up in coffee houses. Brokers tied to the Buttonwood Agreement of 1792 did business at the Merchants' Coffee House, and in early 1793 they opened the Tontine Coffee House diagonally across the corner of Wall and Water streets.2

Tribeca, the Triangle Below Canal, got its name in the early 1970s and is bounded by Canal, West and Chambers streets and Broadway.3 Its warehouses once held the butter, cheese and eggs of the Washington Market, which opened in 1813 as the Bear Market, and four historic districts protect the old blocks.3 Coffee here follows the office week: Ground Central on Coenties Slip, Cafe Clementine on West Broadway and Flavors on John Street close at weekends.

Local tip: On a weekend morning near Wall Street, skip the weekday-only cafés: Tutto Calcio on John Street opens at 07:00 every day, and Conwell Coffee Hall on Hanover Street at 09:00.

At a glance

90Cafés listed
21With opening hours
05:30Earliest opening
22:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Flavors, from 05:30 (Mon–Fri 05:30–18:00).
  • Closes latest: Roxy Café, until 22:00 (Daily 06:00–22:00).
  • Most listed streets: Broadway (8), William Street (6), Greenwich Street (5).
  • Most common features: wheelchair access (12%), outdoor seating (10%), indoor seating (10%).

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  • 71 Nassau Street
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–16:00 · Sat 07:30–16:00
  • +1 212-587-5740
  • Takeaway
  • Indoor seating
  • Wheelchair access
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Épicerie Boulud

  • 185 Greenwich Street
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–20:00
  • +1-212-595-9605
  • Air-con
  • Indoor seating
  • Wheelchair access
  • Smoke-free indoors
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From the Tontine Coffee House to Wall Street espresso

The Tontine, at 88 Wall Street on the northwest corner of Water Street, was paid for by selling 203 shares at £200 each. Stocks were traded there until 1817, and the trade it housed grew into the New York Stock and Exchange Board, forerunner of the New York Stock Exchange.2 The building came down in 1855 to make way for a larger Tontine, demolished in turn in 1901.2

Coffee on Wall Street today comes from Tenthousand Coffee at 14 Wall Street, open 07:00–18:00 on weekdays and from 10:00 at weekends. Black Fox Coffee is at 70 Pine Street and Ashby's at 2 Pine. On John Street, Tutto Calcio Espresso Bar at No. 24 opens daily 07:00–20:00, and Flavors at No. 144 opens at 05:30 on weekdays.

Stone Street, Hanover Square and the Seaport

Stone Street's eastern blocks, between Coenties Alley and Hanover Square, became a landmark district in 1996, were restored around 2000 and turn pedestrian-only with outdoor tables in summer.1 Conwell Coffee Hall at 6 Hanover Street stays open until 21:00, Ground Central at 2 Coenties Slip serves on weekdays 08:00–16:00, and 787 Coffee at 66 Pearl Street opens daily 07:00–20:00 with Wi-Fi.

Toward the East River and the South Street Seaport, Kinship Coffee is at 106 South Street, Café Patoro at 223 Front Street opens until 19:00 every day, and the McNally Jackson bookstore has a café at 2 Fulton Street.

Tribeca: Duane, Greenwich and Hudson streets

Laughing Man Coffee & Tea, part of the actor Hugh Jackman's coffee line, opened at 184 Duane Street, between Greenwich and Hudson, in October 2011. Laughing Man Worldwide owned half of the café and gave all of its own revenue to charity.4 Jack's Stir Brew Coffee is a block north at 137 Reade Street.

On Greenwich Street, Kaffe 1668 at No. 275 opens at 06:30 on weekdays and stays open until 21:00, and Épicerie Boulud is at No. 185. Hudson Street has Cafe Atelier at No. 112 and Interlude Coffee and Tea at No. 145, and FIKA's Tribeca café and chocolate factory at 450 Washington Street has Wi-Fi. Roxy Café at 2 Sixth Avenue opens daily 06:00–22:00. Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal founded the Tribeca Film Festival here in 2002.3

City Hall, Spruce Street and Battery Park City

Birch Coffee, which opened its first café in 2009, opened its seventh shop at 8 Spruce Street in spring 2016, and removed Wi-Fi from its cafés around 2015 to get customers talking to one another.5 The Spruce Street café opens daily 07:00–20:00; its branch at 136 Church Street closes at 16:00. Sawada Coffee hides in Cortlandt Alley, at No. 33, north of the courts.

On the Hudson side, Devon & Blakely is in 3 World Financial Center in Battery Park City, Laughing Man has a second café at 300 Vesey Street, and One World Trade Center has a Well& by Durst café with Wi-Fi.

Sources

  1. Stone Street (Manhattan), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Tontine Coffee House, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Tribeca, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. New kid on the block: Laughing Man Coffee & Tea (October 24, 2011), Tribeca Citizen, accessed October 2026
  5. Five questions with Birch Coffee co-founder Jeremy Lyman (January 14, 2020), Downtown Alliance, accessed October 2026
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Financial District & Tribeca cafés: questions

What was the Tontine Coffee House on Wall Street in New York?

The Tontine Coffee House opened in early 1793 at 88 Wall Street, on the corner of Water Street, as a meeting place for brokers. Stocks were traded there until 1817, and that trade grew into the New York Stock and Exchange Board, forerunner of the New York Stock Exchange. Before it opened, brokers met at the Merchants' Coffee House across the street.

When did Laughing Man Coffee open in Tribeca, New York?

Laughing Man Coffee & Tea opened at 184 Duane Street in Tribeca, between Greenwich and Hudson streets, in October 2011. It was part of Hugh Jackman's coffee line, and Laughing Man Worldwide, which owned half of the café, gave all of its own revenue to charity.

Which cafés in the Financial District of New York open on weekends?

Some Financial District cafés, such as Ground Central and Flavors, keep weekday hours only. Tutto Calcio Espresso Bar on John Street and 787 Coffee on Pearl Street open daily 07:00–20:00, Birch Coffee on Spruce Street daily 07:00–20:00, Conwell Coffee Hall on Hanover Street until 21:00, and Tenthousand Coffee on Wall Street from 10:00 at weekends.

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