New Yorkers love coffee. It’s a prime New York Cliché that there’s a Starbucks on every corner. In the busiest parts of NYC, you’ll see this is simply fact. At the Empire State Building last week, I realized there are two Starbucks’ both on the ground floor of the building! Sometimes it can feel really hard to avoid the Starbucks take over. And if you do avoid it, you end up paying $3 for a hipster brew or $1 for glorified dirty water from a street cart.
So where’s the happy coffee medium? Does such a thing even exist in pricey Manhattan?
Yes it does! In none other than Greenwich Village.
Visit Porto Rico Importing Co. on Bleecker Street for excellent coffee at unheard of New York prices (that means reasonable)!
The shop has a charming old school feel. You can see proudly embossed on the window, “Since 1907”. This Coffee and Tea shop has managed to stay afloat despite the siege of coffee chains.
Step inside and you’ll understand why. Read More
