The people behind The Elk have transformed the 2nd Wave Mojo Coffee into a bright, airy Sightglass shop with pretty unfinished wood and a good amount of seating. Wifi and plugs. (9/14)
Friendly, quiet neighborhood spot with attractive design, using rotating coffee roasters, currently one we're not familiar with, Deeper Roots, out of Cincinnati. Good place to read or work. (8/14)
A stunning space, windows open to sidewalk, a tin ceiling, tiles, raw wood, exposed brick. Different seating areas, free wifi, coffee by George Howell, staffed largely by Cafe Grumpy alums (8/14).
This giant Crown Heights beer hall / food court has a coffee / ice cream stand, serving up some of our favorite locally roasted coffee, by Parlor. Espresso comes in beautiful orange demitasse. (8/14)
Not for everyone, or even for most people, the Brew Bar serves hot and cold drinks made from roasted ground cacao nibs. Give it a shot and let us know what you think. We liked the hot more. (8/14)
A spare Japanese-run shop on a sleepy Bed Stuy block, with 2 window stools, Anchor serves well-prepared Parlor Coffee and pays great attention to the smallest design details. (6/14)
Different from their other shops, oddly-shaped nooks in soulless office buildings, this attractive corner West Village location offers dark-roasted Australian Niccolo & US-based Sightglass. (6/14) Read more.
Located on a sleepy East Village side street, City of Saints roasts their own in Greenpoint, pulling good triple shots and serving their espresso in a cappuccino cup. (6/14)
Located inside an Urban Outfitters shop on busy Herald Square, this flagship Intelligentsia branch offers sandwiches and other food in addition to coffee. (6/14)
Not new, but Crespella has been reborn as Cusp (which Foursquare seems not to know about). New owner, same staff, same menu of decent crepes and ok-to-badly prepared Stumptown Coffee. (5/14)
A great resource for a severely underserved neighborhood, Manhattanville serves tolerably prepared Intelligentsia Coffee. It's a good place to work, read, or meet friends. (5/14)
In a part of Bed Stuy bereft of any shops, much less coffee shops, the barebones Rabbit Moon serves up well-prepared Plowshares Coffee. Curiously no espresso on the menu, only espresso drinks. (5/14)
A small East Village shop with a bit of an identity crisis, Box Kite serves Madcap Coffee along with some rotating guest roasters, has wifi & plugs, and serves high end food and wine at night. (1/14)
Co-owned by Lenox Coffee & The Chipped Cup, 2 other Harlem spots, Double Dutch leans more toward the latter, both in terms of espresso quality and design touches. An instant neighborhood hit. (1/14)
On a secluded side street in burgeoning southwest Williamsburg, Freehold's work-friendly cafe, sporting a beautiful yellow La Marzocco, is the advance guard of a full-service restaurant to come.
This sleek-looking spot sticks out, sitting as it is on street art-festooned Troutman Street. AP Cafe serves decently prepared 40 Weight Coffee along with a casual food menu and offers free wif.
You might want to smuggle in coffee from Hungry Ghost down the street so that you can work in this beautiful, skylit, giant space, which at night is a beer garden/German restaurant.
This atmospheric S Williamsburg shop has decent Stumptown espresso & rotating French press offerings, furniture built by the owner from reclaimed barn wood and found objects. Many plugs, good wifi. Read more.
So popular for laptops that it can be hard to get a seat despite a large bar, 2 front tables, 3 stool height 4 tops and a garden (weather allowing), Búdin offers coffee from many roasters. Free wifi.
The homegrown back room was built w/ laptop workers in mind - lots of tables, couches, chairs & plugs, although sometimes the wifi conks out. The Stumptown coffee is inconsistent. Read more.
The old Cafe Royal has become Cafe Edna. Wifi is much improved, there are lots of plugs, and a full food menu. Coffee is courtesy of Toby's Estate. Great, quiet place to work.
This, the original branch of Cafe Grumpy, is a favorite spot of ours for good coffee and getting work done. Lots of tables, a smattering of plugs, and sometimes overwhelmed wifi. Top notch baked goods Read more.
Although laptop seating is limited, this is a good spot in the area to work later in the evening since they're open until 9pm. Pretty good Stumptown, free wifi, plugs along the wall, and food.
Inside Bushwick's Shops at Loom is a large, quiet coffee house with lots of tables, wifi, plugs & a grand piano, but subpar coffee. There's a large back deck for warmer days.
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.
Occupying a former carburetor repair shop, Little Skips is an oasis in an aesthetically unappealing section of Bushwick. It's evolved into an attractive art-filled community center w/ wifi. OK coffee. Read more.
Lots of seating options, a backyard garden, free wifi, many plugs and gorgeous decor make this an excellent working spot. Skip the coffee, food's not bad. Read more.
Serving decently prepared 49th Parallel coffee from Vancouver, this El Beit spinoff is dark & usually crowded w/ laptop users. Plugs are covered by duct tape but wifi is solid. Lots of baked goods. Read more.
There are many coffee shops on Greenpoint's Manhattan Ave, but Propeller is one of the best places to work, with fast wifi, a few plugs, and a clean, spacious design, serving Parlor Coffee.
Owner-operated shop w/ rotating cast of coffee roasters and baked goods from their restaurant across the street. Coffee is consistently good and wifi is steady. Wall tables all have plugs. Read more.
This Prospect Heights shop is always jammed w/ laptop users due to their wifi, plugs, plentiful seating, beautiful garden and baked goods. Their Stumptown Coffee is almost always poorly prepared. Read more.
Now that the area has exploded, so has this shop's popularity. Sweetleaf roasts their own coffee these days, so you can enjoy that along with their free wifi, if you can get a seat.
With 15 or so two-tops, a communal table, a smattering of plugs, and strong wifi, this is a good spot to work. High ceilings, open space, exposed brick, and an ongoing roasting concern.
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.
Tucked away on a quiet West Village street, Bosie is an aesthetically pleasing tea shop with some attractive cozy wing chairs in the back. Pretty good sweets, tea & food, sometimes poor service. Read more.
