StreetLevel: New Coffee Shop for 4th Avenue
As noted in a Food & Drink Roundup a couple weeks ago, 4th Avenue has a new coffee shop. Cafe 474, which is between 10th and 11th streets, has cups of drip starting at $1.50 and shots of espresso for $2.25. There’s also an assortment of baked goods from Blue Sky and Little Buddy. One…
As noted in a Food & Drink Roundup a couple weeks ago, 4th Avenue has a new coffee shop. Cafe 474, which is between 10th and 11th streets, has cups of drip starting at $1.50 and shots of espresso for $2.25. There’s also an assortment of baked goods from Blue Sky and Little Buddy. One of 474’s owners used to run a coffee truck. GMAP
11217 Southside in South Slope makes and sells Intelligentsia coffee.
Re: fairtrade chat above, the coffee at 474 is from Crop to Cup. Disclaimer: i work for c2c. Responding here to clear up confusion over the fairtrade issue. There’s a difference (though they are not mutually exclusive) between fairtrade (a certification) and this coffee’s program (info about it on Crop to Cup website’s About Us page). Apologies for the horrible layout of our page 🙂 Hey, at least the info is up.
ANYway, to get back to the point….the owners have done a fantastic job renovating this coffee shop and chosen baked goods from excellent spots. I was also a fan of the soup/flowers/tamales place that was there before, but Cafe 474 is operating at a completely different level. It’s a godsend to have a place like this en route to the subway. Stop in and give it a try.
And in terms of their pricing? Nothing beats the outrageous coffee places at Grumpy, please.
The soup & tamale place that used to occupy this place was great – really reasonable prices & good food. I’m sorry to see yet another coffee place cropping up, though I suppose the location, near the subway, makes good sense. Yes, Regular was a fine cafe, but the whole business with Martin leaving has made a lot of customers (me included) less enchanted with it, & it looks a lot quieter than it used to be when he ran it. Regular had a loyal crowd …
Intelligentsia = Southside Coffee
excellent french press and expresso
im not saying ive ever done that, but i have been tempted many many times, and it’s very easy hahahah
*rob*
“just go up to the bar where they drop off the specialty coffees and iced coffees, pick one, and just walk out”
haha – i’ve done that before. people are so clueless, especially euro tourists.
yeah the line in that specific starbucks is RIDICULOUS! the cool thing about that place tho is that it’s so packed, you dont have to wait in line. just go up to the bar where they drop off the specialty coffees and iced coffees, pick one, and just walk out
*rob*
“oddly, i DO like starbucks coffee (and im NOT trying to be contrarian). i treat myself to their plain hot or cold coffee sometimes.”
Rob – next time you’re going to get coffee near the office let me know – I’ll take you up to La Colombe (Lafayette and Prince) – we’ll be in and out (no homo) in the time it takes to wait in that retarded line at the Spring St Starbucks.