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June 19, 2007

Streetlevel: New Coffee House for Bed Stuy

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The quality of life meter is about to take a huge tick upwards in one corner of Bed Stuy. Within the next month, a new cafe serving coffee, pastries, sandwiches, etc. will be opening at the corner of Clifton Place and Nostrand Avenue. Owner Lisa Bayer, who's lived down the block for the past two years, hopes the shop, which she's calling Tiny Cup, will be a lot more than a place to eat. She's outfitting the cafe with a bunch of comfy couches and wifi access in the hopes that it'll become a neighborhood gathering spot. Bayer's shooting to open Tiny Cup's doors by July 4 weekend. GMAP




Posted by Brownstoner at 11:06 AM | Comments (24)
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YAY!!!

More great shops, cafes, etc. in the neighborhood please!!!

:) :) :)

Posted by: Anonymous at June 19, 2007 11:08 AM

that is the best news i've heard since choice market decided to expand on greene...i love this neighborhood-it's getting better and better every minute...viva bed stuy!!!

Posted by: anon at June 19, 2007 12:28 PM

Great.
There are few condo conversions on this spot.
I think the pioneer was the next door of 277 Nostrand, as much as I remmember of the open house - it was a refreshing of product in that area.
What's going on with 273 - it takes them forever to sell - anyone have seen it?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 19, 2007 12:29 PM

WWSCD?

What Would Sonny Carson Do?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 19, 2007 12:33 PM

Hey whould jump for joy I would hope, I know I am..

Posted by: MMM at June 19, 2007 1:20 PM

God Bless You Lisa! GOD BLESS YOU! Good Luck!

Posted by: Anonymous at June 19, 2007 2:02 PM

best of luck! i will be there to support and show some love. we need more folks like you to help spur the continued rebirth of bed stuy. we all can benefit from a diversity of shops and business ... you go girl!

Posted by: Anonymous at June 19, 2007 2:08 PM

right, cos diversity of population ain't cutting it.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 19, 2007 3:14 PM

/\ at 80% Black, that's a pretty trite argument.

LET'S MAKE BED-STUY DIVERSE FOR ONCE!!!


:D

Posted by: Common Sense at June 19, 2007 3:56 PM

I'm so glad to hear this news! These are the kinds of dining options we need more of in the neighborhood. Best of luck to you, Lisa!

Posted by: The Changeling at June 19, 2007 6:11 PM

Just don't put milk in your hot chocolate!!!!!!!

Posted by: Anonymous at June 19, 2007 6:37 PM

"shooting to open" B'Stoner! Are you trying to be funny. Why does a store in Bed Stuy have to be "shooting"?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 19, 2007 8:03 PM

That's nice. But BedStuy is a BIG place, and over here in the Victorian village of Eastern BedStuy, (east of, say, Stuyvesant Avenue, there isn't a latte or a NYTimes to be had for blocks around. Here's hoping that some tasty, well read retail discovers those of us doing that "Saratoga Park thang" soon!

Posted by: Reno at June 19, 2007 9:01 PM

Re: 273 Clifton, I don't think they started sales yet. I hope they do real soon. Looks good and the neighborhood's diversifying.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 19, 2007 9:47 PM

Reno - i know what you mean about the slim pickings in eastern bed sty. good luck trying to find a good salad, or even fruit around here. i'm talking along broadway between halsey st. and broadway junction. this area needs help!

Posted by: anonymous at June 20, 2007 1:27 AM

i love how a goddamned tiny little CAFE makes quality of life in bed stuy better. what about better schools and programs for the kids? or even a decent dry cleaner for fuck's sake??? we don't NEED cafes. yay, diversity for white people!

Posted by: Anonymous at June 20, 2007 10:48 AM

cafes DO make for a better quality of life, because people can go out and enjoy themselves right around the corner from where they live, and put money into the community. DUH..it goes without saying that schools, kids programs, etc. should continue to improve, but look at the bedstuy y! that place is amazing. this whole area is getting better, and it's happening fast. all of my longtime neighbors agree. just try to maintain a bit more optimism and don't be such a crab.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 20, 2007 11:48 AM

Great! Let'shope we will have more shops coming to the area, there are few vacant stores on Bedford Ave and in the area that hopefully will not become groceries or hair salon (example are corner of Bedford Av & Greene and Bedford & Lafayette)

Posted by: Juno at June 21, 2007 3:32 AM

Yeah, I'm of two minds about it. I went there on the 4th and it was super awesome and the owner was very cool. But it was also full of white people -- like, I've never seen that many non-black people in one spot in Bed Stuy at any one time. Were they all just in hiding, waiting for a place like this to appear? Also, I sincerely hope that the black residents of Bed Stuy don't end up feeling like they can't patronize Tiny Cup. I do agree that it def. will add to the quality of life, but only if ALL of the nearby residents can feel welcome there (and I acknowledge that any feeling of non-belonging will be there own doing, and not that of Tiny Cup, I'm sure, but still...), rather than a very small minority (Pratt kids and intrepid whites?).

Posted by: Newbie at July 5, 2007 10:36 AM

Hey, whoever wrote "yay, diversity for white people!"...would you care to grab coffee sometime? I'm serious. I'm as white as they make 'em, moved to Bed-Stuy earlier this year, and am trying to get some kind of reading program for the kids going because I think it's insane that the Macon branch library is *still* closed. (And somehow the "Fall" re-opening promise smells like bullshit to me.)

Anyhow, I ask to meet up assuming you're black and a longtime neighborhood resident, and not some crazy white troll man worried that rising property values in Bed-Stuy spell trouble for his investment in Park Slope. Hope this finds you well.

Best of luck to Lisa and Tiny Cup.

Posted by: MH at July 10, 2007 8:26 PM

Hey---I got to Tiny Cup opening day and the staff was giving away cupcakes to everyone who came from anywhere--lots of little kids, moms and dads-just hangin

Posted by: bronx boy at July 14, 2007 1:59 PM

Hey---I got to Tiny Cup opening day and the staff was giving away cupcakes to everyone who came from anywhere--lots of little kids, moms and dads-just hangin

Posted by: bronx boy at July 14, 2007 1:59 PM

Best of luck to Tiny Cup, its a really good looking spot. Foods good too. I definitly prefer to give them my money than Dunkin Donuts. I think its a big benefit to the neighborhood just to be able to spend your money where you live.

Posted by: sandra at July 14, 2007 5:33 PM

i work at tiny cup and i must say that both Lisa and the cafe itself are both great.

anyone reading this should definitely stop in for the coffee which is really good there.

the pastries and the foods are also very well made and very tasty.

as for the person who wrote about needing better schools and programs for kids, that's a great thought of course, but you need a place like tiny cup to add something new to the neighborhood. tiny cup is a refreshing addition to a place filled with like 6 million bodegas, fried chicken spots and liquor stores -- oh, and nasty ass DUNKIN DONUTS.

AMERICAN RUNS ON TINY CUP!!! LOL

Posted by: matthew anthony at July 19, 2007 1:12 PM

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