StreetLevel: Cafe Grumpy Now Open in the South Slope
Cafe Grumpy, the coffee shop with locations in Greenpoint and Chelsea, now has a new outpost on 7th Avenue between 11th and 12th streets. The small storefront was previously home to the clothing store Lola. Grumpy is set up more for takeout than lounging; the narrow shop only has a few seats and a couple…
Cafe Grumpy, the coffee shop with locations in Greenpoint and Chelsea, now has a new outpost on 7th Avenue between 11th and 12th streets. The small storefront was previously home to the clothing store Lola. Grumpy is set up more for takeout than lounging; the narrow shop only has a few seats and a couple of benches. Click through for a pic of the menu.
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I agree, Dave. I also think that coffee brewing has so much to do with the beans and the way they are roasted. If/when Starbucks starts using these machines, I think it could have a negative impact on their business because it takes longer to make a coffee on a Clover. I think people are more apt to wait 3 minutes for a good cup of coffee at an independent or smaller chain, than they are to wait that long at Starbucks.
It’s like if McDonalds starting taking 10 minutes for a burger instead of 2. They’d be doomed.
http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/eat-out-awards/73158/eat-out-awards-2009-best-coffee-a-cafa-grumpy
ok I will try it!!!
I bet the machines that get put in Starbucks stores get “dumbed down.” There’s some speculation that they won’t sell the machines outside the Starbucks system now and won’t service what has already been sold. I suspect that might be part urban myth.
given that starbucks purchased the company that makes the clover machines, you might want to get used to the style now before theyre in all your starbucks rob. 🙂
oddly, i really like starbucks coffee. i like it nice and strong. i think think starbucks coffee is bitter. i dont like watery coffe. i think im going to def. try out this coffee here tho see what all the fuss is about
*rob*
That’s the thing Gemini….it’s quite strong, but not bitter at all. I think you’ll just find that you’ll want to add substantially less milk and sugar than you usually do. That was my experience. I’m not a coffee expert, but this stuff just tastes great and clean. Not like the sewer water that Starbucks passes off as coffee.
sorry to be such a wimpo, but I am one of those coffee drinkers that likes milk and sugar. Soo is the coffee brewed so strongly that it would require me to add a half cup of milk and 4 tablespoons of sugar to make it drinkable?
was there yesterday. excellent ethiopian yergacheffe. as i said before, great coffee from a clover needs no milk or sugar. its only a little more than starbucks, and worth it.
unfortunately only one table to stand around. this stinks in the summer b/c who wants to walk in the heat with a coffee?
This place makes a DIVINE cup of coffee. One of the best I’ve had in the U.S.
I’ve already been quite a few times…
Cute place too.