Born in Cali in 2002 as a coffee fanatic's personal roasting project, this is the chain's 19th location in the city. There are a hundred across the globe.
Updates on OneSeed, German School of Manhattan, Au Cheval and Blue Bottle Coffee. / 9 comments
Plus: Y7 Studio's opening forecast; update on Blue Bottle opening in the Walker Hotel Tribeca; people who bring coffee into restaurants; is Saks Off 5th still opening downtown? / 4 comments
The hotel under conversion at Broadway and Walker finally has a name—Walker Hotel Tribeca—and eyebrow-raising plans, including a 4 a.m. liquor license, roof deck and, in the below-ground levels, DJs and amplified live music. / 4 comments
Plus: The sidewalk shed at Independence Plaza; fireworks tonight; Tunnel to Towers run is this weekend; Newark airport buses now leaving from Hudson Square; feminist kitsch at R & Company. / 5 comments
Plus: Anti-development street art outside 443 Greenwich; great old trees cut down; location confirmed for Espasso's second Tribeca shop; two more World Trade Center mall stores have opened; Fiftytwo sample sale. / 2 comments
Plus: Renderings of the Broadway hotel and its Blue Bottle café; the first public meeting of the Tribeca Alliance; Casey Neistat tests rocket shoes and takes on the Harley-Davidson dealership; comparing 3 and 4 World Trade Center; first look at what might be included at Trinity Church's new FiDi tower.
Plus: Slice joint becomes half burger joint; activity at a Broadway storefront; hotel conversion demolition update; Joan Osborne at City Winery.
There's been a lot of bad news lately, and I fear we haven't heard the last of it, so let's try to focus on the positive (for one post, anyway). Here are 14 things to look forward to in Lower Manhattan in the next year or two. / 10 comments
All Good Things is taking over the coffee bar in September, and it'll be making some changes. Plus: Juice is on the horizon. / 4 comments
Plus: Blue Bottle pastry cookbook; Rally Downtown events with whiskey and wine; the gilded spire atop the old New York Mercantile Building; First-Time Tuesdays. / 1 comment
Plus: Donate a coat and save; coffee proceeds to charity; Tribeca Meet & Greet, "Golden Boy."
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