City Room noticed this amazing sign posted on 43rd Street and 6th Ave, and went so far as to interview the two different coffee cart vendors. The best part of the whole thing? They’re owned by the same guy, and serve the same bagels! Only in Midtown. [via @samsifton]
Posted by Zach Brooks at 1:30 pm, April 22nd, 2011 under Cart, Coffee, New York Times.
Best Coffee In NYC: Caffeine junkies will want to check out this week's issue of Time Out New York. There's a huge spread dedicated to coffee, including best coffee shops for doing work, and the 51 best cups of coffee in NYC. Midtown spots that made the list? Joe the Art of Coffee, and Knave at the Parker Meridien. Did they completely miss your favorite spot? (You wouldn't be the only one...)
Posted at 8:30 am, December 9th, 2010 | 4 Comments
Got a bunch of coffee news for those of you looking for a morning pick me up… Oren’s has expanded to Times Square! They recently opened a new store on Broadway (between 40th+41st) which they’re calling their “flagship” (whatever that means!) Whatever it’s called I bet anyone cash money that they’ll be running out of frozen yogurt come summer-time.
But that’s not the only coffee news, Joe the Art of Coffee in Grand Central is trying to help out their extreme line situation with a coffee cart!
Posted by Blondie at 9:30 am, December 2nd, 2010 under Coffee, Joe The Art of Coffee, Oren's Daily Roast.
I was saddened to discover that the ING Direct cafe had closed their 49th street location, since my lunchtime travels rarely take me in the vicinity of their cafe on 58th and 3rd. But the other day when I was on the hunt for Omar and the El Kaaba Halal Food Cart, I walked right past the ING cafe and I couldn’t help but be lured in by their cheerful orange decor.
Posted by Brownie at 1:30 pm, October 18th, 2010 under Coffee.
Sad news for central midtown coffee addicts/cheapos… the ING Cafe has moved their 49th street location to 3rd Ave. at 58th Street (Central midtown’s loss, is northeastern midtown’s gain I guess!) I’ll miss having the ING’s discount lattes and free internets nearby, but it does give me another excuse to make a trip to try out Mia Dona’s new gelato sandwich. (As if I needed an excuse…)
Posted by Brownie at 8:30 am, August 9th, 2010 under Coffee.
Got this email from Lunch’er Robert this morning about the Joyride Fro Yo Truck (first reported about by Grub Street last month) “Spotted a new truck in midtown – Joyride. 52nd and 6th. They say it’s their second day of ops. Fro-yo and coffee. You can get the fro-yo caffeinated (aka “buzzed”). I’m trying the caffeinated offering now. Pinkberry-esque. Coffee = Stumptown! V tasty. Had a double espresso at Zibetto right before so might be altogether too much buzz for me. Now back at the office and the hands are a little shaky. Not many people sampling. I have a feeling they’ll eventually flee this corner (a la Schnitzel Truck) so people should try it out before they move on.” You can follow them on Twitter here.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 10:45 am, July 22nd, 2010 under Cart, Coffee, Joyride Truck, Sweets.
Frappuccino Happy Hour?: A little tip for all cheapo ice coffee drinkers: all this week Starbucks will be selling their Frappuccino's at half price from 3-5pm. Of course 'wichcraft has been doing this same thing for over a year now, daily from 3-6pm. I suppose it's a good deal, but if they really want to call it a happy hour, they'd throw some rum in there or something.
Posted at 3:00 pm, May 10th, 2010 | 0 Comments
Free Coffee Alert: In honor of Earth Day tomorrow (4/22), Oren's Daily Roast (in Midtown on 51st and 3rd Ave.) will be giving away free coffee to anybody who brings in a regular mug or resusable travel mug from 10am - closing. The deal is good at all locations except Grand Central, because they only sell beans. Midtown East freeloaders... don't forget your mugs tomorrow.
Posted at 3:30 pm, April 21st, 2010 | 2 Comments
99 Cent Latte Alert: If you take the subway to work in the morning you may have seen ads that Dunkin Donuts is running their "any small latte for 99 cents" deal again. I tested it out at the Rock Center DD and they are running the promo (Although initially they charged me the full price, until I said something.)
Posted at 9:00 am, February 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Apparently when it rains coffee, it pours coffee. Yesterday I posted about Zibetto Espresso Bar, and discovered that Machiatto Espresso Bar is opening a new location on 52nd Street. Today we get word that the Love Truck popped up in Midtown yesterday. Lunch’er Brian spotted it on the corner of 46th & 6th, and sent along this photo. The Love Truck was created when the owners of the Mud Truck (a Downtown mainstay) split back in 2007. No word on if they’ll be back today, but you can track their whereabouts on this website.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 8:30 am, January 6th, 2010 under Cart, Coffee, Love Truck.
