Screw Sandwiches—Get Yourself To Bluestone Lane For An Avocado Smash Toast
Finding Bluestone Lane Coffee‘s new location in the Financial District turned into an adventure involving a surly security guard and being on the wrong side of a wall. Thankfully it ended with me finding my new favorite light lunch option, for those days I can’t eat any more street meat.
The address led me inside a normal office building near the New York Stock Exchange. I finally spotted Bluestone at the back of the lobby – past the security gate and a man who was not overly interested in letting me get lunch. He let me through but not until he told me that next time I should go in through the New St. entrance. While you can order from the Broad St. side, that’s reserved for those who work in the building. In the end I went back outside and walked around the block to the outside entrance.
About that avocado smash toast ($6.50). It was carefully prepared by the delightful Aussie guy behind the counter (both people working there hailed from Down Under) and handed to me a bit later. For now it’s the only lunch-like item on the menu although they do have baked goods which could be counted as a meal. I was told that they might add sandwiches to the menu at some point.
An avocado was lightly mashed and placed on a thick slice of multi-grain toast (the picture only shows half of what I got), sprinkled with salt and pepper and red pepper flakes and spritzed with lemon. I believe there was a bit of olive oil there too but that could have just been moisture from the avocado. Whatever ingredients were involved were delicious together and while I was full after eating the toast I didn’t feel gross. Plus, the price was low enough that you could also get a flat white and still come in around the $10 mark.
Despite the somewhat hidden location, word seems to have spread as all manner of locals and office workers came in for coffee while I was sitting there. There’s a Starbucks nearby on Broad St., but I’d say Bluestone Lane is worth the extra walk.
Bluestone Lane Coffee, 30 Broad St. (entrance on New St. near Exchange Pl.)
Posted by Andrea H at 10:00 am, October 10th, 2013 under Bluestone Lane Coffee, Financial District, Vegetarian.
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