Excellent Adventures of Shpak's Family

I like a good coffee. Other thing that I like is a great coffee. And despite what many people think about coffee in USA there are places to get the great coffee here.

Here is the list of my favorite cafes in NYC with a great coffee. I rarely drink anything else besides espresso, so I am a little bit biased to this drink.

1) Cafe Grumpy
They have two locations, the one in Chelsea is on 224 West 20th Street between 7th and 8th avenue. They are my favorite by wide margin. Friendly atmosphere, great choice of coffee for any taste. They are so good that when I go to Manhattan I park somewhere around, so I can enjoy their coffee on the way in and the way out. What I especially like is that they offer their own blend of espresso, and some other ‘exotic’ kind. It is always pleasure to taste something new.

2) Gimme! Coffee
Gimme! Coffee probably makes the best espresso, but they have good and bad days. Also I never was able to find parking around and there is no seating place in the cafe. Gimme! is pretty much “get a jolt and go” kind of cafe. I always go there if I am photographing or walking in the area.

3) Joe the art of coffee
I really like Joe’s cafe at Waverly Place. It is very nice inside with a lot of seating space and photographs on the walls. Their espresso blend is not in my taste, but they make to its best.