Cafe Grumpy

if you live in park slope, getfresh on 5th avenue and 6th street sells stumptown coffee now.

it's the best i've ever had in the united states.

looking forward to this new one, cafe grumpy. i've heard excellent things...

Am I remembering Lola being a spanish type restaurant space that had some music in the back from time to time? Before a business goes under I want to at least recognize THAT incarnation BEFORE THE SPACE MOVES ON THE ANOTHER LIFETIME.

FurryGreyBOy wrote: Not in this case - Lola was a short-lived clothing store.

They had some nice (and sometimes pricy) things, but never had a huge amount to choose from. Started to lose it when they became yet another store selling fancy candles (IMHO).

Thanks for the clarification.
Hey, stores seem to change ownership and fnction so much in PS I lost track on this one.

Mia Culpa.

This is stellar good news!

every cup of stumptown i've ever had (at getfresh and stumptown itself in portland, oregon) was quite strong and delicious.

don't know...maybe you had a bad batch or something. weird.

i'm guessing that landlords are finally wising up and lowering rents...

with all the coffee shops opening as of late, i read a really interesting article about how starbucks was the one who got a lot of americans into the idea of having coffee outside the home. then the mediocre places came in after that, and now the really excellent coffee places have started to filter into the city.

this happened years ago on the west coast...in seattle and in portland. no REAL coffee person in seattle drinks starbucks. it's not great coffee.

it's the evolution of coffee drinking and here in nyc, we've been way behind.

it's about time we finally get some great coffee in this city. and as you'll notice, starbucks is closing shops here, while independents seem to be flourishing...

that's great news!!!!! Bring on the caffeine!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

belzjm,
Thanks for the tip!

last year it was La Colombe. this year it's Stumptown. what will be next year's cooler-than-you coffee?

Trois Pommes is apparantly brewing Stumptown, and I decided to see what the hype was. What I got tasted a lot like Gorilla, so either Stumptown tastes a lot like Gorilla, or they just plain liiiiiiied.

stumptown is not a fad.

it's just delicious coffee.

starbucks drinkers don't know what good coffee tastes like.

babel wrote: Don't you understand? It is not just the coffee beans that make great coffee, it is someone behind the bar preparing it that makes it great. Using clean machines, proper grind, extraction, etc... If you take Stumptown, brew it at the wrong temp, serve it from a dirty pump pot, let it sit around for hours it is going to taste as bad as La Colombe. Sure Grumpy is great, they do everything right in the way they do coffee but did you know we have a great coffee shop, South Side on 6th ave. and 19th is every bit as good as Grumpy.

So true. Gorilla is great @Gorilla, and much *less* great everywhere else that serves it.
Stumpy lovers, tell us how it works out.

As much as I love Southside, I'm not going to complain when another great coffee place moves into my neighborhood. It's exactly what 7th Ave needs down here. So freaking excited!

The Brownstoner article links to TONY, which has Grumpy listed under its June 11-17 restaurant openings. If that's true, then hoo-freaking-ray!

Anyone talk to them? Last time NYmag listed Brookvin as opening like a month before it actually did.

when I walked by last night their door was open and it looked like they were doing some meet and greet with passers-by, though I saw someone trying some coffee.