Shutter Special: Ninth Street Espresso Closing 13th Street Location Tomorrow
Monday, August 13, 2007
East Village: Attention Will Regan and espresso junkies everywhere, according to reliable sources, the 13th Street outpost of top espresso purveyor Ninth Street Espresso will close tomorrow. Word via the Eater inbox: "Ninth Street Espresso, self proclaimed most important coffee bar in NY is closing their second location on east 13th street at the end of tomorrow, less than 6 months after opening. Total dud. An old barista is buying the lease and opening his own place there immediately. Check Ninth Street's website and you will see that location has been taken off over the weekend." In fairness, this location was really just a display case and espresso machine located in a larger events space—'location' may be a bit of a stretch. That said, owner Ken Nye's planned expansion next month to the Chelsea Market will be of similar type, so we're going to include an eye brow raise viz his growing empire with this post. Emails to Nye have not yet been answered. [Eater Inbox/Staff]
I have coffee at this location of 9th Street Espresso EVERY DAY. The coffee is amazing, the baristas are super cool and it's a great location. I saw the owner walk in today and it didn't seem as if anything was remiss. He chatted with the barista and left. By far the best coffee in the 'hood, perhaps the city. Only Joe and Grumpy's compares.
too bad...a real convenient location for when i couldn't make it to the LES. Chelsea Market will be a nice destination. long live NSE (and Cafe Grumpy)!
Wao...I am really sad about this closing...I go to this location at least 5 times a week to unwind from work reading the paper or just have a good chat with a friend.
The baristas are super friendly and are a pleasure to talk to...now I am going to trek to the 9th street location...which I actually dont mind since I would go anywhere for their coffee. This is by far (along with Joe The Art of Coffee) the best coffee shop in the entire city.
It's not so sad--I talked to the barista that bought the location and the doors aren't closing. The place is open tomorrow with just a different name...same awesome coffee. AND that dude rocks--he makes my latte every morning. YUM. It's the american dream people.
Ah, that goes some way towards explaining the complete lack of pastries for the last couple of weeks... Curious to see which of the guys it is who's buying it.
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