Cozy Up With These Local Brooklyn Heights Coffee Shops
The autumn season brings warm scarves, soft flannels, and crisp, sunny days that cannot be compared with anything else. The months of September through November offer nostalgic apple picking, a scent of spicy aromas in the air, and the comforting warmth of seasonal lattes in hand. With the seasons beginning to change and fall just around the corner, now is a great time to consider your go-to café for your daily cup of joe.
Vineapple Café, 71 Pineapple Street, Brooklyn
Vineapple Cafe’ / On the Grid
Vineapple Café is a traditional Italian treasure to Brooklyn Heights residents. After its unfortunate closing last year, due to Covid-19, the neighborhood decided to fight to keep this café open. Now, under new management and whole-hearted support from Brooklynites, Vineapple is not only surviving but thriving.
With its late hours, full-day food menu, and extensive espresso menu, this café is a perfect choice to refuel before taking a stroll along the waterfront. You can enjoy the fresh, crisp air and a beautiful brick mural in Vineapple’s backyard garden or take in the changing leaves at a table within their sidewalk café.
For a taste of fall, enjoy a hot apple cider or a caramel hazelnut latte!
Bluestone Lane, 55 Prospect Street, Brooklyn, DUMBO
Bluestone Lane / Sprudge
Nestled between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, Bluestone Lane is worth the five to ten-minute walk from Brooklyn Heights. With September ushering in the autumn season, so is Bluestone Lane, by offering menu items consistent with the changing seasons.
Bluestone Lane provides a full breakfast, brunch, and lunch food menu, along with an abundant coffee and a signature cocktail menu.
For seasonal flavors, try their banana bread, complemented by whipped ricotta fresh berries, roasted pecans, and local honey, or sip on a spicy chai latte.
Joe Coffee, 102 Hicks Street, Brooklyn
Joe Coffee is no stranger when it comes to New York City coffee shops. Finding its beginnings in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village in 2003, Joe Coffee started with a simple vision of high quality, unique coffee and a desire to invite others into community. With twenty-one different locations in New York, finding your beloved coffee go-to is fairly easy.
With later than average hours and quick accessibility to Brooklyn Bridge Park, this beloved coffee shop is a great way to end your day. And if coffee isn’t your preference after dinner, this location also serves ice cream!
For a taste of autumn, try a warm carrot cake muffin and a Café Mocha with Caramel.
% Arabica, 20 Old Fulton Street, Brooklyn (DUMBO)
% Arabica, Brooklyn’s newest roastery, was birthed in Kyoto, Japan, in 2014. Featuring a clean, white café experience, patrons who step into this shop will be met with a complete roasting machine behind the coffee bar. Those who stick around for a while may be able to see the behind-the-scenes process of how the coffee bean is transformed to become a latte.
With floor-to-ceiling windows and a stellar view of the Brooklyn Bridge and lower Manhattan, this social media photo opportunity is worthy of a visit. Add in the bright colors of fall foliage, and your post is almost guaranteed to go viral.
With skilled and passionate baristas, your favorite espresso beverage will be crafted to perfection for your autumn stroll along the water.
Gregory’s Coffee, 16 Court Street, Brooklyn
Gregory’s Coffee / Brooklyn Bridge Parents
Gregory’s Coffee, a family-run coffee chain, knows what it takes to keep people going. With their hearts on their sleeve, they strive to see everyone where they are at, no matter their life’s pursuit. This coffee chain truly is a café for the masses.
Founded in Manhattan in 2006, Gregory’s is more than just a quick-stop coffee shop. Their pastries are prepared daily from scratch and are perfected by an in-house dietitian to ensure quality with its patrons in mind.
This café is perfect for the commuter – being steps from Borough Hall, as well as the slow-pacer – blocks from Brooklyn Height’s waterfront.
Either way, Gregory’s Coffee is a café that will quickly become a home away from home.
Try one of Gregory’s Pumpkin Spice Lattes, paired with a warmed cranberry walnut scone for a fall treat.
Whether you are a seasonal coffee indulger or an avid coffee drinker, these coffee shops are perfect for Brooklyn Heights residents. And might I suggest, a breathtaking autumn view and your favorite café are the perfect combinations to consider relocating.
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