I’m not sure that Food and Wine Magazine is the gold standard for Coffee reviews, but I’d imagine their columnists still have pretty picky taste buds. In their latest issue, a columnist said Gimme! Coffee, brews one of the top ten cups in the US. Gimme! Coffee just recently opened their first shop in Manhattan this year after 5 successful years on Lorimer in Brooklyn. Their cafe on Mott surely fits their proclaimed “worn” style, but it lacks street-level seating. Since getting my first cup of Gimme! last week, I’ve decided that my coffeemaker needs a rest and that spending the $1.75 is well worth it. Try the Ethiopian (medium roast) if it happens to be one of the two daily roasts.

Gimme! Coffee Manhattan
228 Mott St.
7am – 9pm

Photo by Max Zorick