Warehouse dining rooms, Mexican panaderias on Knickerbocker and the Roberta's pizzeria orbit that shaped Brooklyn cooking after 2008.
Sey roasts the cleanest filter coffee in New York City from a Bushwick warehouse since 2017. Ethiopian and Kenyan single-origins, light roasts, all-white cafe with a counter.
Tip: The cafe runs filter only; espresso is sold whole-bean. Buy a 250g of the Kenyan Ndaroini for filter at home.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi, Panama
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Variety roasts in Bushwick and runs four cafes across New York City. Espresso pulled fast and short, drip coffee in mugs, all-day pastry, communal seating.
Tip: The Wythe Avenue cafe has the best working seats. The Greenpoint location closes earliest at 18:00.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Honduras, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Cold brew, Whole bean retail
Ops on Himrod Street pairs naturally leavened wood-fired pizza with Italian natural wines in Bushwick Brooklyn, New York City. Mike Fadem's pies, ten by-the-glass pours.
Signature pour: COS Pithos rosso by the glass
Wine focus: Italian natural wines
Food: Naturally leavened pizza
Tip: Six tables and a counter; reservations open three weeks ahead. The marinara pie with the COS Pithos is the order.
Kings County Brewers Collective in Bushwick Brooklyn has run an industrial-warehouse taproom in New York City since 2016. Twenty taps, sours and barrel-aged stouts.
Tip: Saturday night runs DJ sets and food trucks. Sunday afternoons are quiet for the deeper sour pours.