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Best Cafes in Brooklyn

A list of the 8 best cafes in Brooklyn, including Cafe Grumpy (Greenpoint, Brooklyn). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.

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Updated Sep 12, 2026Checked Sep 12, 2026

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  1. 1

    Greenpoint, Brooklyn

    Moderate ($$)

    A Greenpoint coffee shop opened in 2005 that grew into a small local roasting chain and appeared as a set in HBO's Girls.

    Checked againstjoe.coffeecafegrumpy.comen.wikipedia.org

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  2. 2

    Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    Moderate ($$)

    Williamsburg roastery sourcing beans directly from producers in Colombia; beans are dry-milled in Bogotá and roasted in Brooklyn within about 10 days of leaving the farm.

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  3. 3

    Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    Moderate ($$)

    A small-batch Brooklyn roaster whose flagship North 6th Street cafe and roastery has operated since 2012.

    Checked againstpartnerscoffee.com

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  1. 4

    Park Slope, Brooklyn

    Moderate ($$)

    Family-owned Brooklyn coffeehouse since 2012, run by Allon Azulai, who in 1994 opened Ozzie's Coffee & Tea, an early Brooklyn specialty roaster-cafe.

    Checked againstkoskaffe.comyourbrooklynguide.comkoskaffe.com

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  2. 5

    Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn

    Moderate ($$)

    A Gold Street coffee bar in Downtown Brooklyn known for reasonably priced coffee, a varied flavor lineup, and a spacious, welcoming layout.

    Checked againstdowntownbrooklyn.comtryperdiem.comcbwarburg.com

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  3. 6

    DUMBO, Brooklyn

    Moderate ($$)

    DUMBO cafe pouring Ecuadorian single-origin coffee; ships coffee nationwide.

    Checked againstzarumagoldcoffee.comtryperdiem.comzarumagoldcoffee.com

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  4. 7

    Bushwick, Brooklyn

    Moderate ($$)

    Cafe on Grattan St at the Bushwick/Williamsburg border, opened by Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg in 2017; named "Best Coffee Shop in America" by Food & Wine.

    Checked againstbklyner.comsprudge.com

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  5. 8

    Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    Moderate ($$)

    Bed-Stuy cafe of a coffee company founded in 2020 by Angela Yee, Tony Forte and LaRon Batchelor, which states it operates with a 100% People of Color supply chain.

    Checked againstbkreader.comcoffeeupliftspeople.com

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