Off-Menu Espresso Hunt

Renata Oliveira Kessler

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A running list of the Brooklyn cafes I detour for after a long day registering pottery and plotting my next open-studio crawl. These are the pours that make me linger past my fifteen-minute coffee break — the light through a skylight, the hiss of the group head, the barista who remembers your order without the loyalty app. Still chasing the next quietly excellent cup, one neighborhood at a time.

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Off-Menu Espresso Hunt — 5 items
Name	Address	City	Specialty	My take
1Principles GI Coffee House	139 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215	Brooklyn, NY	Pay-what-you-can drip, rotating guest roasters	My own front yard, basically. The pay-what-you-can model feels radical every single time I order.
2Cafecito Social	296 Bond St, Brooklyn, NY 11231	Brooklyn, NY	Guatemalan single-origin, Tres Leches Latte	The cardamom latte has a warmth I think about on the walk home from the studio.
3Devoción	148 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11249	Brooklyn, NY	Colombian single-origin, roasted on site	The skylight and plant wall turn a coffee run into an actual outing — I budget an extra twenty minutes every time.
4Long Shadow Coffee	543 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215	Brooklyn, NY	Bar-by-night espresso counter, backyard seating	The backyard in warm weather is worth the detour alone — moody light, good playlist, no rush to leave.
5Fiction Bar/Cafe	661 Driggs Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211	Brooklyn, NY	Daytime espresso bar, live jazz by night	I come for the espresso and the patio, but I've stayed well past dark more than once for the music.