Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#1Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 9:25am
Coming into Manhattan today on a whim but with a bag of work. Any suggestions for places where it's easy to linger over a few cups of coffee and get work done. Just looking to be productive around my shows.
Tia
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 9:26am
And preferably midtown area
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#3Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 9:32am
I like Romeo and Juliet on 42nd and 11th. It's right next to the Peter Norton Space -- where Signature did their shows before moving to the new complex, and more recently the home of the late Pearl Theatre Company. Good coffee, lots of space to sit, and usually not too crowded.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
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#4Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 10:49am
There's a Starbucks on 39th and 8th that has an upstairs seating area that's not as immediately noticeable and thus tends to be a little less crowded than some of the other places in the area (caveat that I'm usually only at that one on weekdays, so I don't know how Saturday may differ).
#5Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 11:09am
Go to the cafe at Signature. I do work there all the time.
#6Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 11:34am
dramamama611 said: "Coming into Manhattan today on a whim but with a bag of work. Any suggestions for places where it's easy to linger over a few cups of coffee and get work done. Just looking to be productive around my shows.
Tia"
How exciting. What are you seeing?
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#7Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 12:45pm
It's not a café per se, but the bar/lounge area at The Stinger inside the Intercontinental on 44th is an awesome space to hang and do work while passing time.
NotTheComfyChair
Stand-by Joined: 3/19/13
#8Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 12:45pm
AC126748 said: "I like Romeo and Juliet on 42nd and 11th. It's right next to the Peter Norton Space -- where Signature did their shows before moving to the new complex, and more recently the home of the late Pearl Theatre Company. Good coffee, lots of space to sit, and usually not too crowded."
I vote for the Signature. I work there all the time - lots of space, good tea/coffee and food, and a great vibe.
Kava, which is close by on 42nd St, is also very good.
Romeo and Juliet has a reputation for being REALLY slow, service wise. People I knew who worked at the Pearl would walk a long block to Kava to get coffee rather than wait at R and J
#9Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 1:11pm
Funny. I'm at Romeo and Juliet like 2-3 times a week and I've never had a problem with service.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#10Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 1:19pm
Caffebene on the SW corner of W. 49th Street & Broadway (directly across the Ambassador Theatre).
Large coffee house with nice little areas in the back to sit and do work or kill time.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#11Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 1:38pm
Thanks to all! Lots of choices! Already hit up the Starbucks on 39th!
Seeing Chicago (research) and Terms of My Surrender.
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Updated On: 9/2/17 at 01:38 PM
#12Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 1:52pm
dramamama611 said: "Thanks to all! Lots of choices! Already hit up the Starbucks on 39th!
Seeing Chicago (research) and Terms of My Surrender."
So excited for you. Give NYC a big kiss for me. I'll be back in November. It's been way too long. If they're selling them already, get a salted caramel hot chocolate at Starbucks for me. Lol. I only allow myself to indulge in them on my NYC vacations.
#13Any cafe suggestion for lingering?
Posted: 9/2/17 at 2:48pm
dramamama611 said: "Thanks to all! Lots of choices! Already hit up the Starbucks on 39th!
Seeing Chicago (research) and Terms of My Surrender."
I hope you enjoy both! Terms of My Surrender is GREAT.
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