Good Espresso Coffee Shops in Manhattan

Looking for good espresso coffee drinks in Manhattan, here's a post by Alex Henry of HuffingtonPost.com, in which he discusses the best neighborhoods for great espresso in NYC, and the neighborhoods that offer the not-so-good espresso coffee too, like the one in which he lives. But like any person who knows the difference between good and bad coffee, he's willing to jump the subway for the former.

Good espresso in Manhattan by Alex Henry, HunffingtonPost

Espresso Coffee Recommendations NYC

Here are several recommendations of espresso coffee shops on Manhattan from Australian, Monica Glare, living in NYC and writing for the Sydney Morning Herald.

Glare gives top recommendation to TriBeCa-located "La Colombe", 319 Church Street. The writer claims this is the spot where you'll find the best coffee in New York.

For Greenwich Village espresso hits, check out Jack's Stir Brew Coffee, 138 West 10th Street.

When it comes to the West Village she recommends Joe, 141 Waverly Place described as "another intimate cafe, hidden in the labrynthine West Village streets, Joe is popular with the thirtysomething crowd."

In NoHo, check out Think Coffee, 1 Bleecker Street Raw "with unpolished floorboards, huge wooden beams, blackboard coffee menus and marble-top tables make for a French cafe-meets-hippie feel at this new cafe-wine bar."

In NoLita, Glare recommends Gimme! Coffee, 228 Mott Street in the heart of NoLita.

East Village recommendation is Abraco Espresso, 86 E. 7th Street which this Aussie describes as "Melbourne-style hole-in-the-wall cafe [which] has enjoyed good reviews since it opened in 2007."

Finally, for those living or hanging out in Gramercy park area, 71 Irving Place Coffee & Tea Bar, 71 Irving Place which is described as an "atmospheric cafe with its mood lighting and French bistro-style chairs [offering] lots of 1850s Gramercy charm.

Monica Glare's post "Baristas Worth Every Bean"