Cafés with outdoor seating in New York
Terraces, courtyards, and pavement tables in New York. Specialty coffee with a seat in the open air.
17 cafés · United States
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Devoción
Devoción sources exclusively from Colombia, flying fresh green coffee to its Williamsburg roastery so the beans…
Sey Coffee
Sey is a micro-roastery and cafe at 18 Grattan Street in Bushwick built around obsessive sourcing, paying producers…
Dayglow
Dayglow at 8 Wilson Avenue in Bushwick is a multi-roaster cafe by day featuring a candy-shop wall of rotating retail…
Fasan Coffee
Barely six feet wide and painted butter yellow, Fasan on Allen Street is a husband-and-wife operation where he pulls…
Hamlet Coffee Company
Tucked into a ground-floor space at 465 Rogers Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Hamlet serves international…
Abraço
Abraço at 81 E 7th Street has been a benchmark East Village espresso bar since 2007, when owner Jamie McCormick…
Joe Coffee West Village
The original Joe Coffee opened in 2003 on the corner of Waverly Place and Gay Street, and the two iconic benches out…
Principles GI Coffee House
A queer-owned, veteran-owned, and disabled-owned gathering space at 139 9th Street in Gowanus, Principles GI was…
Southside Coffee
A walk-up window operation since 2015 at 654 6th Avenue in Greenwood Heights, Southside draws reliably long weekend…
Villager
Australian-founded and independently owned at 841 Classon Avenue, Villager has been a Crown Heights anchor since late…
La Cabra Roastery
La Cabra's North American headquarters opened at 1329 Willoughby Avenue in 2025, doubling as a working roastery and a…
Melting Cups
Opened in October 2024 at 43-45 40th Street in Sunnyside, Melting Cups combines a specialty cafe, cocktail lounge,…
St. Kilda Coffee
An Australian-founded specialty roaster that opened its Restaurant Row outpost at 374 West 46th Street in 2024, St.…
Kinship Coffee Cooperative
Kinship Coffee Cooperative in Astoria is a locally rooted operation founded in 2014 by Stanley Rivera and Ashley…
Maman
Maman at 239 Centre Street is the SoHo anchor of the French-Canadian cafe and bakery brand, renowned for its nutty…
Partners Coffee
Partners Coffee at 125 N 6th Street is the flagship cafe and roastery for the Williamsburg-born brand formerly known…
Sweetleaf Coffee Roasters
Sweetleaf opened in Long Island City in 2008 and began roasting its own coffee in 2014, making it one of Queens' most…
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