Laptop-friendly cafés in New York
Cafés in New York where you can sit, plug in, and work without a side-eye. Power, space, and a long-stay welcome.
21 cafés · United States
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Devoción
Devoción sources exclusively from Colombia, flying fresh green coffee to its Williamsburg roastery so the beans…
Hamlet Coffee Company
Tucked into a ground-floor space at 465 Rogers Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Hamlet serves international…
Honey Moon Coffee Shop
A roaster-cafe and community destination at 517 Onderdonk Avenue in Ridgewood, Honey Moon was born from co-owner Mike…
Cafe Grumpy Greenpoint
The flagship location that helped define Brooklyn specialty coffee when it opened on Meserole Avenue in 2005, Cafe…
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…
Plowshares Coffee Roasters
Plowshares at 1351 Amsterdam Avenue is a plant-filled, 50-seat roastery-cafe that anchors the Manhattanville Factory…
Principles GI Coffee House
A queer-owned, veteran-owned, and disabled-owned gathering space at 139 9th Street in Gowanus, Principles GI was…
Birch Coffee
Birch Coffee at 56 7th Avenue has operated as a neighborhood mainstay in Greenwich Village since the brand launched…
Coffee Project New York
Coffee Project New York opened at 239 E 5th Street in 2015 and built its reputation on the deconstructed latte, a…
Devoción Flatiron
Devocion's Flatiron location brings the brand's farm-fresh Colombian coffee program to a polished Manhattan setting…
Felix Roasting Co.
Felix Roasting at 450 Park Avenue South occupies a grand two-level space decorated with plants, arched mirrors, and…
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…
Plowshares Coffee Roasters
Plowshares' Upper West Side flagship at 2730 Broadway opened in November 2014 as the brand's first retail cafe,…
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Stumptown's 18 W 29th Street location brought the Portland roaster's cold brew and Hair Bender espresso blend to…
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
The Greenwich Village Stumptown at 30 W 8th Street has operated since 2013 in a historic literary space that retains…
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…
Variety Coffee Roasters
The Chelsea outpost of Variety at 261 7th Avenue serves the brand's rotating house espresso to a fast-moving…
Variety Coffee Roasters
Variety opened its Bushwick roastery-cafe at 146 Wyckoff Avenue as the production hub for its now nine-location NYC…
Variety Coffee Roasters
Variety's Upper East Side outpost at 1269 Lexington Avenue brings a Brooklyn-born specialty roaster to a neighborhood…
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These New York cafés are laptop-friendly: they tolerate long stays, generally have seating and outlets, and don't push you out after one cup. Always check peak-hour signage, since some limit laptops on weekends.
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