Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Closings: Kuppi Coffee Company on St. Mark's Place

After nearly a year at 131 First Ave. (aka 82 St. Mark's Place), Kuppi Coffee Company has closed its doors. 

A small note on the door stated that Aug. 31 was their last day in service, and it thanked patrons. 

This was the second outpost for the Edgewater, N.J.-based Kuppi Coffee Company. (In 2018, Architectural Digest named Kuppi the "Most Beautiful Coffee Shop" in New Jersey, noting: "White-washed exposed-brick walls and hung flower boxes — brimming with greenery — bring the outdoors in at Kuppi Coffee Company ...") 

People seemed to like Kuppi here, though there are many nearby well-established coffee choices... including (but not limited to!) Porto Rico Importing Co., Abraço and Mud... plus 787 Coffee, Poetica Coffee, et al.

The previous tenant at the address, AO Bowl, closed in August 2022 after an off-and-on 18 months in business ... and blaming Sen. Schumer.

In 2019, workers gutted this single-level structure on this corner ... and divided the storefront into several retail spaces. The other tenant here is the Brooklyn Dumpling Shop

The former occupant, Foot Gear Plus, closed in July 2018 after nearly 40 years in business.

3 comments:

bill said...

That space is too small and too dark to have a viable business.

Scuba Diva said...

Also, there were never any vegan baked goods, so I avoided it.

Gar said...

When they gave up cleaning the graffiti on the windows, you know they are done with this location.