787 Coffee debuts on 10th Street

787 Coffee debuted yesterday on the southwest corner of Second Avenue and 10th Street (officially 159 Second Ave.) ... a nice retail spot right across the street from St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery.

As we first noted on June 2, 787 signed a lease for both storefronts — the one on the left (in the top pic) is serving as an office for the coffee shop 

With this opening, 787 has four East Village locations, joining 131 E. Seventh St., 101 Second Ave. and 319. E. 14th St. 

The Seventh Street store, which opened in October 2018, was the first for co-owners Brandon Pena and Sam Sepulveda, who wanted to bring Puerto Rican coffee to NYC. Their coffee is grown and roasted from a mountain-top farm in Maricao. (And 787 takes its names from Puerto Rico's area code.)

No. 159 was previously home to Third Rail Coffee, which did not reopen here following the PAUSE of March 2020. Next door, Danny's Cleaners merged their business with Lois Cleaners on the southeast corner of 10th Street and Third Avenue.

787 Coffee is opening a new location (and office) on 10th Street at 2nd Avenue

787 Coffee is continuing its East Village expansion, having signed a lease for two storefronts on the southwest corner of Second Avenue and 10th Street (officially 159 Second Ave.). 

A tipster told us about this pending arrival, and 787 Coffee confirmed the news. 

The space that was previously Third Rail Coffee (on the right in the above photo) will serve as 787's retail space, while the former dry cleaners next door will be an office for the company. 

With this opening, 787 will have four East Village locations, joining 131 E. Seventh St., 101 Second Ave. and 319. E. 14th St. (The company currently has eight coffee shops citywide.) 

The Seventh Street store, which opened in October 2018, was the first for co-owners Brandon Pena and Sam Sepulveda, who wanted to bring Puerto Rican coffee to NYC. Their coffee is grown and roasted from a mountain-top farm in Maricao. (And 787 takes its names from Puerto Rico's area code.)

Third Rail Coffee did not reopen here following the PAUSE of March 2020. Next door, Danny's Cleaners merged their business with Lois Cleaners on the southeast corner of 10th Street and Third Avenue.

Thanks to Steven for the photo!

787 Coffee makes it official at 159 2nd Ave.

A quick follow-up to our post last Wednesday about 787 Coffee signing a lease for two storefronts on the southwest corner of Second Avenue and 10th Street (officially 159 Second Ave.). 

The 787 signage is now up on the space to the west ... the former Third Rail Coffee will serve as 787's retail space, while the former dry cleaners next door will be an office for the company. 

With this opening later this summer, 787 will have four East Village locations, joining 131 E. Seventh St., 101 Second Ave. and 319. E. 14th St. (The company currently has eight coffee shops citywide.) 

The Seventh Street store, which opened in October 2018, was the first for co-owners Brandon Pena and Sam Sepulveda, who wanted to bring Puerto Rican coffee to NYC. (And 787 takes its names from Puerto Rico's area code.)

Third Rail Coffee did not reopen here following the PAUSE of March 2020. Next door, Danny's Cleaners merged their business with Lois Cleaners on the southeast corner of 10th Street and Third Avenue.

Thanks to Steven for the photo!

Week in Grieview

[The skateboard phone on St. Mark's Place via Derek Berg]

Stories posted on EVG this past week included...

"Concrete blowout" at Broadway condo project damages neighboring building (Wednesday)

BP station on East Houston and Lafayette closes April 14 (Tuesday)

Out and About with Brother Rasheim (Wednesday)

Lavagna is helping an East Village resident in his fight against cancer (Thursday)

Comptroller Scott Stringer looking at city's decision to lift deed at the former Rivington House (Wednesday)

Construction watch: 500 E. 14th St. (plus, Extell construction site still keeping residents up at night) (Thursday)

319 E. Sixth St. is for sale; conversion to single-family residence a possibility (Monday)

Confessional closes on East Sixth Street ahead of a relocation (Monday)

An enchanted yarn garden on St. Mark's Place (Thursday)

Fake cops rob man on Third Avenue (Wednesday)

Bluestone Lane Coffee opens next week at 51 Astor Place (Friday)

Report: An interest in keeping the Associated on East 14th Street (Tuesday)

The morning bread dump in Tompkins Square Park (Monday, 32 comments)

The former Contrada space remains on the market, though now with less key money (Tuesday)

Top Nails is moving next door on Avenue A (Monday)

Tribeca Pediatrics opening an outpost on First Avenue (Friday)

LinkNYC privacy concerns (Thursday)

The First Avenue Ricky's is now empty (Monday)

Media coverage of Mayor de Blasio's affordable housing plan getting the OK from City Council (Wednesday)

Report: M9 stop on Avenue C gets light after seven years in the dark (Tuesday)

Space at 249 E. Houston is for rent, and an update on the proposed 13-floor building on the block (Monday)

A quick trip to St. Mark's Place circa 1978 (Friday)

Former Bollywood rental shop becoming a hair salon on East Sixth Street (Thursday)

Laundromat-replacing laundromat closing on East 10th Street (Wednesday)

... and, this past week, this David Bowie stencil arrived outside the F stop on Second Avenue... courtesy of @zimad_art...





Previously

Champion Coffee taking over the Madman Espresso space on 14th Street

Madman Espresso has closed its location on 14th Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue. (H/T to EVG regular Pinch for the tip!)

There's now a sign hanging on the door titled Good Bye & Good Luck:

Madman Espresso adventure in the East Village/Gramercy area comes to an end. A nice lady bought our shop. They will renovate and reopen in a couple of weeks.

If you really can't live without us, please come see us at University Place and 10th Street or in one of our Midtown locations.

That "nice lady" is apparently Talitha Whidbee, who founded Champion Coffee in 2006 in Greenpoint.

Champion announced their new location(s) on Instagram back in December...

✖️EXCITING NEWS✖️ • Our Christmas gift to you this year comes in the form of a big announcement: We are kicking off 2018 with the opening of - not just one - but TWO new @championcoffee locations in Manhattan! • 210 E 67th | *Coming January 2018* 319 E 14th | *Coming February 2018* • Can’t wait to see you all there and share our yummy coffee with friends, both new and old ☕️

A post shared by Champion Coffee (@championcoffee) on Dec 23, 2017 at 6:48am PST

Madman Espresso opened on 14th Street, its first location, in January 2013. The University Place outpost arrived in 2015.

Champion Coffee was one of the first vendors at the Bowery Market, the year-round open-air food market at 348 Bowery and Great Jones, but they eventually pulled out for undisclosed reasons.

Madman Espresso opening new location on University Place

[Photo via Madman Espresso]

Madman Espresso opened two years ago to the date at 319 E. 14th St. near Second Avenue.

Now the folks there tell us that they are opening a new location at 54 University Place (at 10th Street) next month. This will be their third location … in addition to one at West 35th Street that opened back in May.

2 new coffee shops in the works for the East Village

EVG reader Tony shares this tip... an espresso bar is ready to open at 319 E. 14th St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue ... in space that previously housed a Verizon store... It will be called Madman Espresso.

Meanwhile, EV resident Bill the libertarian anarchist gets word of a new coffee shop opening in the former Stogo space on East 10th Street just west of Second Avenue. This will mark the second NYC location for Third Rail Coffee, which currently has a shop on Sullivan Street.

[Verizon image via Google]