The coffee industry was made for New York: complex, diverse, fascinating and with plenty of attitude.
Third wavers Ninth Street Esp.
In the same decade, Brooklyn teenager William Black started Chock Full o\'Nuts with $250 and a dream.
Alice Foote MacDougall founded a 1920s coffeehouse empire.
The New York Coffee Exchange opened tumultuously in the 1880s.
Since arriving in the 1600s, coffee held patriotic significance during wartime, fueled industrial revolution and transformed the city\'s foodways.
The coffee industry was made for New York: complex, diverse, fascinating and with plenty of attitude