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A place · Cafe · Dumbo & Lower East Side · on 1 of my list

Arabica.

Worth it, says Antonina. Hailing from Kyoto, at Arabica you get coffee with a view.

Antonina Pattiz
Antonina PattizI went myself · from my Best coffee in New York

Arabica, in my photographs

3 frames from my visits
  • A hand holds an iced matcha latte in a cup with a percent-sign logo in front of the % Arabica neon sign.
  • An espresso machine with stacked cups sits on the counter at % Arabica in DUMBO.
  • A woman with a stroller pauses outside the % Arabica coffee shop storefront on the Lower East Side.
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Where Arabica appears on New York Dearest

It's on 1 of my list. Each entry below is what I wrote about it there, with my verdict on that list, the fullest first.

Best coffee in New York

No. 5 on that list
Worth it

Hailing from Kyoto, at Arabica you get coffee with a view. Enormous half-dome windows perfectly frame the Brooklyn Bridge making this one of the most Instagrammable coffee shops in NYC. But don’t make the mistake of thinking such a cute cafe produces sub-par coffee. On the contrary, the in-house roasting machines ensure every cup is perfectly smooth.

Something to Note. The matcha at this NYC cafe has left me disappointed more than once, stick to coffee.

Unpopular opinion. Hot take. The best coffee in New York City isn’t at a trendy third-wave spot, it’s at Best New York City Cafes (Table of Contents).

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Arabica

Dumbo & Lower East Side