Southside Coffee

Dear South Side, Thank you for having the best, most reliable, and consistently delicious pastries in NYC. I don’t know who your baker is, but they deserve all the flowers. I come here with my spouse every Saturday morning for a special treat (our favorite is the maple scone) and some coffee, and the experience sets the tone for the entire weekend. Moods boosted, brains caffeinated, we stroll the neighborhood and our troubles melt away. I work with small businesses, and I know how hard it is to stay afloat, especially these last three years. Thank you for your amazing service and products. You are the gem of the neighborhood. Sincerely, Your 7th ave neighbor <3

We stayed around the corner from Southside on a recent trip to Brooklyn. Our Airbnb host recommended it, so we stopped there our first day. Simple breakfast sandwiches done well and baked goods that are some of the best I've had. We grabbed a breakfast bar again today, and they are truly delicious. Great little spot!

Imagine sitting on a park bench during a crisp fall day, the trees are yellowish orange, and the temperature is just cold enough for you to decide to put on a sweater. Held in your hands are a warm chai latte and a small paper bag that contains a slice of the delicious chocolate chip banana bread. Perfect. Southside Coffee offers a wide range of food and drinks that are all good. In terms of food there are sandwiches, lunches, and baked goods. The sandwiches are not too unique; they are things like bacon, egg and cheese and other typical breakfast sandwiches. Even though they are not very unique they are flavorful and filling. My only complaint is that there is typically a wait of 10 minutes to get your sandwich which would normally not be problem as a cafe will have an indoor area where you can sit down, but because Southside only does takeout, you have to stand around on the sidewalk with other people who are waiting for their drink or sandwich. The lunches of Southside Coffee I have actually not tried as I usually go there in the morning. Now, for my favorite, the baked goods. The cool thing about Southside Coffees baked goods is that the menu changes every day which is shown on a sign in front of Southside. Now this would sound like a bad thing, but in reality it keeps the menu new and refreshing every single day. You can typically expect muffins, cakes, focaccia, other pastries, and the star of the show: chocolate chip banana bread. Every time I have gone to Southside I have seen chocolate chip banana bread on the menu and I can see why. The banana bread itself is delicious with the texture and flavor being perfect, this is just complimented with the big chocolate chunks randomly inserted inside different parts of the bread which adds the extra sweetness that makes the bread amazing. One other baked good that I might go for is a focaccia. Now onto the drinks. So even though coffee is in Southside Coffees name, I have embarrassingly never tried coffee from there as I am not a very big coffee drinker myself. Something I will sometimes drink when I go to Southside is a chai latte. The chai latte always has the perfect taste and sweetness with some cream on the top which adds more flavor and makes it more fun to drink. Southside also has tea and hot chocolate, both of which I can’t remember having. One complaint about Southside in general is that the prices that I have seen are pretty high compared to other cafes, though I guess this is because of the quality of all the food there. Now I will talk about the service, location, and some final thoughts. The Southside staff are always nice, as I can’t recount an experience where they haven’t been nice. One thing about Southside that I briefly mentioned before is that it is not a normal cafe with indoor seating and the only seating outdoors is a small bench. This makes it a bad place to go if you want to sit down for a while to read or work on something. Thankfully, there is nearby seating. Right next to Southside is a playground that has benches which makes it a good place to take your food and drinks. If you have a kid you can get some food and eat at the park where they can play. So in conclusion, Southside Coffee is an amazing cafe that I would give five out of five stars to.