Still in my quest of good coffee, today I am talking about a place that I’ve heard of because Anna (who sent me a message on the Facebook Page of the blog). Thanks to her I discovered another gem! El Rey opened a couple of months ago in the Lower East Side.
Let me list all the good reasons why (if you are a coffee lover, but not only…) you should definitely give it a try if you are in the neighborhood and desperately looking for your coffee fix.

1) They buy their coffee beans from Counter Culture
2) The coffee machine which is pouring expresso shots is a Strada from La Marzocco
3) They brew their own Vietnamese coffee
4) The pastries here are made in house. I only tried their awesome chocolate chip cookie.
5) They have beers on tap
6) The owner Nicholas Morgenstern is also the owner of Goat Town

El Rey Coffee
100 Stanton
(between Ludlow St & Orchard St)
New York, NY 10002