New York’s Best Coffee House Hybrids

The legendary Rough Trade has long been noted as Brooklyn’s go-to destination for music worshippers (real and pretend) across the U.S since 1976. The neck-achingly large space houses every riff, bridge and quartal musical history has to offer, with an endless count of vinyl’s covering every inch of the place. Its in-house coffee stop, the tiny Brompton Café, is about as alarmingly cool as you’d expect. Using the bicycle theme to indulge a tinny, 80s style, it keeps things local using Toby’s Estate beans (see below). The record epicentre also moonlights as a live music venue, with acts of every stature cajoling audiences through the doors from around the country.