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PORTO RICOImporting Co. — Est. 1907
Espresso pouring from a brass portafilter into a ceramic cup at Porto Rico Importing Co.

Est. 1907 — Greenwich Village, NYC

A Centuryin everyCup.

Four generations of roasting, grinding and pouring for New York — from the same creaky floors on Bleecker Street since 1907.

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4.7 · 1,500+ reviews3 Manhattan shopsBrooklyn roastery
  • Est. 1907
  • Bleecker Street
  • St. Marks Place
  • Essex Market
  • Small-Batch Roasted
  • French Roast
  • 100+ Coffees & Teas
  • Family Owned
  • Greenwich Village
Warm interior of the Bleecker Street shop with shelves of coffee sacks
Since 1907

The shop that taught New York coffee.

Before «specialty coffee» had a name, it had an address. Ours. For over a century we've roasted in small batches, scooped beans from the wall by the pound, and pulled shots the slow way — first for the neighborhood, then for the whole city.

Four generations in, the recipe hasn't moved an inch: buy honestly, roast weekly, pour generously, learn your regulars' names.

Years at it
118
Years at it
Manhattan shops
3
Manhattan shops
Coffees & teas
100+
Coffees & teas
The counter's greatest hits

Signature pours & house legends

Bleecker Blendhouse blendHouse Standout

Bleecker Blend

16.95 /lb

Our everyday house blend — cocoa, toasted hazelnut, a little orange peel. Roasted weekly.

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French Roasthouse favorite

French Roast

4.00

The one New York argues about. Our darkest, most famous roast — poured all day, every day.

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Iced Cold Brewsignature

Iced Cold Brew

5.50

Coarse-ground and steeped 18 hours in small batches. Chicory-smooth over one big cube.

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Cortadohouse favorite

Cortado

4.75

Equal parts espresso and steamed jersey milk, served in the classic Gibraltar glass.

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Caffè Lattesignature

Caffè Latte

5.75

Our signature pour — double espresso under slow-steamed milk, rosetta on top.

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Black & White Cookiehouse favorite

Black & White Cookie

4.50

The ultimate New York debate on a plate — half chocolate, half vanilla fondant.

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1907 → Today

From horse-cart New York to your morning cup.

1907

The doors open

A family of importers starts roasting on Bleecker Street, back when coffee arrived by horse cart and left by the scoop.

The Village decades

A neighborhood ritual

Poets, folk singers and four generations of NYU students claim their corner tables. The smell roams two blocks.

The family era

The wall grows

The wall of beans climbs past one hundred coffees and one hundred thirty teas. Peter's weekly specials become legend.

Today

Three shops, one roastery

Bleecker, St. Marks and Essex Market — supplied by our own Brooklyn roastery. Same ritual, same creaky floors.

The full storyArchival Bleecker Street, c. 1907
Follow the aroma

Daily life on Bleecker.

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Espresso pouring into a cup
Inside the Bleecker Street shop
Rosetta latte art
French Roast poured from the pot
Black and white cookie
A pound of the Bleecker Blend
Three corners of Manhattan

Come say hello.

Walk in for the smell alone. Stay for the pour. Every shop scoops beans by the pound, ground for your brewer while you wait.

Plan your visitOrder beans ahead