Porto Rico Importing Co.
Hours:
M-F 8am-8pm; Sa 9am-8pm; Su 12pm-7pm
M-F 8am-8pm; Sa 9am-8pm; Su 12pm-7pm
Established: 1907
Other Locations:
636 Grand Street; 120 Essex Street
636 Grand Street; 120 Essex Street
The strong smell of coffee permeates the air in this specialty shop. Potato sacks line the shelves, filled to the brim with dark beans that can be scooped up and ground to order. Thirty years of coffee dust lingers and everything caffeinated fills this rustic shop – teabags, chocolate, coffee, more coffee. The original location, on Bleecker Street, has been providing java lovers with beans since 1907.