There are a few places on the NY Times coffee list on the Lower East Side that we’ve been meaning to get to, so we headed down there before a movie on Sunday. Our target was Bluebird Coffee Shop. It was a teeny tiny cafe on tree-lined 1st Street. The street was typically East Side (as far as our experience knows) with people lining up outside eateries, sitting on park benches catching up and lots of tattoos.

The coffee shop was a great little place – big windows over a counter you could be inside or out and feel part of the other – we sat one in, one out … not sure if that’s what you’re supposed to do but hey, East Side anything goes!

The coffee was good too, not going to the top of our list, quite strong and a fairly dark roast – absolutely drinkable but it might’ve been the hot day that meant we didn’t enjoy it as much as others we’ve had.

Bluebird Coffee Shop, 72 East 1st Street, New York