zabar's coffee

When a friend from the Hollywood Church found out we were going to New York she immediately asked if we were going to Zabar's.

"Za-wha?", was our response.

"Zabar's!", was hers and explained it was a coffee shop and specialty market in the upper west side of the city. She went on to describe what made Zabar's great...by the end of the conversation we decided to give it a try since our friend is a brilliant foodie and it was in our travel book of coffee shops to try in NY.

We figured we were destined to like it.

We loved it.

Zabar's coffee is delicious. Their cafeteria style table made us feel a part of the upper west side community. We liked the market next door, too. It's a gourmet food lover's delight. We picked up some of Zabar's house blend beans to enjoy at home, a coffee mug (it was a dollar, you can't beat that....or you could, just don't buy it, I guess) and Rob grabbed some chocolate rougalah when I wasn't looking...I got my lunch to go from their prepared foods section, too.

So, we are huge Zabar fans...so huge we went again a few days later for our morning coffee. We're glad we tried it and we are thankful for our friend, Suelynn, who insisted we block a spot on our trip for Zabar's.