Lonelyville Coffee is anything but lonely.
Inspired by a simpler time, Lonelyville Coffee is like your grandmother’s kitchen. Back then, people met at enamel topped tables over cups of coffee to chat about love, family, movies and the price of gas. They listened to great music, played cards, warmed up after sledding in the winter by a roaring wood burning fire and cooled off after a hot summer day under the breeze of ceiling fans. Back then, hot drinks and soup were packed up in Thermoses, and coffee was percolated on the stove top. Today past meets present at Lonelyville Coffee. Those same thermoses and percolators line the walls while a strong wireless internet connection mingles in the air with the aroma of our fresh brewed dark roast coffee and our mix of old and new songs playing from our iPod.
Owners Kallan "Kitty" Kagan and Sara Nahas, residents of Windsor Terrace themselves, had two things in mind when they founded Lonelyville Coffee in the Spring of 2006. They wanted a simpler life for themselves and a place in their business barren neighborhood for people to hang out, meet up and get a great cup of joe. The coffee is their own blend, roasted right here in New York, the pastries come fresh everyday from the city’s finest bakeries, and the baristas are a fun group, always ready with your favorite drink and a smile. Kitty and Sara attended Seattle Barista Academy and became certified baristas to ensure that the coffee and espresso they serve is made just right. They consider themselves lucky to be able to watch their dream come true right in their own home.
As the neighborhood grows and develops Lonelyville Coffee is proud to serve as a sign of progress as well as a nod to where we all came from. Come in the shop and browse vintage postcards of Prospect Park, or fascinating photos of Windsor Terrace from as early as 1928. Perhaps life is more complicated now, less sleep, more pressure to get ahead, more information bombarding us from every angle, but the universal truths are the same. Love, family, movies, the price of gas and a good cup of joe.