Cafe Bari

As a former barista I’m pretty particular about Coffee Bars. LOVE this place. First… Moshe is a star java slinger and a total artist. The pastries are fresh and decadent and the vibe is totally dope. I mean they have a #BARBENVAKIL hanging on their wall. I haven’t had their small bite sandwiches yet but they look delish. So psyched that they are likely opening more locations.
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The people who work and operate Café Bari are a class act.
We ordered catering for an office meeting and saying the coffee and noshes where a hit is an understatement. I have always known Café Bari to have one of the best coffees in NYC (not an easy task) but if you have never tasted their Chocolate Twist (Rugelach) and Chocolate Scoops — then you are not living. I am also a big fan of the Fresh Mozzarella with Pesto and Sun-​Dried Tomato on A Brioche. #INSANELY DELICIOUS.
Their coffee kit came piping hot with all the fixings and tasted just like it would have at the café. The entire experience with easy — no fuss. They have a established a team of professionals that are truly a pleasure to work with.
Café Bari is officially our new office favorite for our weekly team meetings. I threatened our sales team that if they don’t meet their sales goals we will order elsewhere.
I think its working :)
Thanks Café Bari!

Their fruit and yogurt parfait is a solid midday snack– creamy, slightly sweet, and filling without weighing you down. I also got one of their shortbread cookies covered in powdered sugar, inside the large glass jar on the counter– and that was smooth in texture and delicious, too, though pricey.

If you’re looking for a great cup of coffee in this area, there’s no better spot. I’ve been here a few times now, and this place just makes my day — from the great coffee to the excellent service and warm ambiance, you can’t ask for more!
Most recently I had the mocha, and it was delicious — none of that super sweet stuff — I could taste espresso, and just enough chocolate. They have almond milk too, which is a nice alternative to soy for those of us that prefer non-​dairy.
This is a great spot!

Café Bari
NY Manhattan Chinatown
1pm Thursday 10^th December 2015
Four Stars
Located in high traffic area on Broadway and Canal, Café Bari was surprisingly empty. It’s probably because it’s a little high class for the illegal purse, watch, luggage sellers. Their sign says «since 1993» but this particular store has been open for a month or two at most. The inside is starkly clean and bright for the area. There is only 7 – 8 bar seats by the street facing windows. There were playing classic rock like CCR, the Beatles, and Pink Floyd.
I ordered a Cortado ($ 3.5). It only comes in a to-​go cup but it’s a vegware compost able cup with their personalized logo. Their espresso machine is hand controlled and produced a rich, nicely bitter, caffeinated shot. The foam was thicker than I prefer and didn’t have a pretty design.
The Almond Croissant ($ 2.75) was crispy on the outside with sugar and slices of almonds for texture. The inside was flaky with a slight sweetness and heavy dose of almond flavor.
Overall, I enjoyed this stop by coffee shop.

Excellent soy chai latte, but rather pricey for a such a small serving (the medium size is only 12oz and costs $ 5, before tax). When I went early in the morning (around 7:30) they had a big assortment of fresh pastries, which all looked delicious. The space is small — the only seats are barstools and some counter space lining the windows — but clean and inviting. No wi-​fi (and a bit pretentious about it).

For the high prices here, service is too slow and portions are too small. Food is decent, but the fact that when they offer to «heat up» your croissant sandwich and then proceed to take it to a panini press for 5 whole minutes until it is thoroughly squished and burnt tells me that they don’t really know what they’re doing. (This happened to me two or three times)

Amazing coffee, amazing AND beautiful organic food and pastries-​mostly homemade-​, organic FRESH JUICES, latte art, friendly staff that really cares about your satisfaction, and good looking too ;) …
Very fast service and affordable for the high quality. All that while in a crazy, busy spot?! Amazing and commendable enough for me. Love it here!

In hopes of a quick and cheap brunch prior to my doctor appointment nearby, I came here for one pastry mini chocolate croissant $ 2.75 and ice tea $ 3.75. Service is very inattentive as one guy prepared my ice tea and attain my pastry but did not ring the sale for payment. I stood waiting to be checkout only to be ignored into the void for several minutes until one staff member inquired if I needed help– 1 star. Ahh, I felt so invisible! Seats are extremely minimal as this café is designed for takeout. The teas are by Harvey & Sons. Café Bari does have an extensive juice menu selection. My chocolate croissant was stale.
Overall, I was not impressed. MEH for o-​kay!

I’ve worked a few doors down from this place for about 6 months now, but never stopped in. I finally had the chance and I’m happy I did. For such a small place, they have vast variety of items in addition to coffee. They have so many pastries to choose from, including a little cheese danish thing I got (which was the perfect size, not too big) and all kinds of egg sandwiches, etc. They make fresh juices too which I can’t wait to try. Basically it’s great to have a place that has so many options to choose from, instead of just some bagels and croissants. When I walked in the guy working there instantly greeted me and asked if I needed help which was nice, and I didn’t feel like I was bothering him by asking him about some of the pastries. Even though I’ve only been here once, I can’t wait to try out their products and give myself a break from the hum drum of Starbucks.

Simple fresh vegetarian food. A bit pricey at times ($ 8 sandwich) but everything tastes sooo good. You can really feel and taste the quality here: customer service, food, juice, cooking/​preparation. They’re awesome. :)

I finally got the chance to stop in to this delightful little gem. I got a #8 Specialty Juice that was sooooo delicious and fresh. I also ordered a Latte and a Mozzarella sandwich which both completely surpassed my expectations. The décor is absolutely beautiful and the service was up to par. Looking forward to my next visit…

This is a cute new café in the area that offers one of my favorite coffees (La Columbe), I ordered a chai tea and two cookies which came out $ 10 (Pretty expensive), The chai tea did not taste good but the fresh home made cookies did. The place is very small but looks very clean and minimal. Since it’s so new the service is still getting accustomed.

Expensive but worth it. Baristas are friendly (very important) and the coffee is great: b

My 2% latte was gorgeous. No bitterness and very rich foam with fun design on top. Mini cinnamon bun was flakey and gooey at the same time. AND THEY HAVE STEVIA for sweeting! Yay! Most impressive was everyone was so nice I thought I had left New York and landed in the mid-​west or something. I’m DEF coming back!

Short version: food, service and atmosphere are all WONDERFUL. Go here.
Long version: Damnit, Café Bari, you’re just too good. Keep doing you.
I just love this place, and if I ever move offices, I will legitimately feel separation issues. They are family-​owned and have fantastic employees, and their music selection is ON POINT. They may look like a to-​go place because of their size, but I love to sit at the little bar and enjoy the music+people watching.
For lunch, ask about today’s sandwiches. They’ll walk you through their daily-​changing handmade selection, and also let you try the featured soup (which also changes daily). Order a juice, and watch them pick the freshest fruits & veggies from their counter to blend.
For breakfast, my favorite thing to get is a hand-​poured latte and a pastry. I felt like a little kid in a candy store the other morning to find they had just-​out-​of-​the-​oven chocolate chip banana bread. They also have very fresh fruit cups and yogurt parfaits, both of which are delicious. No skewed honeydew-​to-​berry proportions here.

Rachid and his staff couldn’t be nicer, and the array of sandwiches (which changes every day) and fresh juices is sensational. What a wonderful surprise to have such a clean and friendly place on a corner that was blighted before.

I work right around the corner and have been walking by, a friend told me they had cheap juices, so I obviously had to try it.
The juices are incredibly inexpensive, 16 ounces of fresh, made right in front of you, juice, for under $ 10. They also have small and medium, for equally insanely low prices.
I ordered two, a vegetable-​y one and a fruity one. The people working were incredibly kind, efficient, and the man making my juice even upped my size from a medium to a large, saying he loved this juice so much he had to make some for himself.
They had veggie omelettes on croissants (creative!) and a bunch of other breakfasty things. But I’m a juice girl, especially when they come cheap.
Quality ingredients, low prices. I didn’t know it was possible in Manhattan.

Just enjoyed a great hand poured almond milk latte & very well made Canelé this morning because the Starbucks down the block had a stupid long & it smelled of toaster oven burn. This place is super tiny but warm, friendly & tasty. I will continue to skip Starbucks & after seeing them chop fresh veggies, maybe I will try a soup special (today was a celery root soup) or one of their croissant sandwiches.

I work really close to here and saw that this place opened up about 2 weeks ago.
I did a little bit of research and it seems this is a re-​opening of Café Bari in Soho but now on the corner of Canal St and Broadway. It is offering less that the other 20-​year establishment.
I certainly hope this place makes it as they provide very decent coffee (La Columbe coffee), pastry items (from Balthazar), daily soups and sandwiches.
I ordered a medium soy latte ($ 4.75) and it is a very decent cup of joe. It isn’t Everyman Espresso or Blue Bottle, but it works for this area!
Good luck!