Best 75 cent cup of coffee...
To me, enjoying a coffee need not involve an over-caffeinated, steroid-sized cup of status symbol. Despite the Ratnerization of this fair isle, there are still some decent brews available for 75 or even 60 cents -- and much respect due to any cafe or bodega owner engaged in such culinary-economic resistance. My favorite is Mei Lai Wah Coffeehouse at 64 Bayard Street.







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interesting topic .. what about the mudd truck in union square?
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Mud Truck is $1.
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"Ratnerization"? I must be out of the loop. Please explain.
For the record, I love the coffee at Mei Lei Wah- it gets my heart beating like a pinball machine. That, and just about anyone's version of vietnamese iced coffee, although I'm not sure that the average Chinatown cup meets your price range.
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