Holiday Hours 2011

 

• 12/24 - 8am - 6pm
• 12/25 - CLOSED 
• 12/26 - 8am - 8pm
• 12/31 - 8am - 6pm
• 01/01 - 9am - 6pm

#OWS_NYC Exhibit Opening

Award winning photo-journalist Ashley Gilbertson returns with a contemporary exhibit of photographs from the ongoing "Occupy Wall Street" protest in NYC's Financial 

District.

Join us this Thursday night, November 17th, for an opening celebration from 8:30 - 10pm

Third Rail Coffee

240 Sullivan Street

New York, NY 10012

If you can't make it out to see the show in person, you can check out the work at the VII site. You'll miss seeing the 99%'ers framed in Gilded 1%-er style frames though ; )

http://www.viiphoto.com/showstory.php?nID=1322

See also, Ashley Gilbertson's profile at the VII Photo Agency

Cover Girl

We're pretty thrilled to have been featured on the COVER of Specialty Coffee Magazine this month! You can read the full article here! 

Photo by George Baier IV

Benefit for Japan!

When our neighbors (and regulars) from The Dove Parlour over on Thompson Street asked if we'd help raise funds for the continuing relief efforts going on in Japan we were all in. We hope you'll join us for this worthy cause. And if that doesn't do it for you, how about 3 hours worth of Figenza Vodka, hors d'oeuvres from Cuba (the restaurant on the same block, not the country), a raffle ticket for prizes (a couple of these are Gift Certificates from a pretty good coffee shop in the area) and a gift bag (ahem, more free coffee in there)!

Sunday July 31, 2011

6 - 9 pm

228 Thompson Street (Bleecker/W3rd)

New York, NY 10012

Tickets are $40 in advance
(available at The Dove Parlour or by emailing info@thedoveparlour.com)

$50 at the door

See you there!

Independence Day Hours

Open from 9am-4pm today. Happy Fourth everyone, be safe and have fun!

HEY! We're turning 2 today!

If you're in town this holiday weekend, you should come by tonight and celebrate with us!

Mike Jones presentation at NERBC 2011 finals

US Barista Competition!

One of our baristas, Mike Jones, who placed 2nd in the Northeast Regional is vying for one of the 6 spots available in the semi-finals of the USBC. Watch it LIVE here - Mike is scheduled to compete today at 4:18 pm CST (that'd be 5:18 NYC time)

Watch live video from SCAA/USBC on Justin.tv

Video and chat also at http://www.usbaristachampionship.org/

Fresh, hot GRINDERS for sale!

We're talking sweet bean-crushing machines here.

 
First and foremost, the amazing NEW model from Baratza - the Virtuoso Preciso (but let's just call it the Preciso ok?)

Shown here with the included(!) portafiler holder.

It's "pricey" at $325 but it totally justifies the "you get what you pay for" saying in our opinion. Actually, we would argue you get quite a bit more than you pay for. Why is it so great?
    •    EVEN grinding of the coffee - the importance of this really cannot be overstated.
    •    RANGE - Here's where the value really comes into play. The Preciso is capable of grinding for ANY brew method, from Espresso all the way to Press Pots. For real.  FYI, a lot of consumer grade grinders say they can do this but almost none can.
    •    SPEED - it's the fastest "home" grinder we've ever seen. Very good when your significant other is still asleep as your grinding will be done before they realize it ; )

See the very detailed review of the Preciso from CoffeeGeek.com here

Weighing in at a more wallet friendly $145, the MaestroPlus is also an excellent choice for your home brewing needs. Forget about espresso with this guy though, it's not designed for that. IF however, all you need is a good, reliable grinder to make drip, any kind of Pour Over method (Chemex or Beehouse dripper etc) or Press Pot, then the MaestroPlus could be the right grinder for you.

MaestroPlus - currently on backorder : (

At the moment, they are on backorder with the manufacturer and the latest eta is a "couple of weeks".  Shoot us an email if you would like to be notified when this grinder becomes available.

NERBC 2011

We're bursting with love, respect, pride and total admiration for our Mr. Mike Jones who just competed in his very first Barista competition aaaand......

ROCKED A 2nd PLACE FINISH !!!!

Mike serves up his signature beverage.

We'd like to especially congratulate Park Brannen (3rd) and Phillip Search (1st) and our good friends Sam Penix, Wiggles Peters and Brandon Duff who rounded out the top 6!

The truth is, we're in awe of EVERYONE that competed and extremely thankful for all those people who work so incredibly hard to make it happen (looking at you Marcus Boni).

It was an amazing privilege to have the 2011 Northeast Regional Barista Competition right here in NYC this past weekend and the entire experience was simply incredible.

Rosettas for Relief - Japan Edition

Come on out this Thursday night for a good cause and a good time featuring special guest Judge Katsu Tanaka from Tokyo's Bear Pond Espresso!

Thursday, April 7th
Counter Culture Coffee NYC
37 West 26th Street, #400

New Photography Exhibit

Currently on display at the Rail is a series of landscapes from artist Carter McLean. Carter began taking photographs while on tour as a musician. His explorations have led to intimate bodies of work that examine the everyday.

Two of Carter's images were chosen as finalists in the 8th annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest.

You can see more of his work here.

Looking back, moving forward.

We hope you all had a great Holiday Season and an excellent 2010. Our year was very simply, amazing. We'd like to especially thank:

• Our incredible staff (JJB, Laura, Dan, Mike, Jason, RJ and David) for making Third Rail what it is.
• Our amazing and diverse cast of regular customers who make it easy to go to work each day. We feel really fortunate to serve you day in and day out.
• Our partners in coffee. Intelligentsia and Stumptown. You guys really rocked it this year with the coffees. I mean, REALLY rocked it.

We’re stoked for 2011…

Earthless

NYC's Top 10 of 0’10

The good folks over at TampTamp put out a call for a vote on NYC’s best coffee shops and the results are in: We’re humbled to have even been included among the coffee luminaries on this list.

Here's the bit about us.

Third Rail has had so many reviews this year, maybe they’d like a haiku from TampTamp.

Third Rail Coffee bar

You are so nice and tasty

Everyone loves you

If you can only visit one shop in NYC, this is the one in 2011.

Here’s a link to the original post on the TampTamp blog. 

 

Sprudge.com “gets it”

Almost fell out of my chair when I read this post by the ever-excellent folks at Sprudge.com, particularly this line;
“…but Third Rail feels New York in the very best way: bustling, unpretentious, classy…”

Read the whole post here:
http://sprudge.com/sprudge-nyc-crawl-tomorrows-parties.html

Such insightful and astute observations, beautifully written. We can’t tell you how much it means to us. Dreams DO come true.

Patti Smith