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Book Trader Cafe

Café, Sandwich Spot, and Bookstore$$$$

Downtown New Haven, New Haven

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Book Trader Cafe

8.1^/10

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"Great used books."(5 Tips)
"Check out the great book selection while you're at it!"(2 Tips)
"Try the green mint iced tea, so good!"(2 Tips)
"outdoor seating space."(2 Tips)

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Tristan BlakemanJanuary 1, 2013
nice atmosphere - GOOD coffee - really well-priced books - shame you get 'tude from the baristas. Also, close to the theatres downtown, so good for a fast bite before curtain.
MikaJanuary 17, 2017
Maybe best coffee in New Haven. Delicious pun-ny sandwiches. Half used book store, half cafe. They have a beautiful glass greenhouse wall that leads to an outdoor seating space. Great for studying
Dave RichardOctober 13, 2015
A Tale of Two Turkeys!!! Excellent brownies and desserts as well. Check out the great book selection while you're at it!
Charlotte MurphyDecember 8, 2016
Great place to eat/sip in or take out. Good pastry, too. Always accommodating, and there are all those great used book as great prices.
Kostas PelechrinisNovember 9, 2016
Came here while visiting Yale. Great idea for coffee shop (i.e. Combined with a used books store) I wish there was one like that back in Pittsburgh.
Christian E.August 1, 2015
Smoothies aren't your typical smoothies. They use an iced green tea base so they're thinner than you'd expect.
Lauren AlexaSeptember 29, 2016
Great coffee and a decent book selection! It definitely has an old school feel.
Harley TrungSeptember 5, 2014
Half sandwich half soup is great: BLT sandwich + Chipotle chilli bean soup
Jon AlfieldMay 3, 2010
Been here 100+ times
1/2 sandwich + soup = best quick lunch spot in NH (love that they're just across the street, too). Can't go wrong with the Tempesto or the BLT!
Zack BeattySeptember 30, 2011
The place almost always smells like smoked bacon! Even if you eat bacon, do you want your quiet bookstore/study cafe to have this hanging aroma of it? <vomit>
Harley TrungSeptember 5, 2014
Wifi pwd: open sesame
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Mathilde PiardNovember 7, 2010
Vonnegut's Veggies = best sandwich ever. Roasted veggies & red peppers and caramelized onions smothered in melted brie.
Mike JurgensenOctober 2, 2011
Quite possibly the best cup of coffee I have had in New Haven.
Rizwan ParvezNovember 23, 2010
Been here 5+ times
Carnivore? Try the Jane Rare, it's delicious! (and STAY AWESOME!)
Mat CollisOctober 25, 2016
Really cool little spot
Lars LarslarsAugust 27, 2012
I haven't been in ages, but knowing it smells like bacon I'm probably going to visit more often now.
Jessica BentleyNovember 11, 2011
Try the green mint iced tea, so good!
La WangJanuary 14, 2012
Great atmosphere, but smoothies are watery and fake tasting
Jake PMay 1, 2013
Great place to get work done.
Jay LeeOctober 31, 2014
many used books!
John ShannonJuly 19, 2011
Great atmosphere and cheap books!
Paul SingerAugust 10, 2014
Outdoor seating
Natalia CastillejoMarch 22, 2014
Min $5 for debit card
Rizwan ParvezFebruary 8, 2011
Been here 5+ times
Try the soups, they're always good!
Dionne ANovember 4, 2011
Definite attitude from the emps...wth? You want me to spend money, right?...
Rafael GallegosNovember 23, 2009
Been here 5+ times
Great used books. Attitude from baristas?
Sarah GroverNovember 16, 2012
no plugs. boo.

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