While not as large as its 2nd Ave cousin, this branch of The Bean shares nearly every other characteristic of that shop, good and bad: fast wifi, lots of plugs, awful coffee & generic music. Read more.
Despite execrable coffee, corporate food, garish 80s decor and a dentist office Pandora station, we still like to work here due to a surfeit of tables, plushy seating areas & wifi. Iced tea is decent. Read more.
The only tea parlor we know of with wifi, Bosie has a few two tops w/ wing chairs in the back that are perfect for secluded work. There is also food, tea of course, and a huge array of sweets. Read more.
Although you must purchase something to use the wifi, something people on Yelp seem to have a problem with, there's a large, attractive downstairs space, pretty garden, plugs, good espresso.
A beautiful basement level spot w/ gorgeous design touches in Hamilton Heights, a coffee desert unrelieved by even a Starbucks. Counter Culture coffee, wifi, plugs, and a garden. Read more.
Huge, with IKEA-influenced blond wood interior design, this Inwood spot makes pretty good Blue Bottle espresso, Dallis Bros coffee, great baked goods, some breakfast items and has free wifi and plugs. Read more.
They use their space well here, so there are a good number of tables to work at, free wifi, some plugs, and fairly well prepared Counter Culture Coffee, just as at their bigger cousin, The Chipped Cup
A rare workspace in SoHo, populated by fashionistas & tourists--lots of work meetings happen here. There are plugs & sometimes wonky wifi at this Intelligentsia shop. Coffee quality varies. Great food Read more.
This architecturally stunning spot on the Columbia University campus has fast free wifi, courtesy of the college, real good sandwiches, quality baked goods and great coffee. Read more.
It can be difficult to get a seat near a plug upstairs, but the downstairs space offers many more. Wifi is strong, there's good food w/ a Nordic bent and a variety of coffee roasters on Clover. Read more.
Old timey Harlem shop, beautiful wood interior, offers Stumptown Coffee, beer & wine, and limited food. A fair number of plugs & wifi make it popular with students and laptop workers Read more.
The only decent coffee & the only good workspace in the area, along with free wifi and basic baked goods are provided to a mostly local Alphabet City crowd.
Although they eradicated their cozy front living room area, this Ottoman Empire-influenced East Village cafe cum wine bar is still popular enough that it's hard to get a seat. Wifi, some plugs, wine. Read more.
Although the wifi is a bit turgid, this is a relaxing place to work, and there are plugs, with one large communal table in a large, design-oriented space with good light. Pretty good Stumptown coffee. Read more.
One of the few specialty coffee shops in the area, R & R now serves Toby's Estate and lots of soulless food offerings of a style endemic to office districts everywhere. Read more.
It's sad in a way that this shop has wifi, because the way the seating is set up, it's more suited for hanging out with a friend. As it is, they do have wifi, but the 10 or so two-seaters fill up fast
Although their espresso is rough around the edges, Taszo is a large, bright shop in an underserved neighborhood, with a separate back area for computer users.
An NYU mainstay, where Foursquare was conceived, this Greenwich Village shop is Think's original branch. We appreciate the many seating areas, wifi, plugs, food & rotating pourover offerings. Read more.
A dark space with a Germanic tinge, the Chelsea/Meatpacking branch of Think offers lots of space, wifi and pourovers from different coffee roasters. Skip the 2nd Wave espresso. Read more.
The Intelligentsia espresso needs a little work, but from 11am-4pm, before it turns into a bar, there's free wifi and good snacks, pastries & savory food.
