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Coffee houses have long played an
important role in New York culture. Coffee drinking first
reached North America in 1668 and the first coffee house opened
in New York City is believed to be "The Tontine Coffee House" opened
in 1792. It was the original location for the New York Stock Exchange, because
so much business was conducted there. When the American colonies revolted
against high taxes in 1773 the "Boston Tea Party" changed the drinking
habits and coffee became the favorite beverage of choice.
One of the oldest coffee
businesses In New York was started by Wright Gillies in 1843. Starting
from a clerkship in a tea store he soon branched out on his own opening
his own store and installing a horse powered coffee roaster. In the early
1900's the business fell on hard times and was taken over by the Schoenholt
family who still owns and operates Gillies Coffee today.
McNulty's Tea and Coffee
company has been located in the heart of Greewich Village since 1895.
ChockFull o" Nuts opened up it's first coffee shop in 1932 selling a cup
of coffee and a sandwich for a nickel. Now there are too many coffee
houses in New York City to count. The most famous of coarse being Starbucks.
There is so much history and far too
many coffee houses to list them all so, here is a link to
a listing of NY City coffee houses Coffee Houses to check
out.
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