Sweetleaf Is Opening a Roastery-Cafe in a Greenpoint Warehouse

January 6, 2015 By Daniel Maurer

(Photo courtesy of Sweetleaf)

Williamsburg just got a roastery-cafe specializing in Colombian beans, and now Greenpoint is getting one.

Sweetleaf is opening the dual operation off of Manhattan Avenue, and its owner, New York native Rich Nieto, says this one won’t be like some of the national and international operations that have landed in Brooklyn lately. “I think it’ll probably have more of a local feel,” he says of his roastery-cafe. “I don’t get a local feel from companies that have to cross the ocean to get here and then they open up and then say, ‘We’re your local coffee shop.'”
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Where to Chill Like a Williamsburg Internet Mogul, Per the Google Killers at Karta

August 13, 2013 By Kelly McClure

A sneak peek at Karta.

It’s hard to keep track of everything this city has to offer and it’s hard to effectively brag about all the cool places you go if no one (not even you) knows where those places are. That’s why two Williamsburg residents – Samia Saleem and Dana Steffe – invented Karta, a shareable mapping system that allows users to make and trade maps of all their favorite spots.
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Tags: Bars + Restaurants, blue collar, cafe variety, cafes, coffee shops, dana steffe, gimme! coffee, google maps, internet access, internet garage, karta, modca cafe, oslo coffee roasters, samia saleem, south 4th bar & cafe, sweetleaf, toby's estate coffee, verb cafe, wifi, Williamsburg, workspaces