Longtime Greenpoint resident Jimmy Collins opened Cadet Coffee earlier this month inside of local pub Idle Mind Tavern (623 Manhattan Ave.).
Collins is a producer and director by trade with a “serious passion” for exploring cafés and brewing beans. Cadet grew out of his “desire to bring world-class specialty coffee closer to home.”
A little over a year ago, Collins began looking for a small and cost-effective way to bring his idea to life. “Given…
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Hey Greenpointers, how about -once in a while- also including some useful & reasonably priced store openings, like the new housewares store just opened near the south-east corner of Greenpoint & Manhattan Avenues? You may not realize it in your rarified world, but there re are still Greenpointers out there who neither want nor can afford the likes of $90 meals at all too many of these new establishments in our neighborhood.