The Pier 69 Market Blog
Stories, guides, and musings from your neighborhood cafe on the Bay Ridge waterfront
Local Guide
The breakfast sandwich is the most democratic food in Brooklyn. Everyone has an opinion, and in Bay Ridge the conversation starts at the waterfront.
Food
A good acai bowl sounds simple until you try to find one made right. In Bay Ridge, your options are more limited than you might expect.
Food
A double smash patty, American cheese, special sauce, and a brioche bun. This is not a complicated burger. That is exactly the point.
Coffee
Cortado, flat white, cappuccino, latte. They all start with espresso and milk. But the ratios change everything.
Local Guide
Every great morning in Bay Ridge starts the same way: good coffee, something warm on the plate, and a view of the water if you can get it.
Neighborhood
Twenty-seven acres of green space, the best skyline view in Brooklyn, and a La Colombe cortado waiting at the bottom of the hill.
Coffee
One is brewed hot and cooled down. The other never touches heat at all. The difference matters more than you think.
Coffee
A Philadelphia roaster that sources from 30 countries, roasts in small batches, and shows up in Bay Ridge at a waterfront cafe. Here is why it matters.
Neighborhood
Coffee at Pier 69, a walk through Owl's Head Park, the NYC Ferry to Manhattan, and dinner back in the neighborhood. The perfect Brooklyn day, planned start to finish.
Food
The smash burger trend is not a trend. It is a return to how the best burgers have always been made. Here is the science, the history, and where the Pier 69 Burger fits in.
Tea
Not everyone is a coffee person. Pier 69 Market serves Rishi Tea, one of the most respected organic tea brands in the country. Here is what to order.
La Colombe espresso, Rishi tea, fresh breakfast, and the Pier 69 Burger. All at 10 Bay Ridge Ave.
