CUP is amazing for a nice weather morning walk. Diego and I were getting kicked out of our apartment by my husband and his cast because they were going to be rehearsing, so Diego and I decided that we would go on a walk and do our regular blog visit. D rode his two-wheeler and I ran after him trying to keep up.
We decided to visit CUP on the way to the playground. When we arrived it was way too crowded for a quick pick-up but we waited anyway. There were so many people in line that I asked the owner Briana if this was how it always was on Sundays. She said, “no,” and then informed me that one of the staff called in sick. Diego became impatient because the space was small and he was determined to get to the playground, so he yelled, “Cup is BORING!” I quickly got upset, got over it and grabbed whatever pastry looked yummy enough for D to devour.
As we ate our Walnut Cinnamon roll outside I taught D a thing or two about the word “boring.” He had recently lost gym time for using this word at school so I had already thought about how to explain how it was not a bad word but kind of rude. The coffee was mediocre, granted I ordered a regular coffee. However, the Walnut Cinnamon roll was awesome! Diego did not want to try it because he saw walnuts in it but in the end we fought over who had the last bite (he won). They had a small selection of pastries to choose from because they are a “quick-stop” type of place.
The place is super green, super small, and super cute with a table for art books, shelves of reading material (although there are no kid books so bring your own if you want to hang for longer than 1 minute with a child), window seats and a ton of sunlight. All in all, this is a great place read yourtoddler a book, swig your coffee, and then run to the nearest playground all before 9am!
We decided to visit CUP on the way to the playground. When we arrived it was way too crowded for a quick pick-up but we waited anyway. There were so many people in line that I asked the owner Briana if this was how it always was on Sundays. She said, “no,” and then informed me that one of the staff called in sick. Diego became impatient because the space was small and he was determined to get to the playground, so he yelled, “Cup is BORING!” I quickly got upset, got over it and grabbed whatever pastry looked yummy enough for D to devour.
As we ate our Walnut Cinnamon roll outside I taught D a thing or two about the word “boring.” He had recently lost gym time for using this word at school so I had already thought about how to explain how it was not a bad word but kind of rude. The coffee was mediocre, granted I ordered a regular coffee. However, the Walnut Cinnamon roll was awesome! Diego did not want to try it because he saw walnuts in it but in the end we fought over who had the last bite (he won). They had a small selection of pastries to choose from because they are a “quick-stop” type of place.
The place is super green, super small, and super cute with a table for art books, shelves of reading material (although there are no kid books so bring your own if you want to hang for longer than 1 minute with a child), window seats and a ton of sunlight. All in all, this is a great place read yourtoddler a book, swig your coffee, and then run to the nearest playground all before 9am!
CUP is located at 978 Lorimer Street Norman Ave. Brooklyn . One can arrive quickly by taking the G Train to Nassau Nassau
Pastries-4 Stars (but limited selection)
Coffee-2.5 Stars (I am going back to try the Espresso Drinks, apparently that is the rave amongst those waiting in line and outside and will adjust this as it changes.)
Service-Nice
Price-$$
