Oh, Caffe Benne – you had potential. Let’s be real: We’re not completely  sad to see you go. See, Astoria’s becoming a home for more coffee shops than we can count: there’s a new cafe popping up every other week. Some of them are great. Some of them not so much. But there’s one tiny reason we’re a bit happy that you’re now up for sale: We don’t really need anymore franchised shops.

 

Our mom and pop shops do a great job of making us coffee. We even love the chefs that open up their passion projects in the neighborhood. Heck – give us a local owned cafe and we’ll be in there in a heartbeat. But there’s something about a franchised coffee shop masquerading as an intimate cafe that didn’t sit right with us.

 

 

 

We want to hear your opinions! Maybe we’re being too harsh. What do you think of Caffe Benne being up for sale? The Ditmars spot located at 31-30 Ditmars opened just last October, and is already up for sale for $400,000.