Automatic espresso machines produce great espresso.
There is no insta-anything in Venice, unless you're ordering a very good espresso at a counter.
High-end oils, vinegars and artisanal pastas; an espresso bar; a butcher counter that sells Berkshire pork and wagyu beef; and an improved cheese counter are some of the new features.
Join the customers lounging in low-slung leather chairs as the pierced and tattooed staff members work the espresso machine behind the counter.
In a couple of weeks, the shop's seating area, with a coffee counter for espresso drinks, will be turned into a wine bar after 5 p.m.
James Monica, the owner, has installed a first-rate espresso machine at the counter of this pleasant corner shop, reminiscent of coffee bars throughout Italy, where customers pop in throughout the day for a shot of high-test espresso.
Mr. Bergdoll met with Mr. Horden in one of his cubes, a space so compact that the architect managed to make espresso on the kitchen counter without leaving his seat at the dining table.
The 12,000-square-foot space, once the Holbrook Post Office, has Italian frescoes, terra cotta urns and a scattering of marble-topped cafe tables in front of the espresso bar and pastry counter.
IF the Nuova Simonelli espresso machine on the counter at Present, an airy men's clothing store in East London, seems a little extra shiny, that's because it's a trophy: Gwilym Davies won it at last year's World Barista Championship.
When she's not pulling espresso shots behind the counter of some Carroll Gardens cafe, that 24-year-old barista with the tasteful nose pierce is probably holed up at home working on her latest graphic novel, an art form that's currently exploding, any enthusiast will tell you, and nowhere more than in New York.
