Booze With A Buzz: Bluestone Lane is Serving Coffee Cocktails in DUMBO
Third wave coffee bars are no longer the ultimate symbol of status, signaling the inevitable trajectory of upwardly mobile neighborhoods. Nowadays, any district worth its soaring rent increases must house an ostensibly Australian café as well, offering wheat free muffins and cappuccinos alongside avocado smashes and flat whites.
So it only stands to reason that DUMBO—perennially the poshest, and home to the most expensive real-estate of all Brooklyn precincts—should boast a branch of the most elite Aussie brand of all, Bluestone Lane; which crouches comfortably at the base of 100-million dollar “tech hub” transformation of the Jehovah’s Witness Watchtower compound. And until other food and drink-focused tenants fill in around it (Untamed Sandwiches, Dig Inn, Taco DUMBO and Glaze Teriyaki are still unrealized shells), Bluestone is tasked with single-handedly sustaining the denizens of WeWork and Etsy, whose global headquarters are situated directly across the street.
It’s an especially effective delivery system for a one-two punch of caffeine and alcohol—which means that tech workers should watch their step when navigating DUMBO’s shabby chic cobblestone streets.
55 Prospect St., DUMBO
All photos by Liz Clayman