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Open for Business: Leaf & Bean 2.0, 176 Lincoln Place
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 10:44AM 
The second incarnation of Leaf and Bean has officially opened its doors to the neighborhood.
The quaint coffee and tea shop, which closed back in January on Seventh between Union and Berkeley after 40 years in business, reopened a couple weeks ago on Lincoln Place, just east of Seventh, in the space last occupied by Fashion East.
Owners Karen Hue and Vikki Cook are back, and have been slowly completing construction in the space, which should be ready for a September Grand Opening just in time for their busy season.
It wasn't easy finding a new location, according to Hue. "We were looking at the space next to the Chair-Man on Fifth, but that fell through," she said. "This is much smaller than the original, but we'll be offering the same merchandise, and I don't think we were closed long enough to be forgotten about!"
Many varieties of loose-leaf tea and whole-bean coffee are available along with the necessary tools for brewing them, and soon they'll begin to offer fresh-brewed tea and coffee as well as cookies, chocolates, and macarons.
It'll take some time to bring the shop back to the level of charm that the previous one had, but it's certainly nice to see that, as promised, Leaf & Bean is back in business.
Leaf & Bean, 176 Lincoln Place Brooklyn NY 11217. Phone: 718-638-5791.
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Reader Comments (5)
YAY!!
Wait but the owner of Naidres said that only chain stores are opening in Park Slope and taking over like some kind of plague. This story must be false.
I hope they take insurance.
I don't think we should confuse "charm" with a sheer lack of attention to cleanliness and a glaring need for some renovations. The old place had good tea. It didn't have much in the way of charm.
Thank goodness they're back! Gracious charm is precisely what Leaf and Bean had and will continue to have! A sense of neighborhood is restored...