Gothamist: Alt-Coffee-Delete

spiritross

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:33:56 -0500

A sad sad loss to the east village Regardless of what you carpetbagging scum that are scared to play in your school clothes lest they get dirty think Alt was a great place to hang out meet friends randomly and relax, not have to worry about being hassled about loitering, and always listen to good music

squeakyshoes

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:43:43 -0500

ok. so i don't need my ass kissed to be served coffee. but the place was gross. the one and only time i went there i was more afraid of bedbugs from the chairs/couches which weren't really comfortable. and everything seemed dim and dirty like nothing had been cleaned ever. like grandmas attic but not.

tev

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:24:33 -0500

ha-f*cking-ha carolita, brilliant observation.

carolitajohnson

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:10:44 -0500

I like places that "don't actually want" your damn business. Owners should pick and choose their clients as they please in order to create the personality of their place, is how I feel. Some consumers in this city (maybe the kind that will be frequenting "Hopscotch") seem to think they should have their asses kissed willingly by anyone working in any place where they can spend their superfluous money! It's people like that, that Alt was trying to weed out. Anyway, anyone notice this line? "The first furniture he installed came from Dumpsters," Ooh, Dumpsters? Where is this wonderful furniture store?

Maxwell

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:04:52 -0500

Fuck that place. They don't let you plug in your laptop. The art is pretentious and trendy circa 1999. The service sucks. The coffee sucks. Worst of all, they've got all these signs around the place detailing the myriad small infractions that will make them not serve you. It's like they actively don't want your business. I went once or twice, but never again.

Maxwell

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:59:37 -0500

DaveH

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:00:17 -0500

Thanks Patrick; the mistake about the closing status has been duly noted. Good luck with the changeover.

Patrick A. Reed

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:11:51 -0500

Actually, Alt is gonna be open for another week (or so) before we close for the renovation / transformation. And worry not... Once we re-open as "Hopscotch", we'll still have computers to use, wi-fi for the laptop enabled, and awesome coffee. Some things don't change.

AltDump

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:06:10 -0500

I have only been there long ago, but that place was a dump. I can understand some things of character, but it literally was dirty, the cough was pretty much crap, ripped, not comfortable, smelly -- yea -- this is the kind of place i want to spend a few hours with friends drinking coffee -- NOPE. Also they used to not let you plug in your laptops (I don't think I ever brought mine there but I heard this) because they didn't want you to stay, or they wanted you to pay for their computers. Ultra silly -- not sure if they still have that policy. I can understand avoiding having freeloaders there, but a simple sign, or simply walking over and asking someone to buy more coffee would work.