In response to the annual Fancy Food Show taking place July 8-10 at the Jacob Javits Center, Marlow and Sons buyer and fromager Tom Mylan, along with artisanal cheese expert Sasha Davies, will be staging the first ever New York Unfancy Food Show, to be held at the East River Bar in south Williamsburg this Sunday afternoon from 1 to 7 PM. For a $5 suggested donation, attendees will be able to sample a score......

How much thought do you give to the origins of your daily dose of java? Not the origin of the purchase (mega-chain vs. local joint), but the origin of the beans themselves. And not just country of origin, but the labor and trade practices of the growers and workers who got those beans to you, no matter where they end up. Many of us don't think about this, but the owners of Vox Pop, a......

Ugh. Gothamist had a long night last night. There was liquor. There were dancing girls. There might have been someone named Thomas (call me!!). Today there’s a headache, light sensitivity and dry-mouth to alarm the most devoted stoner. We need coffee and, while we’re loyal to our favorite haunts, we’re in no mood for innocuous conversation with our (rather handsome, incidentally) barista. We want a deep, almost bottomless vat of big, bold, black coffee consumed......

Gothamist is here at Joyce Bakeshop in Prospect Heights, where we’ve secretly replaced Scott Lindenbaum’s 12 oz. Fair Trade Gorilla Coffee with a cup of freshly brewed David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee Organic House Roast. For good measure, we’ve also selected one of each flavor cupcake from the Joyce Bakeshop glass case display, and a toasted hazelnut mini financier to accompany the hot beverage. What we found may surprise you. Yes, we said David Lynch......

Park Slope is filled with people who match the prime Starbucks demographic, and coffee shops abound here. It may well be the one New York neighborhood with the highest concentration of coffee houses—per capita at least. The trend has reached a high point with Patisserie Colson, which opened this week after a long delay blamed on the nefarious ConEd. All manner of coffee drinks, hot and cold, are available, made with a smooth, well-balanced Danesi......

The Starbucks price hike (11 cents on regular coffee, 50 cents on specialty drinks like Frapuccinos) is reverbating amongst consumers. The Post speaks to one unwitting victim of the Seattle juggernaut, who says, "It's a real shame. I already spend about $300 a month on coffee. And frankly, I don't even like Starbucks, but it's convenient." Damn, lady, Gothamist thinks coffee might be the least of your problems - that's about $10 a day on......

For the love wacky ways to get into the record books: Russians attempt to make the biggest cup of cappuccino for Russian record books. Reuters reports that "30 liters of water, 70 liters of milk and 7 kg of coffee" was used for that cup. Gothamist questoins: (1) If this cup were sold, would the proposed (but probably never to be passed) latte tax would be just 10 cents, or would the drink be charged......

The Renewable Brooklyn concert is this Saturday, 3-10PM at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Renewable Brooklyn's mission is to take "the immense creative talent, spirit and energy in New York City and focus it toward creating a more sustainable way of living. One that links health, home and industry in cooperation for the community as a whole. The goals are to promote intelligently designed, non-toxic, non-polluting practices that use renewable resources and inspire the people who......