Gracenote Coffee Boston

Gracenote sits on Lincoln Street in Boston's Leather District, a standing room espresso bar on the edge of Chinatown. Patrick Barter, a Maine native with a background in digital music and percussion, opened the program in 2012 with Alessandro Bellino. The shop is small by design, white brick and natural wood, the kind of room where the only thing to look at is the espresso machine. The Alpha blend is the house signature, dialed for balance over force. Single origins from Ethiopia, Colombia, and Kenya rotate through with a light touch. Mornings draw Leather District workers, Chinatown locals, and the financial crowd walking up from South Station. The pace is fast and the bar moves. Order an Alpha espresso if you came to taste the blend Boston roasters reference. Order a single origin filter if you want to see what Patrick does with a light roast on the right day.