Ninth Street Espresso

Ninth Street Espresso Park Tower sits in the lobby of an Art Deco landmark at 109 East 56th, between Park and Lex in Midtown East. The shop is the smaller, quieter Midtown sibling to the original East 10th Street bar. Beans are Stumptown Hair Bender, the same dialed-in espresso program Ken Nye has run across all Ninth Street locations since 2001. The Park Tower bar serves the morning office crowd: built for fast, clean shots before the elevator ride. Pour-over is available but most orders are espresso through milk. On weekday mornings the room fills with Midtown commuters cutting up from the 6 train and office workers from the buildings nearby. Order a Hair Bender cortado if you came for the shot Ninth Street has been pulling for over two decades. Order an iced Americano if you want the morning order Park Tower regulars repeat each weekday.