Gregorys Coffee

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  • They’re not meticulous with anything. Also another thing, I’d say some of his seasonal drinks are the best tasting ones, but keep in mind again. Depending on who makes your drink & you’ll get a good tasting one or a really bad one that you’ll have to end up throwing out

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  • It's inconsistent. No one is trained properly. The machines are not maintained in any of the shops I've visited. Half the managers can't even steam milk properly

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  • The ones I’ve been to at least have really good coffee, meaning smooth, rich and flavorful with no bitterness. The pastries are really good, freshly made and large.

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  • They sell expired products and don’t care (I worked there I had to fight with management and team members to let me throw away expired things), overpriced, are rat and roach infested, and haven’t been paying their rents across almost all locations so the baristas walk in to eviction threats…

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  • For me, Gregory’s is the worst I’ve ever tasted, far below Dunkin’ or Starbucks, which sit right on the two sides of my “not acceptable”/“just acceptable” line.

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  • replying to u/some1105: I don’t know much about the whole “wave” coffee thing being discussed, but I recognize that coffee shop coffee quality exists along a spectrum (some of which is total personal preference). For me, Gregory’s is the worst I’ve ever tasted, far below Dunkin’ or Starbucks, which sit right on the two sides of my “not acceptable”/“just acceptable” line. I’d rather drink street cart coffee.

    Their coffee tastes like burnt ass and it’s always so unbelievably hot. There are much better places in NYC than Gregory’s

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  • Is it a chain - yes. Is it great no , but certain locations of Gregory’s, at least as of 5 years ago had varietals and single origin beans and served you an aero press cup

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  • replying to u/Erloren: Try it for yourself. I personally had no heard about them and there was one close by when I decided to pop in to grab a coffee. Their coffee tasted like Dunkin’ Donuts coffee. Not to hate on Dunkin’ at least Dublin is targeting cheaper price points. Gregory prices their coffee like a boutique coffee shop while serving dog water quality of coffee.

    I genuinely think it’s worse than dunkin - my latte was actively foul to the point I thought the milk was spoiled

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  • replying to u/starongie: That’s hilarious because I quite like their fall out boy drink - at half sweet. The other drinks aren’t anything special. I usually have to get all my coffee half sweet for it to be worth it, though.

    I love their fall oat boy with no cinnamon. It's also the only thing I ever get from them 😅

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  • replying to u/verndogz: Gregory's Coffee

    It’s like the person who created this said I’m going to create a much more bland version of Starbucks with zero of the history. Literally copy and paste Starbucks after it became a shitty brand

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  • replying to u/some1105: I don’t know much about the whole “wave” coffee thing being discussed, but I recognize that coffee shop coffee quality exists along a spectrum (some of which is total personal preference). For me, Gregory’s is the worst I’ve ever tasted, far below Dunkin’ or Starbucks, which sit right on the two sides of my “not acceptable”/“just acceptable” line. I’d rather drink street cart coffee.

    For espresso drinks / lattes Gregory's base (Gregory roasted beans) is above and beyond starbucks or dunkin.

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  • replying to u/starongie: That’s hilarious because I quite like their fall out boy drink - at half sweet. The other drinks aren’t anything special. I usually have to get all my coffee half sweet for it to be worth it, though.

    I got the fall oat boy half sweet and I loved it!

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  • replying to u/thansal: Day 4 lunch: If you can swing it, I'd make that a 2 parter. Start at Katz's so he can get a pastrami sandwich (you can eat some fries or a knish and pickles, they're good pickles), but then go over to Russ and Daughters for <fish> on bagels. If you really have the time you could do Russ and Daughters cafe and sit down to a spread of stuff w/ bread and other good things, or just get a sandwich to go. You'll get a pretty good range of the NY Jewish(ish) foods, and you can have a real meal instead of whatever you can scrounge at Katz's (while you could get a lox bagel at Katz's I'd urge you to head to Russ and Daughters instead). For day 2 lunch, Pastrami Queen is right there, and you could try killing him with nitrates (Pastrami Queen is one of the classic "Don't go to Katz's, go here" options, I've never been tbh). JG Melon isn't too far away either, a very classic NY pub, it used to be argued as one of the best burgers in NY, but most people feel it fell off a while back. They do cottage fries, so that's fun.

    Gregory's is just NYC Starbucks, same for Blank St, fine if you want a flavored coffee drink, but maybe not the companies to support.

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  • replying to u/Cosmicfeline_: I’m sorry but their food is all horrible? I’m thinking you like them because you’re vegan and have very few options.

    Their vegan deluxe sandwich is actually amazing tbh.

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  • replying to u/Buffyismyhomosapien: The one by court street is so good!! What in the world? Worse than dunkins?!

    The one in Brooklyn heights off court street is great. The coffee is good, although I’m not super picky and the employees are really nice

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  • replying to u/anthonystank: I’m finding these comments wild bc where I live there’s Dunkin, Starbucks, and Gregory’s and the coffee at Gregory’s is markedly better than either of the others. Maybe we just have a good location?

    I also really like Gregory's flat white in our location in CT.

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  • There are some really well-run Gregory's that always serve great coffee, and some that are downright nasty- both coffee AND workers.

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  • replying to u/SeparateResponse147: Yes! It’s like the person who created this said I’m going to create a much more bland version of Starbucks with zero of the history. Literally copy and paste Starbucks after it became a shitty brand

    Ok but also the coffee is much much worse

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  • I got a matcha from a place called Gregory’s Coffee in Times Square thinking I would get some quality matcha but it was greyish and grainy!

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