Ground Floor Coffee

you're on merrills wharf, which means you're already somewhere most people don't end up by accident. new bedford's waterfront has a working quality to it, less polished than a tourist strip, and ground floor coffee fits that without making a thing of it. they roast here, which matters because the coffee you're drinking didn't arrive in a generic bag from somewhere distant and vague. for a city with this much history tied to the sea and the docks, having a roastery anchored at 61 merrills wharf feels right in a way that's hard to explain but easy to accept. locals know it. you'll figure out why quickly. start with whatever's on the bar that morning.