Ground Support Cafe

four blocks from canal street, ground support does what independent coffee shops do best: they actually give a damn. the barista pulls your shot with the kind of attention that makes you realize how mindless most coffee service has become. steam wand hisses. ceramic clinks against saucer. and suddenly you remember what coffee was supposed to taste like. the 4.3 rating from nearly a thousand google reviewers isn't charity work. it's earned every morning by people who know the difference between good coffee and good enough. regulars don't just come for caffeine. they come for the weight of a proper cup in their hands, for coffee that tastes like someone chose the beans instead of ordering them from a corporate catalog. west broadway gets its share of chains, but ground support holds the line. small batch roasting. manual attention to each cup. the kind of place where your cortado doesn't…