Ricotta Coffee

ricotta coffee does one thing consistently well: it makes you want to come back. that's not nothing, especially on albany avenue, where brooklyn's crown heights spills into flatbush and the neighborhood moves at its own pace, unhurried by the usual manhattan anxiety. the regulars here aren't casual about it. people who've found this place tend to stay found. there's a specificity to how a truly local shop earns that kind of loyalty, and it's rarely about novelty or a rotating concept, it's about getting the basics right, repeatedly, without slipping. 513 albany is that kind of address. if you're heading there on a weekday morning, don't rush it.