Y J Coffee Shop

the coffee here leans into simplicity in the best possible way, which is why whatever you order tends to arrive feeling considered rather than rushed. y j coffee shop sits on astoria boulevard south, a stretch of queens that moves at its own pace, far enough from the tourist circuits that the people walking through the door are mostly there because they actually want to be. you won't find a lot of noise about the place, and that's kind of the point. astoria has quietly become one of the more interesting coffee neighborhoods in the outer boroughs, and spots like this one are a big reason for that. come for the morning, stay longer than you planned. the coffee on a slow weekday here is a genuinely good reason to get off the n or w.