Black Swan Espresso - Specialty Coffee and Tea

you're on halsey street in newark, which means you're closer to the real fabric of this city than most visitors ever get. black swan espresso at 93 halsey sits in a part of newark that doesn't apologize for itself, and neither does the coffee. this is a specialty roaster taking espresso seriously, not as a concept but as a daily practice, and the people who come back here regularly are not doing so out of habit alone. you get the sense that standards matter, that the beans and the pull both get attention. newark has always had more going on than outsiders credit it for, and a place like this fits that reality. start with the espresso, straight.