Greenstreet Coffee Roastery

a slow saturday morning in south philly is a good reason to end up on alter street. greenstreet coffee roastery sits at 1919, and if you're the kind of person who takes roasting seriously, the address alone starts to make sense before you've even walked in. this is a roastery first, which means the coffee you're drinking has a shorter, more deliberate trip from green bean to cup than most places in the city can claim. the regulars here aren't casual about it, and the standing greenstreet has built in the neighborhood reflects years of consistency, not novelty. you don't have to be deep into coffee to appreciate what's happening, but it helps to slow down enough to notice. a weekday morning cortado before the neighborhood fully wakes up is a decent place to start.