Fodor's Expert Review Plowshares Coffee Roasters

Plowshares has come a long way (albeit just a short distance) from its days as an emerging coffee wholesaler in Hillburn, New York, roughly 30 miles from Harlem. In 2014, it ventured onto the Upper West Side's coffeehouse scene with a small flagship café; in 2019, it opened this bright, state-of-the-art, 3,000-square-foot roasting facility and coffee shop, with plenty of seating for sipping lattes, e-mailing co-workers, or watching the team roast coffee on the fire engine–red, 1940s Probat roaster.