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National Coffee Day
September 24, 2017
** Calendar Listing for Friday, September 29 **
Grand Central Terminal will be Abuzz on National Coffee Day
with the First-Ever “Grand Central Café” Event
The event will offer $1 coffee, music, coffee flights and more.
WHAT:
Grand Central Terminal is transforming Vanderbilt Hall into a European-style café plaza to celebrate National Coffee Day. Visitors can get their caffeine fix with $1 regular cups of coffee from the vendors that have made Grand Central such a major coffee destination for New Yorkers: Café Grumpy, Financier Patisserie, Brownsville Roasters from Great Northern Food Hall, Irving Farm Coffee Roasters, Joe Coffee, Oren’s Daily Roast, Shake Shack, and Zaro’s Family Bakery.
Visitors can also purchase a $5 flight of Grand Central coffee featuring a 4oz sample from each participating vendor. Participating vendors will donate all coffee flight proceeds to Coffee Kids, a nonprofit organization that partners with global communities to empower young coffee farmers and improve their livelihoods.
Contributing to the coffeehouse atmosphere will be a reading lounge with library-inspired diversions and reading glasses from Warby Parker and flowers for sale from Dahlia. The event will also feature a variety of musical acts from Music Under New York, coffee talks, latte art demonstrations and more.
WHEN:
Friday, September 29, 2017
7am – 2pm
WHERE:
Grand Central Terminal, Vanderbilt Hall
89 E. 42 St.
New York, NY 10017
Media Contact:
For more information, images, or to schedule on-site coverage, please contact Catherine Lincoln
