EDC: Small coffee shops outnumber chains in NYC
Photo credit: Getty Images | A customer enters a Starbucks in Manhattan. The Seattle-based coffee chain said Jan. 24, 2013, that its profit rose 13 percent in the latest quarter in line with Wall Street expectation. (April 12, 2000)
New York's mom-and-pop coffee shops are giving Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts a run for their java dominance, a new report shows.
The Economic Development Corporation found that 52 percent of the city's coffee and tea shops, or 893 locations, are not part of any major chains -- and the small shops continue to percolate around town.
EDC spokesman Patrick Muncie said New Yorkers and visitors...
