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Westside Coffee Shop II
Categories: Restaurants Food Coffee & Tea Restaurants, Coffee & Tea [Edit]
323 Church StNew York, NY 10013
Neighborhood: TriBeCa
(212) 334-0185
- Nearest Transit:
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Canal St (A, C, E)
Canal St (N, R)
Franklin St (1, 2)
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
About This Business:
Warm, friendly, and comfortable neighborhood coffee shop. Stumptown coffee. Fresh pastries from neighborhood bakers (including gluten-free and vegan… read more »
12 reviews for Westside Coffee Shop II
12 reviews in English
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Review from h s.
Manhattan, NY
1/4/2012
Great food with massive portions for reasonable prices
great rice and beans and huevos rancheros.
staff is always the sweetest ! -
Review from Taiyo O.
6/28/2011 3 photos
I couldn't say "Yay! I'm a fan" but I hardy have a chance or even thought of getting Dominican Caribbean foods. I don't really know much but I do like to eat when I am craving for something heavy. It's too bad less and less of those Caribbean Spanish restaurants have been disappearing from the city so as Spanish family sitting on their stoops and just hang around in Summer. I always thought that's very New York thing.
Two people portion size Monday special, Beef Oxtail Stew ($11), got my attention. I chose tasty=salty black beans over brown(?) and flavorful Orange-yellow rice had vivid color.
Many Yelper's favorite, Roasted Pork, was my choice initially. These days, I knew that it has been my downfall asking what to have to waiter but I did it again! Turned out, it was a good choice this time! Nice lady behind the counter responded well with my request of having Roast Pork on side (I wanted to taste of my Yelper"s fave.). I expected to pay extra but she didn't charge but giving me a smile.
"once you are in there you realize that it is just a whole bunch of locals kicking it and eating BOMB ass food" I thought this description was well said of their foods and restaurant.
If I am walking on Canal St. heading to Chinatown, I will definitely drop by and try other things like Café con leche or if I want quick but filling breakfast instead of Dim Sum, I get Mangu or if I am super hungry, I sit down with my friend and share Huevos Rancheros since I know their portion is huge.
Unfortunately this type of A true NY delight! spot is fading every day. I want to get as I can......so I though.....but I am not sure it's good for my cholesterol (?). -
Review from Amy P.
Brooklyn, NY
7/19/2011 1 Check-in Here
Every time I come to this neighborhood I give thanks that gentrification hasn't swallowed up this amazing place in TriBeCa. Years ago, when I worked in the neighborhood, I came here so often that I got phone calls at the cash register. This is as old school as it gets, complete with the outrageously loud salsa jukebox in the back. Bean burritos are stupendous, and, dare I say it...? They make the best homemade hot sauce I've ever had. Seriously, it's drinkable. And the cafe con leche is equally awesome. Add in a great crowd and sweet staff, and the dining experience is right on. Westside Diner, may you live forever!
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Review from James H.
Brooklyn, NY
2/4/2011
One of the beat meals for under 10 bucks I've ever had.
I got the roast pork with rice and beans.
The rice was perfect. Light and fluffy, with a hint of saffron.
The beans were simple, with onion and garlic, and couldn't have been better.
The pork was roasted exactly how I like it. Think the texture of pulled pork with the lighter, less smoky flavor. Topped with a perfectly sized slab of crunchy skin.
Some say it's a gut bomb. I say, don't be a pussy. -
Review from Martha J.
Brooklyn, NY
7/31/2009
I love Westside for 2 things: their tasty, cheap rice & beans, and their massive breakfast sandwiches. The sausage, egg and cheese sandwich comes with a sausage link sliced in half and grilled, not a round patty like most sandwiches. It'll fill you up and probably let you skip lunch.
To anyone who complains about the burritos or other Mexican items - look around you when you enter Westside. What is everyone else eating? Some kind of stew, with a giant pile of rice and beans on the side. That's what you should get. This place is Dominican, not Mexican. (On a side rant, I think this is the source of the misconception that there's no good Mexican in NYC. There is, just not if you're looking for it at Dominican restaurants.)
As other reviewers have mentioned, it's best to consider the rice & beans as 2 meals, rather than trying to eat them all in one sitting. Their hot sauce is quite hot, use it sparingly. -
Review from Colin N.
New York, NY
2/19/2009
Stomach Bomb. That's the name for this place at my office. In packs of 4 or 5, we go down to stomach bomb to get pork with rice and beans, cheese + cheese + cheese + bean enchiladas, 2 eggs over rice and beans. Those are our staples. You get enough food to go into a food coma.
My advice: eat your food in two sittings. If you don't, your stomach will be bombed. Get it?Listed in: Downtown Office Lunch Rotation
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Review from Adam R.
9/17/2008
In the running for the greasiest burrito in New York. And for the record, that's not a compliment. Grease is good in theory. But too much kills a dish. And the food at Westside has waaaay too much.
Plus the chicken burrito quickly devolved into a place of Mexican mush. The "hot sauce" they gave me was jerk style, and was pretty awful. Plus all the chicken in the burrito had bones in it, and a fair amount of gristle and fat. Ew.
The only reason they get two stars is the neighborhood is pretty void of cheap dinner options. If based on food alone, this is a one star place and to be avoided whenever possible.
Yuck. -
Review from Hens B.
New York, NY
7/14/2009
Doesn't look like much on the outside, but for the best Huevos Rancheros in the city, this is the place to go. Fried eggs over black beans and tortilla, with yellow rice and white toast on the side, plus the hottest hot sauce in town. I don't know about their other offerings, it's mostly Latin fare and it looks good, but they have perfected the humble huevos and for that alone they deserve 4 stars.
The place is a bit grimy and its bathrooms are quite popular with the Canal Street street vendors, but the service is quick and the prices are just right. -
Review from Julie K.
Hollywood, CA
4/3/2009
I like my Spanish food sloppy and unidentifiable. Seriously. I often wonder what this place looks like on the inside and hope it looks nothing like what they deliver in those glorious take-out tins...um, messy and uh, unidentifiable.
I order delivery about once a week from Westside. Again, seriously. I get 2 meals out of a $11 (including tax and tip) check. TIP: order the rice and beans on the side for an extra $2 and you'll get twice as much as the order calls for, warranting yet another vegetarian friendly lunch. Seriously.
Now, I consider myself a connoisseur of Mexican, having transplanted from the southwest and all, and this is no top shelf Mexican. It's not suppose to be. It's ghetto fabulous! The chicken is juicy delectible meat, (not the frozen processed from a 100lb bag) laden with bones sometimes. bones = real. All this is served in a mish mash, stuffed to the gills sized portion! You'll be in belly bloat bliss. So serious.
I suggest you order:
Combo #4- 1 Nacho, 1 Enchilada w/ rice & beans & salad for $8.50
Grilled Chicken with peppers and onions & rice & beans for $9.50
Pork chops w/ rice & beans for $9.75 - a perfect combo of crispy and salty.
Beef Burger w/ cheese for a whopping $4.00! (larger than life real beef patty on a kaiser roll. Delic!)
Update: going through Westside withdrawals. The office has unofficially been blacklisted since the deliver guy was stuck in our building elevator for an hour and a half. We're going to wait a couple months for the dust to settle and pray for bodily fluid-free food.
Seriously.Listed in: Mexicana-hana
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Review from Eric L.
Los Angeles, CA
9/5/2011
If you love Spanish food, this is the best bang for your buck right here. Massive portions, reasonable prices, and a friendly staff to go along with it. The pork and ox tail are both in. sane.
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Review from Larry H.
NY
5/28/2007
Killer enchiladas. Dominican-style pork butts! Huge platters of steaming food! Simple fare, but well executed and plenty of it. Very loud, homey atmosphere. The chicken and the pork are big sellers here. Everything comes with rice and beans. I stop by here every time I have to go to Pearl Paint. The TV is always on, and they have a cash machine. It's very easy to miss this place because on the outside it looks like an ordinary coffee shop.
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Review from li c.
Elmhurst, NY
11/28/2010
easy place to go for brunch. like coffee con leche~~~
