Topos Too

This is one of my favorite places in Ridgewood. Prefer this second location over the original one. What makes this one stand out is that it's not a place to plug in your laptop and forget everyone. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's not for Topos Too. I think Topos Too is trying to get it's customers to appreciate community, focus on books and the art of the printed word. It's a place to unplug for a while. The way everything is going, this might be a good thing. The little "No Zoom Meetings" signs always amuses me. Again, there's nothing with holding Zoom or Google MeetUps in a cafe, but not everyone appreciates them. Topos Too carefully curates their selection of books. Personally, I wish they could expand just a little on their graphic novel and design selection. Just a little. I could always walk to the original location, where they do have a larger used selection - but my preference is Topos Too. Most of all, I appreciate that both Topos one and two shows us that print is not dead.

Went there for the first time today. I practically work next door. I got me an Americano with some almond milk. Really good coffee.I think I found my to go to for my coffee.The place looks great as soon as you come in the vibe is calm and soothing. Barista was great too!❤️

This place is a bit bizarre. Their coffee quality is very good, and I really love the bookstore integration— but I think it’s really wild that they don’t offer Wi-Fi or don’t really welcome people to sit and work from. I completely understand that it’s their business and their prerogative, but just kind of weird for like a coffee shop bookstore combination… I also hate to say this, but their service is kinda awful— the baristas are usually quite cold and act like they’re bothered for making a coffee. On a recent visit, I asked for a regular latte and they made iced (granted I didn’t necessarily say I wanted a hot latte specifically but I didn’t say iced either, they just assumed), and when I got it, I said oh actually I wanted hot not iced and they acted like I was inconveniencing their entire day. Quite frankly it’s on me for not specifying but LOW KEY this is why I think tips should be something that’s asked at the very end of service bc there’s no reason to be rude to a plain ‘ol customer over a false assumption. Their events are interesting and I’ve attended a couple, but not really a place I feel compelled to visit at all. 🤷‍♂️

I love this place. The options. The books. The conversations with the workers. Everything is phenomenal. Came here for a public reading event and don’t regret it at all. Wine. Coffee. Books. Spices. Shirts. Everything was great. Will be back soon.

The second location of the lauded Topos bookstore + cafe, has a long bar with plenty of seating as well as a nice cozy nook with tables in the back.

Love the ambiance and events, lots of rad and queer books. 📚 no wifi

Chai latte was so sweet, it was almost unbreakable but the place is cute.

The coffee was so bad, I took one sip and had to throw it out. It tasted like syrup - I’m not sure what they’re doing in there or how they’re cleaning their equipment, but it was the grossest thing I’ve ever drank in my life. Update. This place is so gross, I literally threw up ten minutes later, after just one sip. I’m happy to upload a picture.