Comments on: Is Muddy Cup The New Starbucks?

By: Reclaimed Home: Green Low Impact Housing Renovation of New York, Brooklyn, New Jersey

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:24:44 +0000

[…] know Muddy Cup, right? I know you upstaters do. Well, a new wine bar opened up in Beacon and it turns out the […]

By: RH

RH — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:06:47 +0000

I think the furniture is fabulous too! In a kitsch retro funky sort of way. I would totally put that stuff in my house!

By: hallie

hallie — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:03:01 +0000

I actually love the muddy cup (being a recent upstater) I guess I haven’t spent enough time up there yet to have gotten over my “omg it’s not starbucks and omg they have cozy antiques and omg no one is yelling NEXT! as I scramble to put the change into my purse after paying” excitement yet.
ps: I wonder what it says about my taste that I think all the furniture is friggin fabulous? Maybe in my defense the one in Hudson has prettier decor? Seriously I’d take most of it home if I had the chance.

By: RH

RH — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:34:05 +0000

Interesting. I didn’t know it was gone. The website must not be very up to date.

By: Tom Shcherbenko

Tom Shcherbenko — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:43:52 +0000

What happened to the store in Staten Island? I miss the old Muddy Cup.

By: RH

RH — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:28:44 +0000

They are no Ben and Jerry! I don’t think they are a franchise. I believe the partners own all 9 stores. Why hate? Ask my husband. He boycotts them (as do other Beaconites) because they took customers from the first Beacon coffee house, now out of business. Not because of Muddy Cup, but because they wanted to devote time to their family. Anyway, people say they don’t like the coffee. I think the coffee is fine. It’s the bagels that suck.

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:21:56 +0000

The whole idea behind hating Starbucks is that they have put independent coffee shops out of business. But Muddy Cup (which I have yet to visit) seems to be doing the opposite–shacking up in areas that need positive traffic. Reminds me of how Ben & Jerry’s created that scoop shop off Times Square to offer men in the upstairs boarding house legit jobs. So, why should you hate Muddy Cup? Are they a franchise?

By: RH

RH — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:01:15 +0000

The Catskill one is what prompted me to write this post. We were there on Saturday and I was like “WTF? There is a Muddy Cup in EVERY town we go to!”
Yes: Ugly/Cool decor. I love it!

By: priscilla

priscilla — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:34:34 +0000

I’ve been to the Muddy Cup in Catskill. The place has the ugliest/cool couches ever.The coffee was fine and I admire the owners’ entrepreneurship. I think they are also in New Paltz, going head to head with Starbucks.