And the Best Coffee Shop in New Jersey is Magic Brain Cybercafe of Cape May! There were a lot of contenders and a couple of early entries that dominated the competition all week. Towards the end, in the last couple of days, a dark horse from down south shot past everyone else and claimed the prize.
Winning our first ever coffee shop poll by a wide margin, Magic Brain came in at 19.6% over their nearest competitor, Grooveground of Collingswood. A total of 51 coffee shops made the list. (even our brand new little shop in Frenchtown made the poll!) There were nominations in every area of the state from North to Central to South and the Jersey Shore. We’ve contacted the owners at the Brain, and we’ll be bringing you a feature story on them as soon as we get more details and some great coffee shots.
Here are the 10 Best Coffee Shops in New Jersey*:
- Magic Brain, Cape May
- Grooveground Coffee Bar, Collingswood
- Small World Coffee, Princeton
- Rook, Little Silver
- Inkwell Coffeehouse, Longbranch
- Fine Grind, Little Falls
- Trend Coffee & Tea House, Montclair
- How You Brewin, Long Beach Island
- Rook, Oakhurst
- Lava Java, Lavalette
*according to BestofNJ.com readers
The winners were chosen in readers poll that was run for one week, from September 29 to October 6, 2015. The poll was started on National Coffee Day.
