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Radical bookstore with a fair trade coffee bar that offers vegan pastries, organic fair trade zapatista coffee and tea. An anarchist, volunteer powered community space, and animal rights oriented store. Hosts events on food justice, sustainable agriculture, and animal rights. Also runs a feminist, locavore CSA. Cafe drinks and baked goods still offered, July 2012. Use of dairy milk reported in Feb 2021. Confirmed closed with plans to relocate, Feb 2021 - please send updates.


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11 Reviews

First Review by Bill K

ElyG

Points +196

Vegan
10 Oct 2019

Interesting bookstore but not vegan

It’s OK. But they serve non vegan milk which is disappointing if they do hold animal rights events (I’m not even sure they do). I am also unaware that any pastries are available. Travel here for the bookstore and the alternative vibes, but don’t necessarily expect a snack.

Pros: Cool bookstore

Cons: Not vegan as listed by happy cow

Marga Delila

Points +492

Vegan
21 Aug 2018

Love it

Great bookstore, nice place to sit for a while. Cheap coffee.

Pros: Place, People, Ideology

JJones315

Points +1914

Herbivore
20 Apr 2017

Nice Bookshop

I visited recently. The bookshop has a nice selection focused on very specific social-justice issues (feminism, LGBT, racial issues and others), as well as periodicals. They do serve coffees but the vegan snacks were very minimal - so nice bookshop but not really a vegan cafe.

Pros: Intersting books and periodicals, Limited beverage and snack items available, Great location

jenso

Points +249

Vegan
19 Apr 2015

Great bookstore

Super bookstore with a lot of literature if you are interested in left wing politics. It is false that there is a big section on animal activism, veganism, etc. But there is a lot of other great things. A place where you can sit, read a book and have a vegan cookie. Books are though not particularly cheap. -normal bookstore prices.

Pros: cosy , vegan cookies, cheap coffee

Cons: not so cheap books, not so much on veganism

Oscar M

Points +199

Vegan
29 Sep 2014

Amazing bookstore

Great bookstore with a really good selection plus vegan brownies and biscuits. The guys there are friendly and I could spend hours going through their bookshelves.

Pros: Great selection of books, Vegan brownies, Friendly staff

Barney Big Ears

Points +358

Vegan
14 May 2014

Out of vegan pastries but great book store

This place has a lot of great books on all sorts of progressive topics. Staff were really nice. They had tea and coffee but were out of the vegan pastries.

Pros: Great books, Nice atmosphere

CraigFruitbat

Points +149

Vegan
11 Apr 2011

Cafe closed, but great bookstore

Visited in March 2011 and they are not serving food or drink until at least July, but this is a great bookstore so well worth a visit.

Nudelholz

Points +84

Vegan
25 Aug 2009

Great grassroot bookstore, nice coffeeshop!

I really enjoyed the place - and yes, it's kind of a non-corporate version of a starbucks in a leftist bookstore. They have soy milk for the coffee and also vegan cookies - and of course a wide range of books about veganism (and many other topics.)

Pros: Great bookstore, Interesting events (readings etc.), Good vegan cookies

philjdomm

Points +945

Vegan
24 Jun 2008

might need to take this off RESTAURANT

it is 100% a bookstore with a barista bar...how it is different from starbuck's in a booksore...they serve soya milk too ya know...

michal

Points +93

Vegan
31 Jul 2007

LOVE IT

i used to volunteer there when i was residing in brooklyn, the place is wonderful. pleasure to be at, pleasure to work at. please go & purchase something, any donations are great & spend hours there, nobody minds! great meetup place, great place to relax, close to a few good restaurants, lots of free flyers & local info, little bulletin to post stuff too. great place, no flaws. i wish there were more all over.

Bill K

Points +65

Vegan
13 Oct 2006

mostly food for thought, but some food for stomach

Yes, this is a bookstore but Bluestockings has a small cafe featuring snacks (mostly pastries) and coffee and tea. It's all organic and vegan; the anarcha-feminist collective that runs the store is committed to ecology, vegetarianism, and animal rights, as well as the broader overall project of total social transformation. As such, it's a nice place to drop by, chill out, socialize. Buy a book and a coffee! I'd rather throw my money in their direction than at Starbucks.

Pros: good politics/good people, social justice commitment, vegan/organic snacks




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