Odd Fox Coffee — Restaurant in New York

This reviews about sustainability only! 🙂

By 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish—and over 95% of plastic does not actually get recycled.

I was pretty shocked to see that every single person enjoying their coffee at your lovely café, to stay, was drinking out of a single use plastic cup. One that will get used for 30 to 60 minutes, and then get discarded to a landfill or end up eventually in our oceans where it’ll stay for the next 400 years.

I see that you do have plates available, and seemingly real mugs too. I wonder then if there is a disconnect between your customers and the availability of more sustainable options.

Are there ways that you can ask people if they are enjoying their drink to stay? And if so, would you be able to give them a real mug or glass? Or, could you use your social media to help raise awareness about bringing your own reusable cup?

Of course, this problem is as much on the consumer as the business. So I hope any customers or potential reading this know that they can and should bring their own cup, to prevent more plastic pollution.

Thank you for hearing my concerns, I would be happy to help think through easy options that would help you all mitigate contribution to our global pollution crisis. In a waterfront neighborhood in a water-locked borough, it just makes sense to think beyond so much plastic.

And of course, if you do not actually have dish dishwashing infrastructure, I can understand your challenge. But if so, surely there’s a way you can at least be incentivizing people bringing their own cups.

Thank you again for your consideration. And for the...

EDIT - A small business with ownership that listens to customers is worth its weight in gold. Looking forward to coming back, enjoying the solid coffee, trying out different stools, and having an open mind about the subjectivity of art :)

Pretty decent place. Cofee and staff are pretty good. Baked goods are decent enough. Music is good and a reasonable volume. Generally good vibe. Some things make me feel like they haven’t put a ton of thought into some aspects - the stools in the window seats are maybe a foot too high for the space and completely uncomfortable. Like they just picked up what was on sale instead of something that fit the space. The empty frames hanging on the wall may be an artistic expression, but just looks like they bought empty frames at the second hand store across the street and didn’t bother to put anything in them before they hung them up. All in all, a good space with room for improvement. I’m glad they’re in the neighborhood and I’m looking forward to coming back again to see if they make progress as...

Service is very bad. The guy working here today has weird action that I can’t understand. Based on I had come here for four times as an old customer and I would like to ask for a cup of hot water, he offered me a cup of 5ml hot water. I asked why he said if I want a full cup I need pay 1 dollar. However， there is no sign saying that a hot water needs 1 dollar and secondly if you want me to pay 1 dollar that’s fine plz tell me at first but not show me with this 5ml hot water. Excuse me, how can people behave like...