Poppy's — Restaurant in New York

I've had the green salad, the chicken cutlet sandwich (so good) the tahini brownie and the carrot cake (multiple times), and everything is always so tasty & fresh here! It also feels pretty healthy. The specialty lattes are really fun.

I saw a couple of negative reviews about pricing and want to respectfully address those. Yes, I acknowledge that the pricing is high relative to say an average grocery store, but it's reflective of the cost of doing business in New York (high cost of labor, rent, insurance etc.) and Poppy's clearly has a commitment to freshest and the best ingredients as well, which also adds to the cost. You do get what you pay for though, and that's quality!

I've also seen the owner at both Brooklyn Heights & Cobble Hill, working around the counter, taking pictures etc. She's clearly hustling! I am glad Poppy's decided to invest in Brooklyn Heights, (which, don't be ungrateful folks, it's been a struggle to get something this cute to open up around here) and its made me really happy to see it busy the past few weekends.

Thanks Poppy's for opening up the kind of local cafe I was always walking to Cobble Hill for on the weekends and making it so beautiful and special!

+++ A small note/opportunity: Since Amy's (on atlantic) closed, it would be nice if you had a bread slicer/offered to slice for customers who are interested in purchasing your loaves! I love fresh bread but cutting a sesame loaf in my apartment is a recipe for finding seeds in strange places for...

Echoing what other reviews have to say about the service… I’ve been coming to the Henry Street Poppy’s for a while in spite of this because it’s close to my home, and 9/10 times I’m greeted morosely without a hello or goodbye. Even when it’s not busy at all… kind of makes me wonder what’s going on behind the scenes, is it so bad? Like someone else said, really not expecting the red carpet to be rolled out, but just a little effort makes a difference! Especially over time.

Their turkey sandwich is good when I’m in the mood for one that’s a bit more decadent (the focaccia is flavorful and a bit oily, lots of aoili inside and the pickles add a nice crunch), and their pastries are probably the best thing on offer, but for coffee and matcha you’re much better off going elsewhere as the drinks are usually quite watered down here (try next door at the French place or Brooklyn Roasters nearby for simple coffee drinks, or Arabica for something fancier if you don’t mind walking a little further to Dumbo - they also have matcha).

Avoid on weekends, in the morning it’s a mob scene of strollers and hungover people with bad spacial awareness, and then understandably they run out of things towards the end of the day.

Maybe I just have whiplash from letting myself pay $19 for a quarter (yes a quarter) of rotisserie chicken, as if there aren’t several good markets nearby I could have walked to and bought an entire chicken for that price.....

No one is going to read this review because I’m not giving it one star. I’ve had their coffee, sandwiches, and pastries, and for the most part, they are above average. However, this needs to be said. I thought this place was expensive, like most new spots that open in this neighborhood. I read Andrew’s one-star review and the owner’s response, and I agreed with the owner—it is expensive to do business in NYC, I would know I’m a business owner myself.

That was until... my trip to Denver, I stumbled upon Bachan’s Japanese Barbecue Sauce while grocery shopping for a BBQ. I had initially seen it at Poppy’s but didn’t buy it because of the $15+ price tag. In Denver, it was buy one, get one free for $8.99, so I bought two and paid essentially $4.50 per bottle. Yes, this was a deal, and yes, it was in Denver, CO, but a $10 difference made me wonder. I went to the manufacturer’s website and found you can buy it for $12.99 a bottle, and on Amazon, it’s $9.49.

So yes, unfortunately now I do think you are a “cynical and price-gouging business” because a 50%+ markup on an item you don’t even make...