Haitian patties and good coffee on Avenue I
Café Lakay is a neighborhood coffee shop in Brooklyn. Warm patties from the case, specialty lattes, loose-leaf tea and a back room where you can stay a while.
Lakay means home in Haitian Creole
That is the whole idea. You walk in, someone behind the counter says hello like they mean it, and your order comes out the way you like it.
Café Lakay is Black-owned and women-owned. The food carries Haitian roots, the coffee bar makes the lattes people cross the neighborhood for, and there is plenty of seating for anyone who wants to sit down instead of rushing off.
What people come back for
- Chicken pattyFlaky Haitian pastry, seasoned chicken inside
- Codfish pattyThe one regulars ask for by name
- Cookie butter latteEspresso, milk, spiced cookie sweetness
- Biscoff latteCaramelized biscuit flavor, hot or iced
- MatchaWhisked green tea, as a latte or iced
- Loose-leaf teaA wide shelf to choose from
Stay in the back room
Behind the counter area there is a quieter space with room to spread out. Bring a laptop, a journal or a friend, order a second latte, and take your time.
“This place deserves its flowers, and then some.”
Candice Charles, on Google
Rated 4.9 by 114 guests on Google, mostly for the patties, the lattes and how the staff makes everyone feel at home.
Read the reviews on Google- Hours
- [Opening hours]
- Phone
- +1 347-454-6883
- Ways to get it
- Dine-in, kerbside pickup or delivery