A tiny Hell's Kitchen coffee shop known for its house-baked pastries and Counter Culture coffee served on La Marzocco equipment.
864 10th Ave, New York, NY
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Rex's footprint is small enough that ordering coffee routinely means a queue, according to Sprudge's guide to Upper Manhattan coffee, which describes customers lining up while eyeing the pastry case before reaching the counter.
Seating is limited to 'ten or so seats at communal tables inside' plus a bench out front, per Sprudge, so the line forms as much from a lack of standing room as from order volume — a small-shop bottleneck rather than a citywide destination crowd.
Patterns as reported by press and regulars — not measured by damnlines.
Reservations: walk-in only (no reservation system mentioned)
Walk-ins: Yes, counter service
Sprudge's coffee guide describes a queue forming at the counter in Rex's small footprint, though it does not report specific wait times.
No reservation system is mentioned in Sprudge's guide; Rex operates as a walk-up counter-service coffee shop.
Yes — Rex is walk-in only, with about ten seats at communal tables inside plus a bench out front, per Sprudge.
Sources: Sprudge