Two coffee shops for the price of two!

Are you familiar with Chianes? Downtown? Great little place. What about Nirvana? Uptown? Great little place.

What say we put them right next to each other, just to make things interesting! I mean literally, not for comparison's sake. Huh.

As I understand, the vacant used-to-be-yet-another-gift-store unit may be the new home to Nirvana Health. As I've stated before, I think nearly any new addition to downtown is a good thing, with the opinionated exceptions being pawn shops and trinket-pushers..

But two coffee shops right next to eachother?! People scoff at having a Starbucks on every corner in NYC, but at least they're on opposite sides of the street!

Honestly though, I think they'll compliment each other nicely. Chianes is geared more towards being a gourmet eatery, where Nirvana seems to double as a health store and new-agey retreat. If it were only that simple. Both serve coffee and promote themselves as a sort of micro-venue, and seem to cater to the few locals that exude that Torrington brand loyalty.


There will definitely be some overlap, but I hope the two entities can somehow benefit each other more than compete.