10. Christopher Street Coffee House

St. John’s Lutheran Church, located at 81 Christopher Street, transforms into a coffeehouse music venue every Thursday night. Concerts are held in the church’s sanctuary, where the acoustics are raised to new heights by the echoing, resonant ceiling. Every September through June, the coffeehouse hosts an open mic night on every second Thursday.
Some people run on coffee, others on faith, and many on both. Maybe the two are more related than we think. Both add just a little skip to the step and just a little extra jolt to the morning. Both have inspired cultural movements. Both have a lot of different varieties and flavors, both are focal points to convene around, and both are always there for you, providing literal or figurative shelters from the storm. After all, when there’s nowhere else to go, where else do you wind up but in a church or a cafe? Now, with the two combined, you’ll never have to choose.
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