Che

Bed-Stuy

HoursClosed

TypeSmall Chain

Bed-Stuy coffee bar from the owners of Daughter and Sincerely, Tommy.

Adam Keita of Daughter was looking for extra baking space when he found the room Kai Avent-deLeon of Sincerely, Tommy had already designed and partly built out. Three friends from high school, Ariel Perez, Alex Sierra and Tyler Ortiz, joined them to run it. Avent-deLeon named it after her son.

At its December 2023 opening the coffee came from Sey and Uncommon, and evening wine and vegetable small plates followed in January 2024. A second shop, Che at Tompkins, has since opened.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

At this shop

Che sits on the ground floor of a brick row building on Malcolm X Boulevard in Bed-Stuy, its glass front looking across to the brick apartment buildings opposite. Inside, a pink-veined marble counter with a curved edge stands beside an arched doorway, and the walls are hand-plastered. Customers sit at the back bar, at the window counter facing the street, or at tables on the sidewalk.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠