J+B Design & Cafe

On our way to the Morbid Anatomy Museum for a lecture, my roommate and I decided to look around in the area for a place to eat dinner. We found a nice Mexican restaurant through Unilocal so proceeded in that direction and this is when we came across J+B Design and Café. It is easy to miss, but the menu caught our eye. There wasn’t too much of a choice in foods, but the black curry and rice sounded good. And it tasted good too! We also had the iced chocolate drinks with the wafers which was delicious as well. The staff was friendly and they even gave us complimentary white chocolate with a nice green tea flavoring for dessert.
We had a lecture to go to, so didn’t have time to further explore the shop, but we’ll definitely be stopping by at this place again.

I randomly walked down 7^th street one day and discovered this little piece of Japan in Park Slope! This place is a store and café owned by a sweet Japanese couple. They serve nel drip coffee and tea. I tried their homemade beet soup, karage sandwich, and Mochi brownie and they were delicious. They also host workshops on Japanese customs like origami and green tea. It’s definitely worth checking out.

My favorite coffee shop and place to hang out in the area. Great gifts, delicious treats and friendly, helpful owners.

Really interesting shop/​café. Run my Japanese people and has really cool things for sale by different Japanese artisans. Beautiful lacquer tea cup sets and really interesting sweaters, some jewelry, towels, neck warmers, coasters, Japanese-​style purses/​bags, cool boxes you can put jewelry or something else small in, etc.
Jazz plays in the background and they have a small menu of sandwiches, chocolate truffles, and teas and coffees.
Space is like a large warehouse. Very high ceilings, cement floor, designer lighting.
I bought a hoji-​cha latte (simple but good) and a box of homemade truffles (raspberry and sea salt flavors,) and a pair of really cool mittens that can be used with smart phones.
Everyone there was really nice and it was a comfortable environment.

I had a great experience at J+B. The owner Fumio showed me around when I had questions about the wide array of Japanese items for sale, and in general was very gracious. They gave away some free samples of the chocolate they were making. Take note: their homemade chocolate is astoundingly good! Also, they seem to do some great programming in the space with music and poetry performances.

This place is a bit hidden and hard to find with its nondescript rough hewn loft doors. I got pretty excited because I assumed they carry Scotch. It is a wide Japanese design store with stylish tea sets spanning the back and a tea and coffee shop in the front. There are only two tables for sitting in the front, a couch with heavy art books and a middle coffee table.
Cool Japanese proprietors in the front wear beaded shirts, darkened sunglasses and kangols. They graciously explain details about stuff, recommend hojicha, and I don’t know how to act. The woman at the front introduces herself as a chocolatier. She makes the chocolates in the back. Wow.
The hojicha is of good quality and the matcha roll is rich and soft, the matcha brownie is OK.
Superman hipster dad praises the espresso chocolate as the best he’s had and I decide to try some. They assume I’m obsessed with matcha so they give me that to try. The swirled white chocolate matcha square is rich and good. Superman hipster dad is married and discussing camera angles in a business meeting. So chocolate is my bud. They serve their quality chocolate in patterned jewelry boxes. Mine is lined with an Edward Gorey long striped cat. I feel like an impulsive sake set or teapot purchase is forthcoming.

I have to agree with the first reviewer that a better utilization of space would be to have wall hanging merch only and create a larger sitting area for the café and perhaps a bocce ball court because this a big place.
Yet I disagree about the beverage beacause I had an organic coffee that was smooth and delightful. Then I killed a brownie with matcha made from rice flower that was on point.
The chocolate made here is a great reason alone to go. Right now my favorite chocolates are Josh Early, Poco Dolce, and now J and B is in the mix. The fig chocolate was amazing and there was also a matcha and vanilla chocolate that looked and tasted like velvety starburst dipped in milk.
There are many events at the café and I think its a matter of time before they get it together.
Peace.

This place is new to the area. I stopped by early fall and the doors were wide open. It was chilly inside so I ordered a hot tea and my friend ordered a hot latte. Nothing special about my tea and my friend said she had better latte. We left after half an hour because we were too cold.
The place did not have much seating. There was too much merchandise to make this a comfortable café. Also the shop’s advertisement was playing on loop which kind of annoyed me.
This place has good potential. This would be a great summer café since there is shaded outdoor seating up front and free WiFi. The owner needs to add more seating toward the back of the shop so people can have coffee and some private conversations with friends. Please de-​clutter this place! The Japanese stuff adds character but the owner is probably better off displaying a few Japanese products that sell than a whole bunch of things that take up space and won’t sell.