Birch Coffee Shop Opens New Yorkville Outpost

YORKVILLE, NY — Good news, coffee lovers.

Birch Coffee, the popular local coffee roaster and cafe chain, has just opened its 13th store in the city over the weekend in Yorkville, the cafe said.

The new cafe, located at 1501 First Ave. between 78th Street and 79th Street, is the company's third cafe in the Upper East Side area.

"We noticed a slight lack of really good coffee in the neighborhood and when we were presented with the opportunity we couldn’t pass it up," Jeremy Lyman, the co-founder of Birch Coffee, told Patch. "The first apartment I ever lived in back in 2000 was on 78th and York and I have been in love with the area since then."

To celebrate its opening, the cafe is giving all customers 25 percent off their order, if they can tell a knock-knock joke to the barista, until Friday, March 28.

The Upper East Side has another location at 62nd and Lexington Avenue, and also at 88th Street and Third Avenue.

Birch Coffee has not yet responded to a request for comment. This article will be updated when they do.

For questions, tips, and caffeine-induced knock-knock jokes, email Miranda.Levingston@Patch.com.