Third Sweetleaf location to offer cocktails from Dutch Kills Bar cocktail master

The current Sweetleaf location in LIC – the future one will be near Gantry Park

Grub Street via NYT Diners Journal told us this week that Sweetleaf is expanding in two ways – a new location and the addition of cocktails, partnering up with Richard Boccato from Dutch Kills. This will be the second location in LIC (there is also another location in Williamsburg) and will be at 46-15 Center Boulevard (GMAP), one of the East Coast buildings. They’ll serve coffee during the day and liquor (cocktails, spirits, wine, beer) at night.

The Times tells us that one of their house cocktails is called the Long Island City Special – blackstrap rum, house coffee liqueur, fresh lemon juice, agave syrup, and seltzer. Sweetleaf was a pioneer in the Queens coffee scene, and Dutch Kills is easily considered the maker of some of the best cocktails in the borough, so we expect to see some amazing things come out of this place.

They expect to open this new Sweetleaf in March.

Sweetleaf Teaming Up With Dutch Kills’ Richard Boccato on New LIC Location [Grub Street]
The Intersection of Coffee and Cocktails in Long Island City [NYT]