{"id":50907,"date":"2015-05-10T20:02:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T00:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=50907"},"modified":"2025-09-02T00:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T04:15:40","slug":"early-bird-frenchtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/50907\/early-bird-frenchtown\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Bird Cafe Opens in Frenchtown, New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The town\u2019s first dedicated espresso house just opened to great fanfare, as if you didn&#8217;t already have enough reasons to visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2015\/03\/23\/frenchtown-nj\/\" target=\"_blank\">Frenchtown<\/a>, with its\u00a0cute shops, great bike paths, and laidback vibe.<\/p>\n<p>The brainchild of proprietors Patrick and Kimberly Legin,\u00a0Early Bird\u00a0is a\u00a0cool space, with its decidedly minimalist SoHo vibe and the best barista\u00a0for miles (that would be Carolyn Gadbois),\u00a0has fast become a hit with ex-pat NYers, locals, and day-trippers alike.<\/p>\n<p>Like many New Yorkers, Patrick\u2014with a passion for the nuance of fine coffee&#8211;stumbled into Frenchtown by surprise. \u201cKimberly grew up in Hunterdon County. I first discovered Frenchtown when I dropped her off one day for one of her hair appointments at Euphoria [Salon]. I instantly fell in love. At that moment, I knew I wanted to be a part of this community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They found this little storefront available in a 19th\u00a0century building and just went for it. \u201cWe wanted to respect the natural character of the space, but mix in some of the charm of the many farms in the area with a little city attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Start your day with an Americano at the Early Bird, the best place to fuel a weekend of adventure in Frenchtown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to get there:\u00a0<\/strong>Take the\u00a0<strong>Transbridge Bus<\/strong>\u00a0from Port Authority (the Doylestown, Flemington, Frenchtown route takes about two hours, costs $23.80\/one way or $45.25\/roundtrip,\u00a0and has free wifi).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The town\u2019s first dedicated espresso house just opened to great fanfare, as if you didn&#8217;t already have enough reasons to visit\u00a0Frenchtown, with its\u00a0cute shops, great bike paths, and laidback vibe. The brainchild of proprietors Patrick and Kimberly Legin,\u00a0Early Bird\u00a0is a\u00a0cool space, with its decidedly minimalist SoHo vibe and the best barista\u00a0for miles (that would be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":50910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[772,747,758,773,770,329,1614],"tags":[293,143,158,145,125,1615],"class_list":{"0":"post-50907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakery-food-drink","8":"category-bus-2","9":"category-cafe-activity-2","10":"category-chocolate-food-drink","11":"category-food-drink","12":"category-new-jersey-destination","13":"category-off-the-press","14":"tag-budget-friendly","15":"tag-bus","16":"tag-coffee","17":"tag-dining","18":"tag-food","19":"tag-off-the-press-2"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":50910,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/unnamed1-300x300.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}