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Image 1 of / 13 Caption Close Image 2 of 13 Image 3 of 13 Image 4 of 13 Image 5 of 13 Image 6 of 13 Image 7 of 13 Image 8 of 13 Image 9 of 13 Image 10 of 13 Image 11 of 13 Image 12 of 13 Image 13 of 13 Sip reopens under Weissman 1 / 13 Back to Gallery

Chef Andrew Weissman is taking his time reopening Sip, the coffee shop at 160 E. Houston St., which he took over from his sister, Lauren Stanley, a few months ago. On Saturday and Sunday, the shop was open for a few hours; Monday it was closed. This morning, it opened for a few hours more.

“We’re going to be open a few hours every day and roll everything out in the next week,” Weissman said this morning before he dashed into the kitchen.

It was strange, this morning. The lights were dim, but the doors wide open. The staff  two baristas, some folks in the back, and a greeter  was working out kinks.

Not all menu items — coffee, salads and juices — were available as of this morning.

Basic coffees, espressos and brews are in the $2.50 range. Mochas, cortados and con pannas are $3. Cappuccinos, macchiatos and Americanos in the $2-$3 range. Specialty coffees range $4-$8. Salads are $8. And juices $8-$9. I’ll get more into the menu when Sip is up to speed.

With Sip, Weissman returns downtown, where he ran nationally-acclaimed Le Rêve in the Exchange Building until 2009. He has since opened Minnie’s Tavern and Rye House, The Luxury, Il Sogno Osteria and The Sandbar, on downtown’s periphery.

“I’m ecstatic,” Weissman told this blog in December. “Basically it’s the same kind of corner I occupied years ago, two major street down. Yeah, that’s really where I feel most at home, so I’m really happy to be back. I think downtown is really underserved.”

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