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The coffee shop is a great New York institution, but it has terrible coffee. And the more traditional coffee shops are trying to catch up with more sophisticated coffee drinkers.

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Adam Gopnik
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: August 24
Journalist
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Philadelphia
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