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Alexis Zaharis

Alexis is Director of Retail Operations for Gimme! Coffee.

Meet Your Barista: Shanika Scott

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Shanika's been working with Gimme! Coffee for about a year and a half. She's a full time barista at the State St. location, where her sense of humor and stellar drink making skills have proven valuable assets to the team. It should also be noted that if there was a contest for the nicest smile there, well Shanika would probably win it.  

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists for July 2010

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at Trumansburg Gimme! Coffee
7 E. Main Street
Trumansburg, NY 14886

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Meet Your Barista: Anna Detar

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists for June 2010

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at State St. Gimme! Coffee
506 W. State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists for May 2010

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Janelle Tompkins
at Cayuga St. Gimme! Coffee
430 N. Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

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Hiring For NYC Regional Manager

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The Retail division of Gimme! Coffee is currently seeking a Regional Manager to provide operational oversight and cultivate coffee skills for our NYC cafes and employees. The NYC Regional Manager will lead a portfolio of stores. The ideal candidate for this position will be a proven, mature, coffee geek extraordinaire with excellent management, leadership, and organizational skils.

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists for April 2010

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Michael Bogin
at State St. Gimme! Coffee
506 W. State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists for March 2010

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Josh Sperling
at State St. Gimme! Coffee
506 W. State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

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Meet Your Barista: Maria Fuenmayer

If you combined Madrid with South Beach, added a little Brooklyn, some sweetness, and crossed all of that with a surfing bad ass you would get Maria Fuenmayer.

If you combined Madrid with South Beach, added a little Brooklyn, some sweetness, and crossed all of that with a surfing bad ass you would get Maria Fuenmayer.

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists For February 2010

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Railey Savage
at Cayuga St. Gimme! Coffee
430 N. Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

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A night of music and charitable giving

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a night of music and charitable giving

with

SAMITE

RICHIE STERNS

NATE RICHARDSON

At Gimme! Coffee, 506 W. State St. Ithaca NY

FEBRUARY 3rd, 2010 7-9pm

98.7 The Vine will collect donations for Haitian earthquake victims and
Save the Children Foundation.

Gimme Art: Featured Artists For January 2010

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Don't forget to look around. If you do you might notice all of the wonderful art work at our cafes. These are the artists showing until the end of the month:

Christina C. Larkin
at Cayuga St. Gimme! Coffee
430 N. Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

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Meet Your Barista: Heather Deal

Meet Heather Deal. 

Rumor has it she hails from Upstate New York.

Meet Heather Deal. Rumor has it she hails from Upstate New York.

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Gimme! Coffee at Green Street Station is OPEN!

greenst_blog.jpg Enjoy downtown Ithaca, and join us for coffee and a pastry before a movie, after checking out a book, or on your way wherever you're going.

We'll be here, everyday from 7am-9pm. See you soon!

Gimme Art: Featured Artists For November 2009

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Rose Gottlieb
at Cayuga St. Gimme! Coffee
430 N. Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

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State St. Renovation: It's Official!

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State St. Renovation: 26 Weeks and Counting

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists For October 2009

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Tzlil Hadass
at State Street Gimme! Coffee  
506 W. State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

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State Street Renovation: We're Practically In Business

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Gimme From Yonkers, With Love

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Ben Hider, photographer and friend of Gimme, spotted a few remnants of other Gimme fans on the streets of Yonkers, NY.

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists For September 2009

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Katelyn Inman
at Cayuga St. Gimme! Coffee
430 N. Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

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Meet Your Barista: Adah Bennion

A Japanese speaking, Utah native, you can find Adah starring in barista cameos at both of our New York City locations.

A Japanese speaking, Utah native, you can find Adah starring in barista cameos at both of our New York City locations.

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State Street Renovation: Weeks 18 & 19

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State Street Renovation: Week 17

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Lansing Store Closing. Long Live Lansing!

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State Street Renovation: Weeks 15 & 16

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Well, you'd hardly recognize the place. Not really, but things are beginning to shape up and do look a lot different.

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists For August 2009

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Tonky 
at Lorimer St. Gimme! Coffee
495 Lorimer Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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State Street Renovation: Week 14

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Welcome to a later-in-the-week-than-usual State Street Gimme Coffee regular renovation update. There have been some changes. 

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Meet Your Barista: Sheena Heise

Sheena Heise started working at Gimme! Coffee on Mott Street in January.

Sheena Heise started working at Gimme! Coffee on Mott Street in January.

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State Street Renovation: Week 13

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State Street Renovation: Week 12

DSC_0006.JPGWelcome to the 12th weekly installment of State Street Gimme! Coffee renovation updates! The front portion of demo'd wall is almost finished, and you can almost feel what it will be like when that area is completely open, and everyone is free to roam from side to side.

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Meet Your Barista: Ashley Cake

Ashley Cake has been working for Gimme! Coffee for more than 4 years part time. She first started working the Gimme trailer at Cornell in January 2005.

Ashley Cake has been working for Gimme! Coffee for more than 4 years part time. She first started working the Gimme trailer at Cornell in January 2005.

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists For July 2009

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at Trumansburg Gimme! Coffee
7 E. Main Street
Trumansburg, NY 14886

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State Street Renovation: Week 11

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Meet Your Barista: Matt Menzenski

An Ithaca native, we met Matt at the 2008 NERBC (where he won 7th place).

An Ithaca native, we met Matt at the 2008 NERBC (where he won 7th place).

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State Street Renovation: Week 10

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Welcome to our temporary store front!!! A HUGE thank you goes out to Kevin (CEO), Thom & Tomas (Techs), and James (State St. Manager), for all of their hard work in the wee hours last night, transforming the space above, from the space you saw last week.

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State Street Renovation: Week 9

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Meet Your Barista: Jesse Crozier

Meet Jesse Crozier. Jesse is a barista at the Lorimer Street Gimme! Coffee.

Meet Jesse Crozier. Jesse is a barista at the Lorimer Street Gimme! Coffee.

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists For June 2009

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Josh Sperling
at Cayuga St. Gimme! Coffee
430 N. Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850

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State Street Renovation: Week 8


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Some of you (the ones that pay attention, or that follow a certain ShotZombie) may have noticed that about twelve feet of the front dividing wall at our State St. location has been removed.

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State Street Renovation: Week 7

FrontTable.JPGWelcome to week 7!!!! Week of the walls. The gentlemen responsible for plaster round these parts are doing a phenomenal job. You may remember that last week I said that after the spackle it would be time to paint.

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Meet Gimme! Coffee at the Ithaca Festival

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Last year at the Ithaca Festival 5814 local residents joined together to form the largest human peace sign, setting a new world record. This year there's no telling what might happen.

Join the Gimme crew Friday, May 29th and Saturday, May 30th on the Ithaca Commons and Sunday, May 31st at Stewart Park for coffee, music, dancing, shopping, and FUN.

See you there!

State Street Renovation: Week 6

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Betcha thought with the holiday on Monday that I would forget to post this week. Not a chance! I'll be posting every week until the job is done.

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Meet Your Barista: Emily Hurst!

Emily Hurst began working at the Trumansburg cafe in Summer 2007. She took off that Fall to finish her degree at Cornell, and returned to Gimme in May 2008.

Emily Hurst began working at the Trumansburg cafe in Summer 2007. She took off that Fall to finish her degree at Cornell, and returned to Gimme in May 2008.

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State Street Renovation: Week 5

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Meet Your Barista: Jacob Landrau, Cayuta New York's Finest.

Jacob was first hired at our State Street location in Ithaca. Jacob has been working the bar there for a little over a year.  Jacob is soon to be taking over duties as retail manager at Gimme's Ithaca Farmer's Market booth.

Jacob was first hired at our State Street location in Ithaca. Jacob has been working the bar there for a little over a year. Jacob is soon to be taking over duties as retail manager at Gimme's Ithaca Farmer's Market booth.

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State Street Renovation: Week 4

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State Street Renovation: Week 3

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists For May 2009

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at Trumansburg Gimme! Coffee
7 E. Main Street
Trumansburg, NY 14886
7am-7pm

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State Street Renovation: Week 2

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Last week I promised that I would post weekly renovation updates, so that all a yous out there might stay abreast of what's happening behind the papered windows at our State St. location.

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Meet Your Barista: Peter Demos

Meet Peter Demos. Peter is a veteran barista at Gimme! Coffee in Brooklyn.

Meet Peter Demos. Peter is a veteran barista at Gimme! Coffee in Brooklyn.

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What Are You Doing Back There?

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Perhaps you're wondering what's happening behind the papered window? Well, lemme tell ya, renovations are officially underway here on State Street.

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In Need Of Some Seriously Gratifying Refreshment?

summerdrink_coffee.jpgThe summer menu rolled out today at all of our retail locations. Stop by for a cold brewed cup of iced coffee, some blended espresso fanciness, or your favorite drink over ice.

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Weekends in Ithaca: Join Gimme! Coffee at the Farmers Market

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The Farmer's Market is in full swing!

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Meet Your Barista: Liz Clark

Meet Liz Clark! Some of you may also be familiar with the fellow to her right. As you can see, he's just as excited about Liz as we are.

Meet Liz Clark! Some of you may also be familiar with the fellow to her right. As you can see, he's just as excited about Liz as we are.

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Meet Your Barista: Devorah Freudiger

Devorah is a barista at Gimme's State St. cafe.

Devorah is a barista at Gimme's State St. cafe.

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Meet Your Barista: Josh Sperling

Josh is a barista at the Gimme cafe in Lansing.

Josh is a barista at the Gimme cafe in Lansing.

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Meet Your Barista: Alex "Lambini" Lambert

"Lambini" is one of the many nicknames this Decatur, Georgia native has on his shelf.

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Meet Your Barista: Allen Yelent, San Fernando Valley's Finest

Allen was the first person hired at our NoLita location. This means he's been at Mott St. since the beginning. Those of you that tune in regularly know exactly how long that is.

Allen was the first person hired at our NoLita location. This means he's been at Mott St. since the beginning. Those of you that tune in regularly know exactly how long that is.

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Gimme! Coffee in NoLita Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary with Espresso for the Masses

Meet the espresso machine at 228 Mott Street.

Meet the espresso machine at 228 Mott Street.

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Meet Your Barista: Phoebe Aceto Rocks Tattoos and Latte Art

Phoebe Aceto works at the Cayuga St. Gimme! Coffee. Phoebe has been working with Gimme for almost five years!

Phoebe Aceto works at the Cayuga St. Gimme! Coffee. Phoebe has been working with Gimme for almost five years!

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Gimme Art: Featured Artists for December 2008

Each Gimme cafe features works of art by local, regional, and national artists. Shows change monthly, if you want to display your art in a Gimme espresso bar, please contact that location. This is a piece by Ruth White, and is currently on display at our Lansing location.

Each Gimme cafe features works of art by local, regional, and national artists. Shows change monthly, if you want to display your art in a Gimme espresso bar, please contact that location. This is a piece by Ruth White, and is currently on display at our Lansing location.

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Ithaca Challenges Consumers to Buy Locally this Holiday Season

Picture 5-1.pngGimme! Coffee, along with several other Ithaca retailers, is participating in the Local Lover Challenge, an initiative that encourages shoppers to buy locally and keep holiday dollars in the community.

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