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Rachelli's is indeed a good place. A single shot of espresso is 75 cents  
and a double is $1.20 I think. As previously mentioned, the disadvantages  
are that there are no chairs, and you have to drink out of styrofoam.  
Pedestrian! Kramerbooks charges $1.50 for a single and $2.50 for a double.  
The bottomless American cup of coffee does not exist here. I beleive their  
"American" coffee costs $1.75 per tiny cup, no refills. They even charge  
extra for decaff. The wretched place on the corner next to the (expanded)  
Kramerbooks charges over four dollars for a double shot of espresso. The  
idea behind Kramerbooks is charming at first, but I have come to believe  
the clientelle is no more literate or academic than any other bar on that  
street. It also seems to attract a lot of tourists and suburbanites.  
Except one time I was there I met an almost manipulatively literate old  
drunk. The bar maid was being fairly cold to him, due to the innuendos he  
was making. He told me he actually didn't like this place but he still had  
a certain nostalgia with it. He said the neighborhood used to be (back in  
the seventies I suppose) a different place, more dangerous, lots of  
hippies. His girlfriend used to work the cash register at Kramerbooks. She  
would wear a dress. He would hide under the checkout counter ...