Getting Through Your Daily Grind

If you find yourself in downtown Albany on Lark Street and in need of caffeine and/or breakfast for any reason, in my case because I drank an entire bottle of sake on my own at Shogun the night before while Amy and Tracey watched and made fun of my steady decline in speech through dinner, then make your way to 204 Lark Street, home of the Daily Grind.

Lark Street Cafe

When you first enter the Daily Grind, you'll be given two options, head up to the roastery where you can purchase a wide variety of all things coffee from machines to fresh ground coffee. If you head down you will find the cafe.

Up for the goods!

Down for delicious!

The Daily Grind offers a breakfast menu served all day as well as a wide variety of deli sandwiches and they now deliver lunch to the downtown Albany area. Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to really eat at the Daily Grind too much besides getting two things. Coffee and a breakfast sandwich. I'll stick to what I know.


Daily Grind serves up a variety coffees every day and rotates them frequently so I never feel bored with what is offered, I usually go for their dark roast or light roast depending on my mood. If your a coffee addict like myself, go for the dark roast, it has more flavor and more bite. Perfect way to get your day going. Daily Grind offers iced coffee as well which is quite good, but I'm going to have to give it up to Uncommon Grounds (who will be on a future blog entry) for the better iced coffee and better flavored coffee. No matter what you decide though you really cannot go wrong with any coffee choice you make at Daily Grind, they do a fantastic job with all of it.

When it comes to their breakfast sandwiches, the Daily Grind make a fantastic sandwich extremely well consistently and it is always delicious. You get your choice of bacon, ham, sausage or turkey sausage, choice of american, swiss or smoked mozzarella cheese and then you can opt to put it all on a hard roll, wheat bread, rye bread or an english muffin (bagel or croissant, add on a $1.00). They have a great deal where you get a medium coffee and the breakfast sandwich for only $5.25, don't forget to ask them for a coffee card too, for every 10 coffee beverages you purchase, you get one free, another reason I love the Daily Grind.

My favorite though, has to be the vegetable egg and cheese. This sandwich is absolutely the best breakfast sandwich I've had. It is spinach, grilled onions and tomato, I always go for swiss as it compliments the flavor of the veggies perfectly and usually I get it on a soft buttered hard roll that they grill on the flat top. I'm going to stop talking about it and let some pictures speak for themselves. If you haven't been there, hit the Daily Grind, in Albany or Troy, for some of the best coffee and breakfast around whether your looking for a great hangover food, or just plain hungry.

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The saddest part, the last bite.