Coffee Talk: Irvington’s New Cafe Culture

From the Hudson Independent

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Ludy’s at the train station on opening day

By Shana Lieb­man–

Irvington — Irv­ing­ton is quickly be­com­ing the River­towns’ cap­i­tal of café cul­ture. In ad­di­tion to The Black Cat, the Red Barn and the newish Wild­craft Bak­ing Com­pany, two fan­tas­tic cof­fee shops just opened.

Ludy Cafe

Ludy, which opened June 2 in the for­mer Br­rzaar space by the train sta­tion, is sleeker and more mod­ern than its pre­de­ces­sor. It has bright white walls and a new lay­out that is ver­ti­cal to the train tracks. The min­i­mal­ist, ar­ti­sanal cafe sells Proud Mary cof­fee, pas­tries from the Pel­ham-based, women-owned Flour Power and sin­gle-ori­gin tea from Spirit Tea.

Own­ers Tim and Ash­ley Akapo, who live in Ard­s­ley, named the cafe af­ter their two sons (Lu­cas and Dy­lan). Tim, who is orig­i­nally from Nige­ria but lived in Aus­tralia, left a 20-year-long ca­reer in sup­ply chain man­age­ment to open Ludy, which is mod­eled af­ter a cafe in Mel­bourne. He spent years learn­ing how to ac­cess re­mote farm­ers, process and roast ca­cao beans, and de­liver cof­fee for con­sump­tion.

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