ETG Book Cafe

06/05/2026

Calling all Cassandra Clare lovers! We just got in The Mortal Instruments series, The Infernal Devices series, the beginning of the Dark Artificers series, and some spins off of the Mortal Instruments series. Come find them in our second room!

05/29/2026

The Etg Book Cafe Gardens go smackingly gorgeous today, shaded to perfection by the oak tree and awaiting you to sit, sip hot coffee or a chilled Eve s elixir or iced tea, chat , read, study or bond with the elves!

02/18/2026

This Sunday we will be open from 12-3, hosting the annual Black History Month book drive with the Staten Island Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Come by with new or gently used children books, or buy some to donate when you arrive! More info about books we are looking for are on the second and third slide, as well as a QR code and our websites. ❤️🐘

02/07/2026

Love is in the air! If your a hopeless romantic looking for looking for a touching story, a long term lover looking to enhance your relationship, or a revolutionary looking to build love and trust within yourself and your community, we have a book for you!
This month we are selling Valentines gift bags, with assorted chocolate, tea, and stationary! We don’t have flowers but we do have lots of live plants. The Christmas cactus is blooming a bit late this year and would make the perfect gift for a plant parent!

02/06/2026

Happy Black History Month! Make sure to take some time this month and remember how P.O.C. have built the world we know today. Mourn those lost to the violence of history, and celebrate their strengths and victories. This year it is more important than ever that we do not repeat the mistakes of the past. With the turmoil in our current political climate we must find community, love, and common ground. Stay safe, protect each other, and educate yourself.

01/29/2026

Happy National Tea Month!!! My favorite tea is Eves Temptation, bright and tart and fruity and delicious! If you’re missing summer, try our iced tea Eves Elixir - made in house.

01/28/2026

January 31st at 2pm: Join Staten Island OutLoud as they read excerpts and then discuss “Smilla’s Sense of Snow” - A novel of Greenland.

10/31/2025

Come on down!
We’re celebrating Halloween with free books for children, and live music starting at 7pm, and also the skulls have come out of hiding and they are speaking and singing (if you listen closely!)

10/18/2025

Coming up at 4pm today- a reading of short stories by five local writers!
Hope you can join us for this special event!

10/08/2025

Tonight we kick off our marathon week of celebrating our 20 years as ETG BookCafe!
FOUR OPEN MICs,
as well as TWO Afternoon events on Thursday(Mail Art with Day de Dada at 3pm) and Saturday (Staten Island OUTLoud in the back garden, reading excerpts from Allen Ginsberg’s HOWL).
Wowie Zowie!
Tonight’s MC is the fabulous - plenty of slots are open, OPEN MIC starts at 6pm!!❣️❤️🎉✨

10/08/2025

We're celebrating Banned Book week (as well as out 20th Anniversary!!)
Please come by this week to celebrate them both!

Today's the day! Banned Books Week 2025 kicks off during a tumultuous time for libraries, schools, and bookstores, as censorship attempts remain rampant around the country.

Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools.

Join the book community -- librarians, educators, authors, publishers, booksellers, and readers of all types -- this week to voice support for the freedom to read!

10/07/2025

Another activity celebrating our 20th Anniversary- come join us and create mail art!

"ETG Book Cafe Memories Mail Art Workshop with Day de Dada"
Thursday, October 9, 2025 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Free

ETG Book Café at 208 Bay St, Staten Island, NY 10301

What is your favorite memory (or memories) of ETG Book Cafe from the last 20 years? Come by ETG Book Cafe for Day de Dada’s mail art* workshop and create a postcard that will be sent to another participant and you will receive a postcard from someone else! Supplies will be available, just bring yourself and your memories.

*mail art is art created specifically to be sent through the mail.

This event is part of the ETG BookCafe 20th Anniversary Celebration. More details at https://www.etgstores.com/events"

https://www.facebook.com/events/1308015430819385

09/03/2025

Yes, it really was 20 years ago that we opened!
Join us as we LOOK BACK & LOOK FORWARD together!
Four evening “marathon” open mic on our neighborhood stage!
We invite EVERYONE to share what they are feeling right now- in the form of a song, poem, dance etc!
Whatever you can present in about 4 minutes or so!

07/31/2025

The Everything Goes Book Cafe and Clothing Stores will be bringing some surprises to this upcoming Vintage Showcase. This coming Saturday, August 2, from 12-4p at the Staten Island Museum, come join us and multiple other vendors for this amazing event!