Give a Café a Name

Have you ever loved a coffee shop but hated the name? Here’s your chance to name your very own.

Melissa Rapoport, who owned the now defunct Ozzie's Seventh Avenue location, is .

The contest will run until Wednesday, October 26.

The finalist will receive a $100 gift certificate to her new Seventh Avenue coffee shop, which will be located between Berkley and Lincoln places. The exact opening date has not been set and the space is still under construction.

Rapoport sent Patch the top five contenders:

• Runneth Over
• The Black Ruby
• Unity Coffee
• The Fresh Pot
• Café Noella, which is a combination of Rapoport’s daughters’ names. 

The community name game has created a buzz of suggestions: Bean Scene, Harriett's, Perk Slope, which was suggested by four people, Java & Jive, Percatory, Park & Sip, No Name Cafe, Dripster Coffee Bar, Occupy Seventh Avenue and Park Slurp.

“When I first thought about opening my own place I wasn't sure I was doing the right thing. But, it has become so clear that opening my own cafe is exactly the right thing to do,” Rapoport wrote in an E-mail. “The community's support, genuine concern and interest is inspirational. I am deeply grateful to everyone who has reached out to bring lightness to what was a very dark time for me.” 

Rapoport is offering a free cup of coffee to whomever sends a name suggestion via E-mail.  Submit suggestions to namemycoffeehouse@gmail.com.