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  1. Make Cafe is a daytime café in Normal Heights run by a nonprofit that trains refugee and immigrant women for hospitality jobs, which means the person pouring your coffee is also, on paper, a graduate. The space is big, with a patio and a garden out back that supplies a lot of the kitchen, so the salads come with an unusually short commute. Order at the counter, take a seat outside, and consider the mandazis.


  2. Rank 102. Cafe Landwer

    Levantine Café



  3. A redwood-shaded café in Monte Rio where the menu runs through the Levant and the Mediterranean and the décor is someone's very good vintage-electronics collection. The beach pita, stuffed with roasted eggplant, boiled eggs, tahini, and pickled mango sauce, is the reason regulars make the drive from the Bay. Take it across to the Russian River beach, or eat at a picnic table while the skatepark next door provides the entertainment.


  4. Good Voyage is a South Park coffee shop near the Duwamish Waterway that reopened after a fire kept it shut for over a year. The floral vintage light fixtures and mismatched plates give it a gently bohemian air, the Dorothea coffee runs light and fruity, and the seasonal galettes take the place of the usual croissant. Eater called it Seattle's best comeback, which is a lot of pressure for a pastry case.


    Address
    8520 14th Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9 PM, in 33 min

    Tuesday 8 AM–9 PM

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  5. La Catedral is a casual Mexican breakfast spot in Little Village where the decor runs to saints and religious imagery, a collection that keeps growing because customers keep gifting more of it. The menu covers eggs, omelets, pancakes, and licuados, but the chilaquiles are the sermon, with at least fifteen versions. The verdes and the smoky, very spicy A La Diabla draw the most devotees. It's Eater's list of Chicago's best Mexican restaurants.


  6. Rank 107. Cadinho

    Portuguese Bakery

    Cadinho is a sunny Portuguese bakery and cafe in McKinley Park, and the tarts are the whole conversation. There's the pastel de nata, vanilla-scented custard in flaky pastry, sometimes wearing a little chocolate shell like a tiny hat. There are also palm-sized passionfruit pies with a crust that gives up immediately. The other baked goods are perfectly pleasant, but you'll see people leave carrying a box of tarts and nothing else.


    Address
    3483 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–5 PM

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  7. Good Ambler is a Fulton Market bakery tucked into the lobby of a snack-food conglomerate's headquarters, and the pastry case has the good manners not to mention it. Macarons, kouign-amann, petit gateau and handmade chocolates line up behind the glass, but the plain croissant is the one doing the heavy lifting. It's a counter-service stop, so nobody needs a reservation or a dress code.


    Address
    216 N Peoria, Chicago, IL, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–4 PM

    Reserve
    Tock
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  8. Rank 109. Finn's Cafe

    Nordic Café

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  10. Rank 111. Cafe Old Vienna

    German Café


    Address
    1604 N Kings Hwy, Myrtle Beach, SC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 2 PM

    Tuesday 2 PM–8:30 PM

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  11. Rank 111. Cafe Red

    Vegan Café


  12. Rank 111. Cafe Sous Terre

    French Café

    Cafe Sous Terre is a basement cafe and bar tucked under a brick mansion that now rents rooms to strangers, and it plays the French cafe of a century ago with green subway tile and long banquettes. By day it's laptops, coffee sodas, and quiche. After dark it's martinis, a croque monsieur, and weekly Vinyl Wednesdays. Eater lists it among Detroit's best bars and best coffee shops, so the same table does double duty.


  13. Rank 111. Caffè Calabria

    Neapolitan Pizzeria



  14. Address
    2201 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 6 AM

    Tuesday 6 AM–6 PM

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  15. This is a casual, order-at-the-counter cafe perched on a cliff above the Pacific, attached to a gliderport, so your sandwich comes with a floor show of hang gliders stepping off the edge. Wraps, sandwiches, and soup-and-half-sandwich combos run under $14, and you eat outside in whatever you wore to the beach. It closes early when the fog or rain shows up, which is also when the gliders call it a day.







  16. Address
    2811 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington, VA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7:30 AM

    Tuesday 7:30 AM–9 PM

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  17. Address
    2315 N 7th St, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–9 PM

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  18. Address
    2243 N 12th St, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–5 PM

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  19. Address
    811 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–5 PM

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  20. Rank 111. Dove's Luncheonette

    Southern-influenced Mexican Café


    Address
    1545 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 9 AM

    Tuesday 9 AM–3 PM

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    OpenTable
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  21. Rank 111. Drift

    Creative Café


    Address
    980 Cipriana Dr, Unit A6, Myrtle Beach, SC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–3 PM

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  22. Address
    4700 N 12th St, Unit 107, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–4 PM

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  23. Address
    600 N Fourth St, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–3 PM

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  24. Address
    300 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 10 AM

    Tuesday 10 AM–9 PM

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  25. The Croque Park Avenue, draped in mornay sauce over Black Forest ham and gruyère, is a good argument for eating lunch at a corner cafe more often. Garnett's is the kind of relaxed, homey spot where first dates go well and regulars linger, with French-leaning sandwiches and wine poured without ceremony. The happy hour pricing borders on anachronistic in the best possible way.


    Address
    2001 Park Ave, Richmond, VA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 11 AM

    Tuesday 11 AM–2:30 PM, 4 PM–9 PM

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  26. Address
    839 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 10 AM

    Tuesday 10 AM–5:30 PM

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  27. Address
    5008 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste B, Washington, DC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–6 PM

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  28. Jaunt is a roast-to-order coffee shop tucked into an industrial park in Miramar, which is not where you'd expect to find an ube latte, but here we are. The drinks run from standard espresso to panela and lemon drop matcha experiments, and the empanadas make lunch a legitimate plan. A pay-it-forward board lets you buy a coffee or a meal for a stranger who's short on cash.



  29. Address
    214 E Roosevelt St, Unit 2, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–4 PM

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  30. Rank 111. La Perlita

    Mexican Café

    La Perlita is an Overlook coffee shop that treats the latte as a chance to bring in rosewater, cardamom, dulce de leche, and smoky chile pasilla. There's enough room to spread a laptop out, though the menu makes a strong case for abandoning your inbox. The mocha comes with chocolate and warm spices, and a concha under rainbow sprinkles sits next to it. The Infatuation put it on a list of Portland's best coffee shops.


  31. Rank 111. Little Fino

    Italian Café


    Address
    111 N 12th St, Brooklyn, NY, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–11 AM

    Reserve
    Resy
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  32. Address
    1502 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 33 min

    Tuesday 7 AM–10 PM

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  33. Rank 111. Mom Kitchen

    Hong Kong Cantonese Café

    Mom Kitchen is a cha chaan teng on Mira Mesa Boulevard, which means a Hong Kong diner where the menu runs long, the room runs plain, and the food shows up before you've finished getting comfortable. The noodles are made in-house, the drinks include hot Ovaltine and salted lemon 7-Up, and the roast duck hangs around for the same reasons you do. Cheap, fast, and a little maternal about clean plates.



  34. Address
    4626 N 16th St, Unit 101, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–5 PM

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  35. Rank 111. Mujer Divina

    Mexican Coffee Shop


  36. Rank 111. Myomee

    Korean Café




  37. Address
    3101 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–6 PM

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  38. Rank 111. Por Vida

    Coffee


    Address
    2146 Logan Ave, San Diego, CA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–7 PM

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  39. Address
    1836 S Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 6 AM

    Tuesday 6 AM–6 PM

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  40. Rank 111. Saigon Coffee

    Vietnamese Coffee Shop


    Address
    3994 30th St, San Diego, CA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 9 AM

    Tuesday 9 AM–3 PM

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  41. Address
    4125 2nd Avenue, MI, United States · Detroit
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–8 PM

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  42. Address
    417 H St NE, Washington, DC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–6 PM

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    Website
  43. Rank 111. Smør

    Nordic Café



  44. Address
    1787 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–3 PM

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  45. Address
    812 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 6 AM

    Tuesday 6 AM–6 PM

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  46. Address
    3508 N 7th St, Ste 100, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–8 PM

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  47. Rank 111. Sun Rey Cafe

    Filipino Café


  48. Sunday Press is a bright, all-day café with a drive-through, which is how you know Houston built it. The menu leans wellness: butterfly pea lattes, açai bowls, cold-pressed juice, plus the pastries you'll order to cancel that out. Houstonia has it on its list of the city's best coffee shops. After dark it becomes a cocktail lounge called Sunday Social, same room, fewer laptops.


  49. Sunday Press is an all-day café in Hermann Park with a drive-through, which is a bold amenity for a place also serving butterfly pea lattes. The light-filled room runs on honey sea salt lattes, nitro cold brew, açai bowls, and sandwiches, so you can order breakfast or a salad you'll mention to someone. After dark it turns into a cocktail lounge called Sunday Social, which is the same room with its personality changed.


  50. Sweet Hut is a Pan-Asian bakery and cafe in Midtown, roomy enough that laptop campers and long-lunch friends coexist without elbowing each other. You'll pass rows of individually wrapped pastries before reaching the register, and the white baskets are a quiet admission that one pastry was never the plan. Matcha red bean, Hong Kong polo buns, and a bulgogi Bibimbap Burger for people who need a real lunch first.



  51. Address
    901 S 7th St, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 6 AM

    Tuesday 6 AM–2 PM

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  52. The Commons is an Eastside coffee shop that came with a laundromat attached, a result of the owners asking the neighborhood what it needed and taking the answer literally. You can order a matcha latte or a barbecue turkey BLT while your towels spin, and there's ice cream if the dryer runs long. Expect low prices, flip-flops, and the rare café where "I'll be here a while" is an actual plan.


  53. The Fresh Pot is a Hawthorne coffee shop attached to a Powell's Books branch, which means half the room is holding a paperback they haven't bought yet. The walls double as a gallery of local paintings, the sconces have curlicues, and regulars with actual newspapers claim the good tables. It's been outlasting trendier cafés since forever, and The Infatuation lists it among Portland's best coffee shops.




  54. This is the West Village outpost of a small local coffee shop mini-chain, the cozy one, with a rotating pastry case that includes scones, cookies, and homemade Pop-Tarts. There's a little nook by the front door with a chair and a few plants, which is where you'll want to claim a seat with a book. It's more of a stay-awhile room than a grab-and-go counter, so bring something to read and nowhere to be.



  55. Address
    1641 R St NW Unit B Washington, DC, United States · Washington
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–7 PM

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    Website

  56. Wildland is an all-day restaurant, bar, and bakery in Carlsbad, from the same people behind Jeune et Jolie and Campfire. A Tokyo-style standing bar cuts through an 8,000-square-foot dining room, and the coffee counter behind it hums from morning on, olive oil-honey latte included. Breakfast leans toward a folded pizza stuffed with runny egg and mortadella, which is a sandwich only if you squint. Eater lists it among San Diego's coffee roasters and cafes.



  57. Address
    1023 E Capitol St SE, Washington, DC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–8 PM

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  58. Address
    8210 Oak St, New Orleans, LA, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 11 PM, in 33 min

    Tuesday 7 AM–11 PM

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    Website


  59. This Corktown brewery and beer garden pours a dozen drafts, plus hard cider from its sister brand and a housemade prebiotic soda for anyone in the group sworn off the good stuff. A pavilion with open-air seating handles the warm months, while the semi-industrial indoors does communal tables and solo bar stools. Instead of a mug club, you can join something called the United Federation of Eaters and Drinkers, which is a lot of governance for beer.


    Address
    1400 Porter St, Detroit, MI, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 4 PM

    Tuesday 4 PM–11 PM

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  60. Brew is a casual bakery and cafe on Park Street in Five Points, where the unofficial motto is "not bad," a level of restraint the pastry case does not share. Eggs come on Texas toast or tucked into a pimento cheese kolache, and the layer cakes get ribbons of buttercream. Laptop people claim the booths while everyone else watches the street from the bar, with a torched marshmallow cube on top if it's cold.



  61. Address
    1562 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 8:30 AM

    Tuesday 8:30 AM–7 PM

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  62. Address
    1369 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–9 PM

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  63. Address
    2313 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 6 AM

    Tuesday 9 AM–6 AM

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  64. Rank 193. Ceremony

    Pan-Asian Café

    Ceremony is a tea-focused cafe near Brown that also pours cocktails and natural wine, which is a lot of hats for one counter. The signature move is a reserved tea ceremony led by an apprentice, a quiet tasting that doubles as an exit from the Thayer Street scrum. Walk-ins can order an iced strawberry matcha latte with a giant gummy bear in it, then fight a student for a table.


    Address
    406 Brook St, Providence, RI 02906, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–6:30 PM

    Online
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