(photo: graffiti at the Hungarian Cafe in NYC)

and btw Life is Beauty

Ariel Rubinstein (all photos: me)

A Worldwide Guide for Coffee Places where you can not only work but also think!

155 Cities are already on the map. What about yours? Please- send me additional recommendations.

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The Cafe poster.

2006    2007  2010  2013

If you are interested in a free copy of the paper-poster, send me a request to rariel@post.tau.ac.il.

....and admittedely there is an alternative.....

For an academic material on Cafes see Sarah Amato's Site.

See a "scientific proof" that cafes is the right place to work...:)

See also  

  pages 40  42  44

Aachen Amherst  Amsterdam Ann-Arbor Austin  Baltimore Bangkok Barcelona Beer-sheva Beijing Belfast Berlin Berkeley BetLehem(PA) Boston Boulder Bratislava Brisbane Bristol Brown Brussels Budapest Buenos Aires   Cairo Calcutta Caltech Cambridge(UK) Cambridge(USA) Canberra City Chappel Hill Charleston Charlottesville Chicago Chico Christchurch  Colombus Concepcion Copenhagen Cornell Darmstadt Denver  Dresden  Exeter Florence Freiburg Fribourg Geneve Grenoble  Guangzhou  Hamburg  Hanoi Heidelberg Helsingborg Helsinki HongKong Houston  Iowa Istanbul   Jena Jerusalem  Kansas City Katamndu Kfar-Saba Kiev Kingston Kolkata Koln  Krakow Kyoto  Lausanne Lethbridge  Leuven Lima Lisbon Ljublijana London L.A.  Madrid Manila Mannheim Marrakech Mexico Minneapolis  Montreal  Moscow  Mount Allison Mumbai  Munich   Nanjing  Nashville NewYork-NYU  NewYork-Columbia NewYork-Brooklyn  Nicosia Northampton   Norhfield  Norhwestern  Oxford  Pamplona Paris Patras Penn-State Philadelphia Pisa Pittsburgh Poznan  Prague Princeton  Rehovot   Regensburg Reykjavik Rio Rochester Rome Rosario Rostock Rotterdam  San Diego San Fransisco San-Paulo Santa-Cruz Santa-Fe Santa-Monica Santiego Sarajevo  Savannah  Seattle Seoul Sevilla St. Louis St. Petersburg Stanford Stockholm Stuttgart  Sydney  Tallinn Tel-Aviv Thimphu(Bhutan) Toulouse Toronto Trento Trieste Turin  Tucson  UCSB Urbana-Champain Utrecht  Vancouver Vienna  Warsaw Washington Wisconsin  Yale York  Zaragoza  Zurich

 

University Coffee Place Address Comments          =I checked and indeed it is great!

Aachen (Germany) Cafe Kittel Pontstr. 39 Nominated by Christian Buecken
Amherst Raos Coffee
17 Kellogg Ave
Thanks to Bob Pollin
  Amherst Coffee 28 Amity St
Amsterdam Cafe De Jaren Nieuwe Doelenstraat 20 see also and
  Cafe de Engelbewaarder Kloveniersburgwal 59HS
  Cafe Brecht Weteringschans 157 Nominated by Matthias Weber
  Kriterion Roetersstraat 170
  Cafe Krull Sarphatipark 2 Nominated by Amazia Ido
  De Balie

Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 10

Nominated by Rick van der Ploeg
  de Koffie Salon Utrechtsestraat 130 Nominated by Wouter den Haan
Ann-Arbor 312 S.State Street
Austin Cafe Medici 2222B Guadalupe St, Austin, Texas 78705 Nominated by Amir Barnea
Baltimore (Johns Hopkins University Carma's Cafe 32st and St. Paul Thanks to Laura McCandlish for recommending the place.
Bangkok Agalico 20 Sukhumvit Rd. 51 An amazing place. Open Fr-Sat-Sat 10AM-6PM
  Crepes 18/1 Sukhumvit Soi 12   the only disadvantage ... the mosquitos
Barcelona La Central del Raval
Elisabets, 6. Thanks to Guillaume Haeringer see also Cafe zurich
  Kasparo Pl. Vicens Martorell, 4 Nominated by Christiane Schwieren
  Laie Pau Claris 85 Nominated by Joachim Voth
Beer-Sheba (israel) Ashan Hazman 86/1 Ringblum, Schuma D Recommended by The Marker.
Beijing Xiao Xin's Cafe   103 Nanluogu Xiang, Dongcheng district The best in my opinion. Thanks to Yermi Brener
  Thinker's Cafe/All Sages Bookstore

123 Lanqiying, Chengfu Lu, Haidian DistrictOutside the east gate of Beijing University

Thanks to Ed Green for this nomination.
  Sculpting In Time (Diaoke Shiguang)

7 Weigongcun Lu, south gate of Beijing Institute of Technology, Haidian District

Recommnded by Sebastian Bauhoff
Belfast Common Grounds Cafe 12-24 University Avenue Nominated by Peter Garland
Berkeley Brewed Awakening        1807 Euclid Av. Recommended made by Shachar Kariv
  Yali's Cafe 1920 Oxford St.  Nominated by Ayala Arad
  Philz Coffee 1600 Shattuck Av.
 Nominated by Ayala Arad
  Berkeley's Espresso 1900 Shattuck Av.  Nominated by Ayala Arad
  PiQ 91 Shattuck Av.  Nominated by Ayala Arad
  Sack's Coffee House 2701 College Av.
Berlin St. Oberholz  
Rosenthaler Stra?e 72a My favorite, 2010
  Gasthaus Lentz     Stuttgarter Platz 20
(Charlottenburg)
Nominated by Michael Ehret My favorote 2012
  Cafe To Be Or Not To Be
Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30
  Sowohlalsauch    Kollwitzstraße 88 (East) Nominated by Timo Ehrig; Downgraded 2012
  Cafe Einstein   Kurfürstenstraße 58 Thanks to Hillel Ben Sasson; Downgraded 2012
  Cafe Savigny Grolmanstr. 53
Nominated by Natan Sznaider
  Cafe Manzini Ludwigkirchstraße 11 Nomianted by Avner Shaked
  cafe - Literaturhaus
Fasanenstraße 23
D-10719 Berlin-Charlottenburg
Nominated by Natan Sznaider and Avner Shaked; Douwngraded 2012
  Cafe Bilderbuch

Akazienstraße 28 Scheneberg Nomianted by Natan Sznaider
Bet Lehem (PA) Johnny's Bagels & Deli 472 Main St. Nominated by Casey Quinn:"Nice mix of students from
Lehigh University as well as Moravian college, and whomever of the local professional/etc. crowd come by for coffee."
Boston Espresso Royale Caffe    736 Commonwealth Ave
Nomnated by Adi Ophir and Anat Biletzki see also
Boulder The Boulder Book Store 1107 Pearl Street Nomainted by Shani Katz Gershoni
Bratislava Espresso u Ruze Biela 2 Thanks to Pavol Brunovsky
  Divan Panska 9
Brisbane (Australia) Watersun Cafe (Yhe Belvedere Hotel) Woody Point Nomainted by Louise Ryan
Bristol (UK)) Boston Tea Party 75 Park St. Nomainted by David Leslie
Brown Coffee Exchange    207 Wickenden st watch the poster there:
  the Edge CLOSED 199 Wayland Av. see also
Brussels Brussels, Belgium / Pain Quotidien, Cimetière d’Ixelles. Chaussée de Boondael 479, B-1050

5-10 minutes walk from the Free University of Brussels'

Nominated by Steve Lawford

Budapest Central Kavehaz

Budapest 1053, Károlyi Mihály utca 9

Nominated by Botond Koszegi
  Gerloczy Kavehaz Budapest 1052, Gerlóczy utca 1 Nominated by Botond Koszegi
  Jelen Budapest 1085, Blaha Lujza tér 1-2. Nominated by Daniel Prinz
  Szimpla Cafe
Budapest 1073, Kertész utca 48
Nominated by Daniel Prinz
 

Cafe Farger

Budapest 1054, Zoltán utca 18

Nominated by Botond Koszegi
Buenos Aires La Biela Av. Quintana 596. Recoleta
Cairo Simonds 126 26 July St., Zamalik
Nominated by Bettina von der Way
 
130 26th July St., Zamalek, Nominated by Bettina von der Way
  Cafe Tabasco 18 El Marashly St. Zamalek (near American Univ.) Nomnated by Plamen Nikolov
Calcutta College Street Coffee House Besides Presidency College Nominated by Debkumar De. See wikipedia on the cafe
Caltech Coffee Cantata 2900 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena Nominated by Katrina Ligett and Ori Heffetz
  Coffee Bar 600 S. Spring st. Nominated by Ori Heffetz
  Zona Rosa 15 South El Molino Av. Pasadena Nominated by Ori Heffetz
Cambridge (UK) King's Coffee Bar King's College, King's Parade Nominated by Rhys M Bidder (a student at NYU)
  Waterstone's Bookshop 22 Sidney St Nominated by Hykel Hosni
  CB2 5/7, Norfolk St Nominated by Morgan Sonderegger
Cambridge (USA) 1369 Coffee House 1369 Cambridge Street , Cambridge
 

 

Darwin's

 

148 Mount Auburn St

Nominated by Nurit Lissovsky
  Café Pamplona 12 Bow St.

Nomianted by Fuhito Kojima .

  Diesel Cafe Elm St. in Somerville (Davis
Square)
Nominated by Peter Spiegler
  Bloc 11 11 Bow St. (Union Sq.) Somerville Nominated by Sean Horan
  Sherman Cafe

257 Washington St. (Union Square), Somerville

Nominated by Chase Harrison
  The Atomic Bean Cafe 904 Massachusetts Ave Nominated by Or Zuk
      removed: Voltage Coffee and Art, Cafe Crema, Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc., Hi-Rise Bakery
Canberra City (ANU) Valentino's Cafe Shop 11, Garema Pl, Bunda St
Nominated by Casey Quinn
Chapell Hill (NC) Caffe Driade 1215-A E Franklin St, Chapel Hill
Nominated by Chi-Hung Liao
  The Open Eye Cafe
101 South Greensboro St. Carrboro Nominated by Jesse D Sloane
Charleston (SC) City Lights Coffee 141 Market St Nominated by Amir Barnea
Charlottesville (VA) Mudhouse Coffee 213 W. Main St. Nominated by Ariell Reshef
Chicago Reynolds Club Cafe Univeristy of Chicago A sort of cafetery but I have a good from the place in 1988.
 

Filter Cafe

1373-75 N Milwaukee Ave (in his previous location )
  Bridgeport Coffee Company 3101 S Morgan Nominated by Morgan Sonderegger
  Classics Cafe 1010 E 59th St
Nominated by Morgan Sonderegger
  Noble Tree 2444 N Clark Nominated by Morgan Sonderegger
  Cafe Catedral CLOSED 2500 S Christiana Nominated by Morgan Sonderegger
  Mercury Cafe CLOSED 1505 W Chicago Nominated by Morgan Sonderegger
  Metropolis 1039 W Granville Nominated by Nicole Immorlica
  Bourgeois Pig Cafe 738 Fullerton Pkwy Nominated by Richard Jordan
  Dollop Coffee & tea co.
4181 N.Clerendon Nominated by Richard Jordan
  Art Gallery Kafe CLOSED 1907 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
  Intelligentsia Broadway Coffee Bar
3123 North Broadway Nominated by Thomas Jungbauer
Chico (California State-Chico) Upper Crust Bakery
130 Main Street Nominated by bankruptcy expert Jack Ayer. See his blog.
Christdchurch (New Zeland) Cafe 101 University of Canterbury Nominated by Uryia Dolev who also took this picture
Colombus (Ohio) Mean Bean 2 N Sandusky St, Delaware (near Ohio Wesleyan University) Nomnated by Plamen Nikolov
  Cup O'Joe German Village, 627 S 3rd St
Thanks to Dan Levin
Concepcion (Chile) Cafe Cantabria 451 Caupolican Nominated by Martin Carrasco
  Portal Rometsch Cumbres de Andalué, San Pedro de la Paz Nominated by Martin Carrasco
Copenhagen Sabines Cafetceria 4 Teglagardsstraede
Cornell Gimme! Coffee   430 N Cayuga St
Thanks to Ori Heffetz
  Stella's Cafe 403 College Avenue
Thanks to Ori Heffetz
Darmstadt Cafe Lotte Soderstr. 116, Gordana Pavicic-Hrgovan Nominated by Michael Ludwig
Denver Tattered Cover Book Store 1628 16th Street @ Wynkoop Nomianted by Shani Katz Gershoni
Dresden Raskolnikov Bolmisch 34 Nomianted by Benny Gleitman
Exeter The Plant Cafe 1 Cathedral Yard
Florence Le Giubbe Rosse Piazza della Repubblica Nomianted by Alon Confino
Freiburg Coffee Factory Habsburgerstraße 110 
Nominated by Katharina Best
Fribourg (Switzerland)

Café du Belvédère

 

Grand-Rue 36
Nominated by Simon Lapointe
Geneve Café du Soleil Place du Petit-Saconnex Nominated by Christophe Kuenzler
  Café Remor Place du Cirque 3
Nominated by Christophe Kuenzler
  Le CALM Rue Ancienne 36, Carouge Nominated by Cynthia Balli
Grenoble (France) French Coffee Shop
3 Place Claveyso Nominated by Michal Urdanivi
Guangzhou(China)

Wing Kwong Hall

 

Sun Yat-Sen University, South Lawn Nominated by Dong Quan
Hamburg Mathilde, Literatur und Cafe 6 Beiträge
  Cafe Leonar Grindelhof 59
Nominated by Benny Gleitman
Hanoi Joma in Hanoi 54 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho Nominated by Dick de Koning
Heidelberg Cafe Burkardt Friedrich-Ebert-Geburtshaus on Untere Straße
  Café Schiller's
Heiliggeiststraße 5 Nominated by Davide Cantoni
  Star Coffee Hauptstrasse Nominated by Christiane Schwieren
Helsingborg (Sweden) Wayne's Coffee Helsingborg Stortorget 8 Nominated by Philipp Wichardt
Helsinki Cafe Engel
Cafe Ekb?rg
Cafe Succ?s
Aleksanterinkatu 2
Bulevardi 9
Korkeavuorenkatu 2
Nominated by Hannu Vartiainen
Hong Kong The People's Bookstore Add: 1/F. 18 Russell Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Nominated by Tanjim Hossain. He also sent me a picture
Houston (Rice) Croissant Brioche 2435 Rice Bld.  Houston Nominated by Zvi Safra
Iowa CafeteriaPrairie Lights Books and Cafe
15 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City Nominated by Ed green
Istanbul Falls in Galata Buyuk Hendek Cad. No:35 Galata-Beyoulu The best 2012
  Karabatak Karakuy

 

Kemankeu Kara Mustafa Paua Mah. Kara Ali Kaptan Sok. No. 7, Karakuy Beyoulu

Nominated by Ayse Mumcu
  Polka Cafe Moda cad.Zuhal Sok.no:14/c (bim market karuu kuuesi) Nominated by Ayse Mumcu
  Mavra Cafe Serdar-i Ekrem Caddesi No. 31/A Galata Nominated by Ayse Mumcu
  Babel Cafe Turnacibasi Caddesi No: 56
Çukurcuma-Beyoglu Istanbul
Nominated by Deniz Selman
  Ufak Tefek Seyler Turnacibasi Caddesi No: 44/B
Çukurcuma-Beyoglu
Nominated by Deniz Selman
  Urban Cafe Kartal Sokak 6/A, Galatasaray
  Cafe Smyrna Akarsu Caddesi, No. 29, Cihangir
Thanks to Fikret Adaman, David Katz and Ayse Mumcu.
  Gölge Kahve Olivya Geçidi No: 21, Galatasaray
Nominated by Deniz Selman
  Bebek Kahve 13 Cevdet Pasa Caddesi , Bebek. Nomainted by Merve Akbas
Jena Cafe Lieders Jenergasse 2
Nominated by Jens Kubieziel
Jerusalem (Hebrew U.) Kalo 31 Beit Lechem Rd.
  Cafe Smadar 4, Loid Geroge If I were living in Jerusalem, this would be my second home.
  Nocturno Bezalel 7
  Mizrachi 12 Shezif St Machne yehuda
  Austrian Hospice via dolorosa 37 Little Austria in Damescus Gate.  Thanks to my friend Avi Margalit  for reminding me.
  Taamon King George 27 CLOSED
  Tmol Shilshom
Salomon 5
Kansas City Hard Bean Cafe 801 Main St,
Grandview (a suburb to
Kansas City).
Nominated by Juergen Kramer
Katmandu Newa de Cafe'
Chakshibari Marg St. next to the 'Kathmandu Guest House' Nominated by Vincent Froese
Kfar Saba Cafe Hamidrehov Hakarmel 16 Nominated by Kfir Eliaz
Kiev Kupidon Pushkinska str. 1-3/5 Nominated by Yegor Samusenko
  Antresol

Shevchenko bul. 2

Thanks to Tymofiy Mylovanov and Andriy Zapechelnyuk
who introduced me to the place.
Kingston (Canada) Coffee Eco 344 Johnson St. Nominated by Marie-Louise Vierø
  The Sleepless Goat Cafe 91 Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Nomianted by Ori Heffetz
Kolkata

Indian Coffee House

Albert Hall, 15 Bankim Chatterjee St.

Nominated by Debkumar De
Koln Cafe Elefant Weibenburgstr. 50 Nominated by Sebastian Rothe
  Cafe Pomp

Lindenstr. 38 Nominated by Rene Cyranek
  Rosenrot Turmstr. 4 Recommended by Nina Klee
Krakow Alchemia pl. Nowy (Kazimierz) Nominated by Jacob Remes
  Cheder Café
ul. Józefa 36
Nominated by Sarah Selbmann
Kyoto Ueshima Coffee Teramachi Shopping Arcade, South of Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae subway station. Nominated by Jesse D Sloane
Lausanne Cafe de Grancy Av. du Rond-Point 1 Nomainted by Bettina-Elisabeth Klaus
Lethbridge (Alberta) The Round Street Cafe 427 Fifth St S
Nominated by Jennifer Davis
Leuven Stuk Naamsestraat 96 Nomianted by Johannes Spinnewijn
  Boekencafe Schrijnmakersstraat 11 Nomianted by Johannes Spinnewijn (it was closed when I visted the Leuven....)
Lima Cafe Z Bajada Balta in the Miraflores district Nominated by Mark Kennet
Lisbon CCB CCB (Centro Cultural de Bel?m) Nominated by Vanda Regina Almeida
Ljubljana Cajna Hisa Pod Velbom Stari Trg 3, Ljubljana Nominated  by Jernej Copic.
London Bush Theatre Cfae 5 Uxbridge Rd. (Shepherd's Bush) My choice for 2012 !! Nominated by Gilat Levy
  Firebox
108 Cromer St - WC1H Camden Town
 Nomianted by Rick van der Ploeg
  Primrose Pattiserie 136 Regent's Park Road, Camden, NW1 Picture was copied by TimeOut Tel Aviv
  Kitchen and Pantry

14 Elgin Cresceint (# with kensington Park Rd) W11

  Fork 85 Marchmont Street
  Yumchaa Camden Town: 35/37
Park Way
Nominated by Veronica Rappoport
  Goswell Road Street Coffee 160-4 Goswell Road Mominated by Francesco Nava
  Look Mum No Hands 49 Old St. Mominated by Francesco Nava
  Cafe At Foyles 113-119 Charing Cross Road Nominated by Miguel Fonseca
  Candid Cafe 3 Torrens St.  
  Poetry Cafe 22 Betterton St. Covent Garden Nominated by Andre Harris
Los Angeles Bean Town 45 N Baldwin Av. Nomianted by Muruvvet Buyukboyaci
Madrid Cafe de Ruiz Calle de Ruiz, 11 Thanks to David Tiera
  Cafe Gijon Paseo de Recoletos 21 (2009: I remove my recommendation)
Manila Figaro Congressional Northridge Plaza Congressional Av. Nominated by Ruth Francisco
Mannheim Kombüse Mannheim Jungbuschstraße 23
Nominated by Inken Töwe
Marrakech Cafe Arabe
Rue Mouassine Nominated by Diane Rice
Mexico Cafe la Habana
Morelos 62 (corner w/ Bucareli), near the Paseo de la Reforma

All nominations in Mexico city, thanks to Andrei Gomberg - the perfect guide of the city.

The Cafe is where Castro and Che Guevara met to plan the revolution. Certainly a place where one can think...

  Village Cafe Condesa, Av. Tamaulipas 99 (between Vicente Suarez and
Campeche), Colonia Condesa
  Centro Cultural La Bella Epoca Tamaulipas 202 (corner w/ Benjamin Hill)
  Cafe Picasso Francisco Sosa (corner w/
Plaza Santa Catarina) Barrio Santa Catarina, Coyoacan
  Cafe El Jarocho Cuauhtemoc 134-E,F,G, corner w/ Allende, Colonia del Carmen Coyoacan
Minneapolis Espresso Royale 14th Avenue, Dinkytown Nominated by Roberto Piazza
Montreal Cafe les entretiens 1577 rue Laurier Est

 2012: Removed

  Cafe Saint Henri 3632 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest Nominated by Eleni Panagiotarakou
Moscow Coffee Mania see websie
Mount Allison Bridge Street Cafe 10 Bridge Street, Sackville, Canada Nominated  by Matthew Chiasson
Mumbai Kyani & Co 657, Jer Mahal Estate, Dhobi Talao Nominated  by Sabyasachi Das
Munich Café Altschwabing Schellingstrasse/Barerstrasse Nominated  by Klaus Schmidt
  Kaffee, Espresso and Barista Schlorstrasse 11 Nominated  by Charly Pützfeld
  Bar Centrale Ledererstraße 23 Nominated  by Charly Pützfeld
  Ruffini Orffstr. 22-24
Nominated  by Charly Pützfeld
  Blaues Haus Hildegardstr. 1 Monimated by C A Barth: "you can write a whole book or a thesis there
(and there's people who've done it!)"
  Cafe Frenzy
Frauenhoferstraße 20 Nominated by Edward M. Stadum
  Hungriges Herz
Frauenhoferstr. 42 Nominated by Edward M. Stadum
  Konditorei Schneller Amalienstrasse 59 Nominated by Davide Cantoni
  Kiki Schusstrasse 34 Nominated  by Charly Pützfeld
Nanjing (China) Sculpting in Time(Diao Ke Shi Guang) 2nd Floor, #47 Hankou Road, Gulou District, Nanjing Nominated by Jerry Xu
Nashville Fido Café 1812 21st ave South
  J-J's Coffee and Market
1912 Broadway Nominated  by Caleb Stroup
New York - NYU Pecan 130 Franklin (#W.Broadway)
  The Vagabond Cafe 7 Cornelia St
(between 4th & Bleecker)
An interesting new place. The kind of Cafe I miss in New York.
  VBar and Cafe 225 Sullivan St. My favorite for 2009
  think coffee 248 Mercer Close to be deleted from the list. Unbearably noisy
  88 Orchard 88 Orchard
  Housing Works Bookstor Cafe 126 Crosby The re-discovery of Winter 2008
  Grounded 28 Jane St (between 4th St & Greenwich Ave)
  SNice 45 8th Ave, @ W 4th St
  Doma (closed!) 17 Perry St (corner with 7th Av) March 2012: The place is closed! How sad!!!!

New York- Columbia

The Hungarian Cafe 1030 Amsterdam (corner 110 st)  see In the Cafe? by Julie Otsuka   
  Cafe Amrita  301 W 110th St (at 8th Ave) Nominated by Yael Sharvit (I am not excited from the place)
  East Harlem 1651 Lexington Av. Nomiated by Bejamin Bachi
  Effy's Cafe 1638 3rd Avenue, (b/w 91st & 92nd St)
Nomiated by Bejamin Bachi
  Society Coffee 2104 Fredrick Douglas Blvd. Harlem (corner of 114st.)
New York- Broklyn Tea Lounge
837 Union Street (bet. 6th and 7th Av.)
  Second Stop Cafe 524 Lorimer St
(bet: Powers St & Ainslie St)
Nominated by Huong Ngo
  Smooch 264 Carlton Ave (@ Dekalb) Thanks to Matan Tzur
  Cafe Grumpy 193 merserole Av. Greenpoint Brooklyn
  Outpost

1014 Fulton St

Nicosia Hurricane 7 Nicoleous St.
Northampton (MA) Woodstar Cafe
60 Masonic St. Nominated by Chase Harrison
  Haymarket Cafe

185 Main St. Nominated by Chase Harrison
  Northampton Coffee

269 Pleasant St. Nominated by Chase Harrison
Northfield (MN) Goodbye Blue
Monday
319 Division St.

Near Carleton College and St. Olaf College.
Nominated by William McClung.

Northwestern Coffee Lab 922 Noyes Stþ
  Cafe Mud   CLOSED 2007 1936 Maple Av., Evanston Thanks to Jeff Ely for telling me about the wonderful place.
Oxford Zappi's Bike Cafe 28-32 St. Michaels Street Nominated by Ian Jewitt
  Turl St. Kitchen 16-17 Turl St. Nominated by Ian Jewitt
  The Missing Bean 14 Turl St. Nominated by Jorgen Weibull
  Freud Cafe Walton Street, OX1 Nominated  by Nick Wedd (out of the list 2012)
Pamplona Cafe Iruna Plaza del Castillo Nominated  by Mikel Berdudy
Paris

Cave La Bourgogne

144 rue Mouffeard

  Cafe lea 5 rue Claude Bernard
  Les Philosophes 28 rue Vieille-du-Temple
  Le Patios 5 Place de La Sourbonne
  Cafe Le Rostand Place edmond Rostand
  La Belle Hortense 31 rue Vieille du Temple Nominated by Jacob Remes
  Cafe Creme 4 Rue Dupetit-Thouars Nominated by Guillaume Chevillon
  L'Estaminet 116 rue Oberkampf Nominated by Kimberly Taggart
  Cafe de la Mairie: Henry Miller's Fave Cafe
Place st Sulpice Nomianted by Benny Gleitman
  Lezard 32, Rue Etienne Marcel Nominated by Anders Jensen
Patras (Greece) Si Doux Patreos 13-15 Nominated by Sotiris Christopoulos
Penn State

Webster's Bookstore Cafe

133 E. Beaver Av.

See Ed Green + Vijay Krishna enjoying themselves there in 2006

the old place

Philadelphia La Colombe Torrefaction 130 S 19th St Nominated by Aureo de Paula
  White Dog Cafe 3420 Sansom St Nominated by Uri
Pisa Caffe' Dell'Ussero -

Lungarno Antonio Pacinotti, 27

Pittsburg Crazy Mocha 207 Oakland Ave (heart of Pitt) Nominated by Adam Shear
  Esperesso a Mano 3623 Butler St. Nominated by Alistair Wilson
  Tazza D'Oro 1125 North Highland Av. Nominated by Alistair Wilson
  Tazza D'Oro Gates Center 3rd Floor
Computer Science, Forbes Av.
  Big Dog Coffee 2717 Sarah St. Nominated by Alistair Wilson
Poznan Pozegnanie z Afryka - Pijalnia kawy Poznan, ul. Fredry 1 (wejscie od ul. Gwarnej)
Nominated by Sarah Selbmann
Prague Cafe no 1 29 Rijna Andreas Ortmann's recommendations

Tynska Literarni Kavarna Tynska 6

Cafe Meduza Belgicka 17 Nominated by Tal Einhorn
  Ouky Douky Coffee Janovskeho 14 Nominated by Paul Dovener
  Cafe Louvre Národní 22 Nominated by Siddhartha Aror

Princeton

Small World Cafe 14 Witherspoon
Regensburg (Germany) Caffe Rinaldi
Alte Kornmarkt 3a Nominated by Florian Rottke
Rehovot (Weizmann Institute) The Wix cafe Herzel st Nominated by Or Zuk
Reykjavik Cafe Mokka Skolavoroustig 3A
 
  Kaffi Hljomalind CLOSED 2012 Laugavegur 21

non-profit Café

CLOSED 2012 (Chen Atias reports)

Rio Armazem do Cafe


Rua Maria Quiteria 77, Loja G - Rio de Janeiro - RJ and

Rua Visconde de Piraja, 595 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ

Nominated by Ana Luiza Abrão Roriz
  Rubro Cafe
Rua da Quitanda, 191 - Centro Rio de Janeiro Nominated by Ana Luiza Abrão Roriz
Rochester Starry nites cafe 696 University Avenue
  Spot Cafe 200 East Ave
Rome

Gusto

Fandango Cafe

Piazza Augusto Imperatore 9

Piazza di Pietra 32/33

Nominated by Corrado Pasquali

Rosario (Argentina)

El Cairo Santa Fe 1120, Rosario, Argentina Nomainted by Max Marzetti
Rostock (Germany) Cafe Lotte Wismarsche Straße 1 Nomainted by Philipp Wichardt
Rotterdam Gran Cafe Westerpaviljoen Nieuwe Binnenweg 136
  Proef Mariniersweg 259
  Dikt Hoogstraat 110
San Diego Caffe Calabria


3933 30th Street

Nominated by Amir Barnea

  The Art of Espresso

University of California San Diego main campus, Mandeville Center

Nominated by Stephan Lange

  Lestat's Coffee house


3343 Adams Avenue

Nominated by Stephan Lange

San Fransisco Ritual Roasters 1026 Valencia St. Nominated by Rion Snow
  The Red Victorian 1665 Haight Street Nominated by Stephan List
  YakiniQ Cafe 1640 Post St. Nominated by Ayala Arad
  Creek Cafe 968 Valencia
  Sugarlump

2862 24th Street
Nominated by Ori Heffetz
  Sightglass Coffee 270 Seventh Street
Nominated by Tal Niv
  Coffee Bar 1890 Bryant st. Nominated by Tal Niv
 

Cafe Sapore

790 Lombard Street Nominated by Andrew Carlson
  The Summit Closed 780 Valencia
San-Paulo Cafe Suplicy

Alameda Lorena, 1430 - Sao Paulo - SP Nominated by Ana Luiza Abrão Roriz
  Santo Grao


Rua Oscar Freire, 413 - Sao Paulo - SP Nominated by Ana Luiza Abrão Roriz
  Octavio Cafe


Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 2996 Nominated by Ana Luiza Abrão Roriz
  Rubro cafe
Rua da Quitanda, 191 - Centro

Nominated by Ana Luiza Abrão Roriz

Santa-Cruz (CA) Lulu's at the Octagon
At the Museum of Art and History, 118 Cooper St

Nominated by Sean Crockett

Santa-Fe Aztec Street Coffee House 317 Aztec St.
  Ecco


105 E Mercy

Nominated by Willemien Kets

Santa-Monica Caffe Luxxe


925 Montana Avenue

Nominated by Amir Barnea

Santiego (Chile) Cafe Tales
Concha y Toro 39

Nominated by Jose Gerardo Fernandez

Sarajevo Buybook cafes
Radiceva 4 and Zelenih beretki 8 (BiH Art Gallery) Nominated by Jacob Remes
  Zlatna Ribica (Goldfish) Kaptol br. 5 Nominated by Igal sarna
Savannah (GA) Gallery Espresso 234 Bull Street @ Cheppawa Square Nominated by Ray Falk
 

The Sentient Bean

13 W Park Avenue

Nominated by Rachel Berner
Seattle Cafe Allegro Espresso 4214 University Way Nominated by Bruce Johnsen
  University Zoka 2901 NE Blakeley Street Nominated by Navanit Arakeri
  Bauhaus 301 E Pine Nominated by Nicole Immorlica
  Kahili Coffee
105 South Lake St., Kirkland Nominated by Navanit Arakeri
Seoul, Korea Bohemian
Anam-dong, Sungbuk-gu, Near Korea University Thanks to In-Koo Cho
  Caffe Bene
Shinsoo Dong 81-136, Mapo Ku, Near Sogang University Thanks to Gyu Ho Wang
Sevilla, Spain Café de la Prensa
Calle Betis 5, Sevilla Nominated by Nicolas Ibanez
St. Louis Meshuggah Cafe 6269 Delmar Blvd Nomianted by Francesco Carli
  Kayak's Coffee 270 N. Skinker Blvd. Nomianted by Sandip Agarwal
St. Petersburg The Idiot nab. reky Moiky 82 Nominated by Sotiris Christopoulos
Stanford Coupa Cafe 538 Ramona St. in Palo Alto. Nominated by Ran Abramitzky
  Douce France 855 El Camino Real Nominated by Ran Abramitzky
  Cafe Venetia 419 Univeristy Av. Palo Alto Nominated by Ayala Arad
 

Happy Donuts

3916 El Camino Real
Palo Alto

Nominated by Rion Snow

Stockholm Sturekatten Riddargatan 4
  Cafe Vetekatten   Kungsgatan 55
  Wayne's Coffee Kungsgatan 14 Nominated by Maria Bjornsdotter-Dahlin
  Cafe Himlavalvet Drottninggatan 120 Nomainted by Jorgen weibull
  Rosendals Tradgardscafe Rosendalsterrassen
2, Djurgården.
Nominated by Alberto Vesperoni
  Cafe Saturnus

Eriksbergsgatan 6 Nominated by Alberto Vesperoni
  Ritorno Odengatan 80 Nominated by Erik Mohlin
Stuttgart Schlossgarten-Cafe Schlossgarten-Hotel Nominated by Ruah Morrigan
  Forum 3, Gymansiumstraße Nominated by Ruah Morrigan
Sydney Le Petit Tarte 219 Glebe Point Rd.
  Kawa
348A Crown St, Surry Hills Nominated by Andreas Ortmann
Tallinn, Estonia Cafe Kehrwieder in Apollo Bookstore, Viru 23
Nominated by Michiru Nagatsu
Tel Aviv Cafe Tamar (photo:Yuval Rubinstein 2002) Sheinkin St./Echad Haam

(photo:  Ronit Antler 2004); Yinon Cohen's photo

The birthplace of the "absent minded driver"  

  Cafe Bar Yochai Bar Yochai 7
  Tolaat Sfarim Rabin Sq. my son Yuval   
  Tolaat Sfarim Mazeh 7   
  Beta 17 Brodezki
  Streets 2 Hanevieim & King gorg 70
  Esterika 13 Bilu The discovery of 2012 !
  Yafa Yhuda Marguza (corner yefet), Jaffa Bookstore and coffee place: a meeting place for jews and arabs.
Thimphu(Bhutan) Ambient Café Norzin Lam Nominated by Thomas Stoerk
Toulouse Terra Nova Librairie/Cafe 18 rue Gambetta Nominated by Alex White "about 15 minutes walk from the department. Also sells a wide selection of books...allow you to kill two birds of cultural assimilation with one stone."
Toronto   Tequila Bookworm 512 Queen St. W The old location
  Manic Coffee 426 College Nominated by Joanne Roberts
  Jet Fuel 519 Parliament St.(cabbagetown) Nominated by Sean Horan
Trento Pasticceria Caffetteria Viennese Corso 3 Novembre 2 Nominated by Andreas Ortmann
  Bar al Duomo Via Verdi 40 See Ortmann's top 10 list for Trento's cafes
Trieste Il Caffe San Marco via Battisti 18 Nominated by Roberto Burguet following the book Microcosmi, by Claudio Magris
Turin Cafe Lumiere Corso Vittorio Emanuele 35/C Nominated by Sophie Bade

 

Caffe Mulassano
Piazza Castello, 15

Turin is a great city for cafes. This time I was attarcted by a different style than usual. Caffe Mulassano is my winner

Tucson Cartel Coffee Lab 2502 N Campbell Ave
  Caffe Luce 943 E University Blvd # 191
UCSB (Goleta, CA) Mojo Coffee CLOSED
7127 Hollister Ave # 18 Nominated by Or Zuk
Urbana Champaign Cafe Kopi 109 N.Walnut
Utrecht Brasserie Domplein Domplein 20, 3512 JD Nominated by Markus Heydenreich
  Douwe Egberts Cafe Korte Jansstraat 17-19
  Broers Janskerkhof 9
Vancouver WE coffee 1696 Robson St. Nominated by Ayala Arad
  The Boulevard Coffee Roasting Co.

5970 Univeristy Boulevard

Nominated by Dotan Persitz
  The Original Beanery 2706 Fairview Crescent Nominated by Dotan Persitz
  The Old Barn Bean Around the World 6308 Thunderbird Blvd Nominated by Dotan Persitz
  Milano Coffee Roasters 156 West 8th Ave Nominated by Tristram Waye

Vienna

Cafe tour

Cafe Hawelka  

Dorotheergasse 6

My first cafe I have been ever! Closed on tue.

The capital of the world's cafes!! Cafe Bräunerhof Stallburggasse 2
  Cafe Prückel A- 1010, Stubenring 24 Nominated by Natan Sznaider
  Cafe Alt Wien Bäckerstraße 9
  Café Kafka Capistrangasse 8 Nominated by Anja Sautmann
  Cafe Ritter Ottakringerstrasse 117
  Cafe der provinz Maria Treu Gasse 3 Nominated by Michal Maimaran
  Café Engländer Postgasse 2 Nominated by Thomas Jungbauer
  Cafe Korb Brandstaette 9 Nominated by Johannes Boehm
Warsaw Czuly Barbarzynca ul. Dobra 31

near the univeristy

Washington D.C. Kramer Book Stores 1517 Connecticut Ave NW

  Tryst 2459 18th Street Nominated by Andrew Carlson
  Mocha Hut CLOSED

4706 14th St NW Nominated by Ori Heffetz
  14U CLOSED 2009
1939 14th St. NW Nominated by Ori Heffetz
Wisconsin Mother Fools


1101 Williamson St., Madison,

Nominated by Jacob Remes

Yale Koffee? 104 Audubon St, New Haven Nominated by Jacob Remes
 

 

Book Traders

 

1140 Chapel St, New Haven

 

Nominated by Jacob Remes

  Atticus Book Store-Cafe
1082 Chapel St

Nominated by Tzachi Gilboa.

Tzachi, real good (not like me) coffee lover.

York (UK) Café Concerto

21 High Petergate

Nominated by Steve Lawford

Zaragoza Gran Cafe de Zaragoza Calle de Alfonso I, 25 Nominated by Natan Sznaider
Zurich KafiSchnaps

Kornhausstrasse 57

Nominated by Maria Saez-Marti

 

  Cafe Voltaire

Spiegelgasse 1