Just a year old, it's become the cafe of choice for locals, ex-pats and visitors thanks to its relaxed vibe and its hands-on Turkish owner, Arzu, who is more than happy to offer her tips on the city.
Whatever the cafe of choice, Italians share an unspoken rule of what drink to order when: cappuccino in the morning and only a caffe (espresso) after eating.
Dunbar describes Cafe Oto's choice of acts as "underground music": Thurston Moore, the Sonic Youth founder who has played the venue several times, is as mainstream as it gets.
Pond House Café 1555 Asylum Street West Hartford (860) 231-8823 pondhousecafe.com GOOD THE SPACE Set on a pond in Elizabeth Park, the cafe offers a choice of seating: outside on the open-air patio or covered porch, or inside.
A couple reading digital publications at a cafe can send choice articles to friends, family, and colleagues along with a thoughtful note.
Something that's obviously had a strange effect on my psyche, because I've started to find myself at places like the Sports Cafe out of choice, like a lorry driver who insists on driving via Felixstowe on the family holiday.
One of a small chain, it is a friendly, sparkling cafe where the best choices are Scandinavian dishes like herrings, aquavit and dill-marinated gravlax with mustard sauce, and Swedish meatballs with whipped potatoes and ruby lingonberries.
If you end with coffee -- the choices are Cafe Liègeois coffee or espresso from Belgium -- or tea from a wide selection of Harney's loose teas, you will be served a plate of mignardises or "little sweets": a baby Madeleine and intensely rich chocolate truffles, made in the shop across the driveway.
A proposal submitted by the current proprietor, the Patio Cafe, was the first choice of a selection panel.
As I wandered around Bologna, my eyes soaking up the beauty of this historical city and my stomach heavy with that day's pasta offering, I was soon recognising faces, picking up on gossip, and falling upon regular food and drink choices in cafes and restaurants; all things that made me realise the words I was learning were only the starting point for discovering the language and the city.
Even in the 15th, three of the cafes offer a choice of French and English petit déjeuner (just add eggs and a surcharge of several euros for the British variant).
