Stay Golden

While this bright cafe is pretty casual, the thought behind the food and coffee drinks is most definitely not. Stay Golden has a variety of proprietary blends (courtesy of their sister coffee company, Good Citizen) that are hand-selected by the owners from farms in top coffee destinations like Costa Rica, so you’re not finding a cup of joe like this anywhere in the city. 

After ordering at the counter, you’ll wait for your crispy yeasted waffles with vanilla mascarpone (or, if you want something savory, the biscuit sandwich stuffed with chicken thigh and spicy honey) at one of the tables in the main dining room or their expanded back room. You can also kick things up a notch with one of their Irish coffees or a carafe of the refreshing pineapple mimosa from the prosecco bar.