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Cafe Kamienica in Gdańsk runs two floors of a Mariacka tenement, the bohemian terrace room locals will tell you is the only proper cafe on the street.
Signature drink: Latte and homemade cakes
Tip: First-floor balcony tables look directly at the amber-shop terraces; book ahead summer.
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Józef K. in Gdańsk is the cult Piwna Street cafe-bar named for Kafka, lit by mismatched lamps, walled with old books and impossible objects.
Signature drink: Coffee, herbal infusions and home-baked cake
Tip: Arrive after 18:00 if you want the candle-lit Kafka room rather than the daytime cafe.
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Lang.fuhr in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz is a Wrzeszcz cafe-bar on Aldony at the Wajdeloty roundabout, listed in the European Coffee Trip guide. Specialty coffee by day.
Signature drink: Specialty espresso and craft beer in the late hours
Tip: Closes 23:00 weekdays, 22:00 Sunday; sit on the outside benches in summer.
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Kawana in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz is the cafe attached to one of the Tri-City's best specialty roasters. Order the house-roasted single origin espresso.
Signature drink: House-roasted single origin espresso
Tip: Closes 18:00 weekdays and 16:00 Sunday; not a late-night room.
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Nieczapla in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz is the cafe in front of one of Poland's most respected micro-roasteries. Order the filter on whatever roast came out last week.
Signature drink: Filter on whatever roast came out last week
Tip: Ask what was roasted last week; the menu rotates faster than the printed list keeps up.
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Kawana Łąkowa in Gdańsk Dolne Miasto is the roastery's downtown room, fifteen minutes' walk from the Old Town. Order the pour over with seasonal house roast.
Signature drink: Pour over with seasonal house roast
Tip: The cinnamon roll on the counter sells out by 12:00 weekends.