MAME Josef ★ 4.7
Founded 2016 by Mathieu Theis and World Brewers Cup champion Emi Fukahori. Single-origin beans roasted in-house, served on ceramic on polished wood.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
Started as a 2012 pop-up beside Hardbruecke station, now a 20,000-square-metre urban garden, bar and eatery. Summer terrace, winter cheese stube.
Address: Geroldstrasse 23, 8005 Zurich
Founded 2016 by Mathieu Theis and World Brewers Cup champion Emi Fukahori. Single-origin beans roasted in-house, served on ceramic on polished wood.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
MAME's Seefeld outpost: same single-origin discipline, lake-side neighbourhood. Filter on the bar, retail beans on the shelf, very serious about extraction.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
The mothership confiserie cafe on Paradeplatz, founded 1836, celebrating 190 years in 2026. Luxemburgerli, chocolates, the canonical hot chocolate.
Signature drink: Hot chocolate with Luxemburgerli
The former Conditorei Schober building, a monument-protected 13th-century house with four floors. Run since 2019 by the Arbeitskette Foundation as 1842.
Signature drink: Hot chocolate
Sara Hochuli's Japanese-leaning cafe, relocated 2022 to the heritage Haus zur Weltkugel: matcha, French patisserie technique, intricate vegan sweets.
Signature drink: Matcha latte
Jens Jung's organic bakery cafe at Stadelhofen station: sourdough, levain, organic flour milled on site, a counter spot for breakfast before the train.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with sourdough toast