Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Philadelphia lingers in over a cortado.

Where to sit and slow down

La Colombe Fishtown ★ 4.8

$ Café

La Colombe Fishtown in Philadelphia is the flagship Fishtown cafe and roasting facility at 1335 Frankford, with a tasting room, a working roaster.

DrinkDraft latte

Elixr Coffee ★ 4.5

$ CaféWork-friendlyWifi

Elixr Coffee in Philadelphia is the Sydenham Street roaster cafe a block off Walnut near Rittenhouse, a third-wave room with two-bar espresso and a quiet.

DrinkCortado

ReAnimator Coffee Fishtown ★ 4.4

$ CaféWork-friendlyWifi

ReAnimator Coffee in Philadelphia is the original Fishtown cafe at Susquehanna and Cedar since 2013, with seasonal single-origin filters and a small front.

DrinkFilter coffee

ReAnimator Coffee Kensington (roastery) ★ 4.7

$ CaféWork-friendlyWifi

ReAnimator Kensington in Philadelphia is the roastery cafe in a former elevator factory on Master Street, the base of operations and the room.

DrinkEspresso flight

K'Far ★ 4.7

$ CaféWifi

K'Far in Philadelphia is Michael Solomonov's all-day Israeli bakery cafe at 19th near Rittenhouse, a morning room of borekas, babkas and za'atar toast.

DrinkCardamom latte

Bloomsday Cafe ★ 4.6

$ CaféWork-friendlyWifi

Bloomsday in Philadelphia is the Headhouse Square cafe by day and natural wine bar by night at 414 South 2nd, with espresso through 14:00 and grower wines.

DrinkEspresso and natural wine flight

La Colombe Rittenhouse ★ 4.3

$ Café

La Colombe Rittenhouse in Philadelphia is the 19th Street cafe near Rittenhouse Square, the founding 1994 location and the room where the draft latte.

DrinkDraft latte

Old City Coffee ★ 4.1

$ CaféWork-friendlyWifi

Old City Coffee in Philadelphia is the Church Street cafe and roaster off 2nd in Old City since 1985, the city's longest-running small-batch roaster.

DrinkHouse blend espresso

Good Karma Cafe ★ 4.1

$ CaféWork-friendlyWifi

Good Karma Cafe in Philadelphia is the Pine Street independent cafe west of Washington Square, a long-running study room serving Counter Culture beans.

DrinkDrip coffee

OX Coffee ★ 4.2

$ Café

OX Coffee in Philadelphia is the South 3rd cafe in Queen Village from Lucky Coffee owners, a counter-only pour-over room with no laptops and a quiet pace.

DrinkPour-over

Menagerie Coffee ★ 4.0

$ CaféWork-friendlyWifi

Menagerie Coffee in Philadelphia is the 3rd Street cafe in Old City, a small front room with multi-roaster espresso and Sunday baked-goods pop-ups.

DrinkCortado

Ultimo Coffee ★ 4.4

$ CaféWork-friendlyWifi

Ultimo Coffee in Philadelphia is the South Philly cafe at 15th and Mifflin, a Counter Culture wholesale account turned roaster with the city's careful.

DrinkEspresso

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