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Best Cafés in North America (2026)

Coffee shops, bakeries, tea rooms and dessert spots for breakfast, a light lunch or a break between sights.

90 places · Updated November 12, 2026

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21. Fairmount Bagel

Bagel bakery$Mile End

Family-run Mile End bagel bakery whose story begins in 1919 with the city's first bagel bakery, still rolling bagels by hand and baking them in a wood-fired oven.

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24. Le Panier

French bakery$Pike Place Market

A French bakery in Pike Place Market since 1983, Le Panier sells bread, croissants, macarons, éclairs and other pastries, with coffee and espresso, every day.

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25. Modern Pastry

Italian pastry shop$North End

A small, traditional Italian pastry shop on Hanover Street in the North End, known for freshly filled cannoli, torrone and sfogliatella.

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28. PublicUs

Coffee bar and all-day café$$Downtown (Fremont East)

Canteen-style neighbourhood café and coffee bar in Fremont East, serving specialty coffee drinks alongside hearty breakfasts and lunches.

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30. Willa Jean

Bakery and brunch café$$Central Business District

A contemporary bakery, bar and restaurant in the Central Business District serving Southern comfort food, pastries and brunch from 7am to 3pm every day.

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33. Bread Furst

Bakery$$Van Ness

Mark Furstenberg's James Beard award-winning neighbourhood bakery on Connecticut Avenue, baking artisan breads, pastries and savoury food that change with the seasons.

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34. Café con Gracia

Coffee house and roaster$Downtown (Centro)

A family-run downtown coffee house in a converted home near Mercado 28, roasting Chiapas arabica every week and serving frappés, paninis and homemade bread.

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35. Café La Habana

Historic coffee house$$Juárez

An old-school coffee house on Avenida Morelos, open since the early 1950s, linked by legend with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara and known for coffee roasted on site.

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36. Caffè Vittoria

Historic Italian café$$North End

A historic Italian café on Hanover Street, opened in 1929 and described as Boston's first Italian café, with vintage espresso machines on display and a cigar lounge below.

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