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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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43. Sqirl

Breakfast and lunch café$$Virgil Village

Daytime café on Virgil Avenue known for its house-made jams and preserves from local produce, seasonal breakfast and lunch plates and pastries, open daily from 8am to 4pm.

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45. White Lily Diner

Breakfast diner and bakery$Queen Street East

A bright yellow Queen Street East diner, open since 2016, with a Michelin Bib Gourmand for its breakfasts, house-smoked bacon, buttermilk biscuits and house-made donuts.

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47. Café Allegro

Espresso bar and roastery$University District

Opened in 1975 in an alley in the University District, Café Allegro is one of Seattle's earliest espresso bars and roasts its coffee on site.

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50. Doughnut Vault

Doughnut shop$River North

Doughnut Vault on North Franklin Street sells handcrafted doughnuts from a walk-up counter every morning from 7:30am until 1pm or until they sell out.

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53. Levain Bakery

Bakery known for cookies$Upper West Side

The original Levain Bakery, a small basement shop on West 74th Street opened in 1995, famous for its thick six-ounce chocolate chip walnut cookies.

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54. Pastelería Ideal

Traditional bakery and cake shop$Centro Histórico

A huge traditional bakery on 16 de Septiembre, founded in 1927, selling conchas and pan dulce downstairs and showing hundreds of display cakes in its upstairs Museo del Pastel.

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58. Rooster

Café and bakery$$Downtown (Centro)

A small downtown chain of cafés with an in-house bakery, popular for breakfast and brunch, from chilaquiles to eggs Benedict with smoked salmon.

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60. Tinta y Café

Cuban café$Coral Gables

Tinta y Café is a Bib Gourmand Cuban café in Coral Gables serving pastelitos, croquetas, café con leche and pressed sandwiches from 8am daily.

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