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Best Cafés in United States (2026)

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

60 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in United States

  1. Bouchon Bakery French bakery and café, The Strip (The Venetian)Thomas Keller's French bakery at The Venetian, known for artisanal breads, viennoiserie and traditional French desserts, with coffee blended by Equator Coffees.
  2. Café du Monde Beignets and coffee stand, French QuarterThe original French Market coffee stand, serving beignets under powdered sugar and chicory coffee since 1862, open from early morning until late.
  3. Café Sabarsky Viennese café, Upper East SideA Viennese-style café inside the Neue Galerie on Museum Mile, serving Austrian pastries, coffee and dishes amid period furnishings.

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1. Bouchon Bakery

French bakery and café$$The Strip (The Venetian)

Thomas Keller's French bakery at The Venetian, known for artisanal breads, viennoiserie and traditional French desserts, with coffee blended by Equator Coffees.

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2. Café du Monde

Beignets and coffee stand$French Quarter

The original French Market coffee stand, serving beignets under powdered sugar and chicory coffee since 1862, open from early morning until late.

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4. Lou Mitchell’s

Historic breakfast diner$$West Loop

Lou Mitchell's is a family diner dating from 1923 near Union Station, known as the first stop on Route 66 and for its breakfasts, coffee and complimentary donut holes.

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5. Mike’s Pastry

Italian pastry shop$North End

A North End pastry shop on Hanover Street, founded in 1946, best known for its many varieties of cannoli as well as cookies, cakes and Italian pastries.

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7. République

Bakery café and restaurant$$Mid-Wilshire (La Brea Avenue)

Bakery, café and restaurant in a historic building on La Brea Avenue, where James Beard award-winning pastry chef Margarita Manzke's breads and pastries anchor the daytime menu.

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8. Tartine Bakery

Bakery and café$$Mission District

Tartine Bakery on Guerrero Street has baked bread, croissants and morning buns since 2002 and is open daily from 7.30am to 6pm with café seating.

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9. Tryst

Coffeehouse, restaurant and bar$$Adams Morgan

An Adams Morgan coffeehouse open since 1998 that serves coffee and pastries in the morning, food through the day and cocktails into the night.

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10. Zak the Baker

Kosher bakery and café$$Wynwood

Zak the Baker is a kosher-certified Wynwood bakery and café known for its sourdough bread and pastries, open from Sunday to Friday.

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12. Caffè Reggio

Historic Italian café$Greenwich Village

A Greenwich Village café open since 1927 that claims to have introduced cappuccino to America, with an ornate 1902 espresso machine on display.

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13. Caffe Trieste

Historic espresso house$North Beach

Caffe Trieste in North Beach opened in 1956 as the first espresso house on the West Coast and was a haunt of Beat writers and Francis Ford Coppola.

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16. 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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17. 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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19. 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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20. 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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