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Best Cafés in New York (2026)

New York's cafés range from historic coffee houses to modern specialty roasters and bakeries with queues around the block. Caffè Reggio on MacDougal Street has been serving cappuccino in Greenwich Village since 1927, and Ferrara Bakery and Cafe in Little Italy dates back to 1892, with cannoli and espresso at its long counters. For something more elegant, Café Sabarsky inside the Neue Galerie recreates a Viennese coffee house on Fifth Avenue, with cakes and coffee in a room furnished by Vienna's great designers.

Specialty coffee fans should head to Williamsburg, where Devoción roasts its coffee in Brooklyn and serves it in a bright converted industrial space. On the Upper West Side, the original Levain Bakery sells its famously thick chocolate chip walnut cookies from a small basement shop, and on the Lower East Side, Clinton St. Baking Company draws weekend queues for its blueberry pancakes. Many cafés open early and close by early evening, and the most popular spots are busiest at weekend brunch, so weekday mornings are the easiest time to get a seat.

6 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in New York

  1. 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.
  2. Caffè Reggio Historic Italian café, Greenwich VillageA Greenwich Village café open since 1927 that claims to have introduced cappuccino to America, with an ornate 1902 espresso machine on display.
  3. Devoción Williamsburg Specialty coffee roaster, Williamsburg, BrooklynBrooklyn coffee roaster Devoción's Williamsburg café serves fresh Colombian coffee sourced directly from farms, in a converted industrial building.

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2. 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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4. 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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