Café entertainment in Mexico City
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Segafredo
The Bologna-based chain expertly prepares all the espresso variations, from caffé latte fredo to macchiato con panna. Try a Caffé Maya, spiked with the Yucatecan anise liqueur Xtabentún. Attracted by wireless access, laptop-users often occupy the upper level, which has an open-air terrace attached.
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Sanborns Café
During the day, Chilangos customarily meet at Sanborns Café for a business breakfast or lunch. After hours, this round-the-clock coffee shop makes a convenient port-of-call between clubs. It’s also considered a prime cruising locale, particularly the book-browsing section at the front.
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Cibeles
This fashionable basement-style lounge bar stocks an extensive selection of quality whiskeys, mezcals and tequilas, or sip on a drink prepared with fresh-squeezed juice. DJs spin indie-rock tunes and retro hits with loungey beats, depending on what day of the week it is.
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Cafetería Gabi’s
Cluttered with caffeine-related paraphernalia, this family-run coffeehouse buzzes with conversation midmornings and early evenings, when the occupants of neighboring offices pour in for a rich café con leche and a crispy banderilla (sticklike glazed pastry).
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Café de Carlo
Coffee connoisseurs head for this unassuming sidewalk café, with an aromatic roaster and a vintage espresso machine. Across the street is a relic of 1950s Roma, La Bella Italia. It’s an old-fashioned ice cream parlor that sees few customers these days.
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Los Enanos del Tapanco
Possibly Mexico City’s coolest café, the ‘Dwarves of the Loft’ doubles as an art gallery. Cappuccinos and quiches are served along with an eclectic music selection. There’s live music Friday and storytelling Tuesday evening.
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Café El Jarocho
This immensely popular joint churns out M$11 cappuccinos for long lines of java hounds. As there’s no seating inside, people have their coffee standing in the street or sitting on curbside benches. Another branch is near Viveros park.
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Café La Habana
This grand coffeehouse is a traditional haunt for writers and journalists, who linger for hours over a café americano. Legend has it that Fidel and Che plotted strategy here prior to the Cuban revolution.
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Café Villa de Madrid
With just a few sidewalk tables at the top of Plaza Villa de Madrid, this longtime storefront operation roasts beans from the family finca (farm) in Chiapas. They also roll their own cigars.
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Café Jakemir
Run by a family of Lebanese coffee traders from Orizaba, this old distribution outlet, now transformed into a popular café, has excellent and inexpensive cappuccinos.
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Café Bola de Oro
An outlying branch of the Xalapa coffee purveyor, this is a good place to score a bag of Coatepec beans or simply enjoy a cup of Veracruz’ fine, full-bodied blends.
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Caffé Toscano
This sidewalk café opens onto a delightful corner of Parque México, making a fine setting for a latte and the morning paper – grab one off the rack.
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Cafe Corazón
Folk singers in the Silvio Rodríguez mold take the stage at this temple of trova near San Ángel’s Plaza San Jacinto.
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La Selva Café
A branch of the Chiapas coffee distributor in the stunning patio of a colonial building.
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