Best Restaurants 2019
The 6 Best New Breakfast and Dessert Spots
Wake up and wind down at these eateries.
The Morning Routine
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Coterie
- The digs: French-inspired café with gold accents
- Look for: The treasure-filled bakery case
- The crowd: 8 a.m. business meeting? Why, yes.
- On the menu: Scrambled eggs, frittatas, warm pastries
- Must-order: Parisian Breakfast (eggs with prosciutto and thyme-spiced roasted potatoes), paired with a Southside Coffee Roasters espresso.
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EggHaus Gourmet
- The digs: Instagram-friendly breakfast shop
- Look for: The neon EggHaus sign
- The crowd: Post-workout and pre-workday neighborhood folks
- On the menu: Egg sandwiches, kolaches with King's sausages, gold-flecked croissants
- Must-order: Hangover Sandwich—egg, queso fresco, and beer-simmered shredded chicken
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Tropicales
- The digs: Cute Cuban-inspired coffee joint with a mid-century twist
- Look for: The wall menu, written out with oversized Scrabble tiles
- The crowd: Your soon-to-be best friends
- On the menu: Good coffee, craft cocktails, breakfast tacos
- Must-order: The pan con aguacate, best described as avocado toast on a blue corn tortilla, with a guava de olla—guava cream, almond milk, and matcha
The Evening Routine
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Booza
- The digs: Nouveau malt shop
- Look for: Yes, that giant ice cream cone is a trashcan
- The crowd: Influencers and older Persian dudes. Houston!
- On the menu: Gelato, sundaes, and shakes
- Must-order: The namesake booza—stretchy, rich Middle Eastern ice cream, in flavors like Turkish coffee, ishta (sweet cream), and orange blossom
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Milk + Sugar
- The digs: Hipster-schoolhouse ice cream shop
- Look for: A+ astronaut chalk art
- The crowd: Everyone you just saw at Paulie's.
- On the menu: Flavors with clever names, plus brown-butter waffle cones
- Must-order: Cereal Milk, a creamy, sweet scoop clustered with crunchy Frosted Flakes
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Snowy Village
- The digs: Sleek Asiatown café
- Look for: BTS vids on flat-screen TVs. Control yourself.
- The crowd: Teens and their phones
- On the menu: Bubble tea, s'mores toast, Korean shaved ice
- Must-order: The taiyaki, a flaky pastry griddled in the shape of a koi, filled with not-too-sweet egg custard or Nutella
