'feine
A Fayette Street coffee shop pulling espresso for the walk-to-work crowd. Named for exactly what you came in for.
Cafe in the burbs
Every cafe spot we vouch for, across every town we cover. Cross a town line for the good ones. That's the whole point.
The picks
- 'feine
- ANEU Kitchens
- Ardmore Station Cafe
- Backyard Beans Coffee Company - Ambler
- Bored Trading Cafe
- The Brew Room
- Brunch
- The Buttery | Bryn Mawr
- Crate & Press Juice Bar
- a Culture Factory
- Elcy's Cafe
- Half a While
- Keswick Coffee House
- Lilly's Gourmet
- Lu & Aug's
- Native Cafe
- New Rising Sun Cafe
- Nock's Cafe
- Perks Coffee
- Phoenixville Café
- PI BUBBLE TEA
- Pie and Plate Cafe
- Pinwheel Provisions- Local Market & Table
- Raven Cafe
- S&F Cafe
- Soltane Cafe
- Sweet Briar Cafe and Ice Cream
- UnCommon Grounds
- The Weldon Fountain
- Wheat & Vine Provisions
- Yi's Boba
ANEU Kitchens
The Bryn Mawr counter of the kitchen Meridith Coyle started in Paoli back in 1992. Acai bowls, smoothies, chia seed puddings, matcha and drip coffee, plus weekly meal plans and catering out of the same kitchen.
Ardmore Station Cafe
Breakfast and lunch a few steps from the Ardmore train station on Station Road. The kitchen closes at 2pm and the doors stay shut Mondays, so this is a morning plan, not an evening one.
Backyard Beans Coffee Company - Ambler
The Ambler outpost of Lansdale's Backyard Beans — serious roasting with a sense of humor about itself. The lavender latte has a fan club.
Bored Trading Cafe
A pop-up kitchen and coffee bar inside Almost Home General on Cricket Avenue. Coffee roasted in house, food made to order, and a room set up for laptops: smash burgers, chicken and waffles, espresso drinks.
The Brew Room
A Greek coffeehouse on West Lancaster Avenue from Danny and Eleni, who both grew up in northern Greece. The sandwiches lean on house-made whipped feta and zaatar hummus, and the pastry case runs to bougatsa.
Brunch
The name says it: a Fayette Street kitchen built around breakfast and midday plates, with coffee to match. A weekend-morning fixture in the middle of town.
The Buttery | Bryn Mawr
A bakery, coffee shop and scratch kitchen that has been going since 2015, with the Bryn Mawr room open every day from 7am for sourdough, pastries and coffee. Dine in or take out, service dogs only inside.
Crate & Press Juice Bar
A juice bar in Keswick Village, opened in 2018 by two childhood friends who brought the idea back from West Coast and Miami trips. Cold-pressed juices and organic smoothies, plus acai bowls and paninis made to order.
a Culture Factory
A Morgan Street café built around cultures — kombucha, ferments, and food that follows suit. A perfect 5.0 from the people who found it.
Elcy's Cafe
Coffee shop on West Glenside Avenue, open from 6:30 on weekday mornings and pouring Valley Green Coffee. Its site carries a Best of Glenside 2025 badge for best coffee and best coffee shop.
Half a While
A tea and cake shop in the old Kung Fu Tea storefront, run by Leo Wei and Haley He. Cold-brewed leaf teas, handmade crepe and tiramisu cakes, and buns filled with taro or minced pork.
Keswick Coffee House
Organic coffee, pastries, ice cream and water ice on North Keswick Avenue, with free wifi and a room built for lingering. It stays open later than usual on most Keswick Theatre show nights.
Lilly's Gourmet
Lunch for the courthouse crowd, Monday through Saturday, 11 to 3 sharp. It shares a roof with Geronimo Brewing, so a sandwich run can end with a pint.
Lu & Aug's
Small-batch soft serve built on local dairy, with flavors that rotate between the classics and the ones nobody asked for. Affogato, made-to-order hot chocolate, build-your-own pints, and espresso running past 5pm.
Native Cafe
Doylestown's coffee stop with a Thai accent, run by locals at 12 S Main. Locally sourced beans up front, Thai-inspired plates and sweet treats that complicate the just-a-latte plan.
New Rising Sun Cafe
Breakfast and lunch counter in the Ardsley Station building, running on Rival Bros. coffee and focaccia baked in house. Egg and cheese in the morning, herb chicken salad and a chipotle chicken club by noon.
Nock's Cafe
A daytime cafe on Bethlehem Pike in Sellersville, open 7 to 2 every day for breakfast and lunch. There's no website to scout the menu ahead of time, so you sort it out at the table.
Perks Coffee
A First Avenue coffee shop for the walk to the train, close enough to time the espresso to the schedule. Counter service, a few seats, the usual morning regulars.
Phoenixville Café
Coffee at the foot of Bridge Street, first stop before the town wakes up properly. The window seats go early.
PI BUBBLE TEA
Bubble tea shop in Keswick Village, opened August 2025 by a family who taught themselves to make the drink before they sold it. Brown sugar milk tea, taro milk tea and Thai tea latte are what people order.
Pie and Plate Cafe
North Main café where the name promises pie and the kitchen delivers lunch worth staying for first. Save the fork.
Pinwheel Provisions- Local Market & Table
A market and cafe on the Bryn Mawr Film Institute property, with a bulk pantry section, house-made pastries and alcohol-free cocktails. Your coffee and snacks are allowed to come with you into the film.
Raven Cafe
Coffee bar that opened in June 2026 inside The Dovetail at Glenside Lanes, pouring Philadelphia's Rival Bros. Their cold brew steeps over sixteen hours with organic French chicory.
Soltane Cafe
Bakery-café on Bridge Street run by the Camphill Soltane community — breads and lunch with an actual mission behind the counter. The good kind of quiet.
Sweet Briar Cafe and Ice Cream
The Lindenwold Avenue café that added an ice-cream window and became a four-season habit. Cones out front, coffee inside.
UnCommon Grounds
The cafe in the Campus Center at Bryn Mawr College, with coffee out front and a short-order kitchen doing sandwiches, salads, quesadillas, burgers and pizza. Hours move with the academic calendar.
The Weldon Fountain
A soda fountain on North Keswick that makes its own ice cream, dairy-free included, and spins the milkshakes by hand. Order-ahead ice cream pies come on homemade Oreo, graham cracker or nutter butter crusts.
Wheat & Vine Provisions
The coffee stop at the south end of Main Street, doing double duty as a gourmet pantry. Order the coffee, then try leaving without something for dinner.
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