Common Ground

Café · Bed-Stuy

Doors open this Friday

Bagels boiled here at five.

403 Lewis Avenue, Brooklyn

commonground.nyc

Café Sofie

Café · Kreis 4

From Wednesday 21 May

Bircher since before it was cool.

Langstrasse 118, Zurich

cafesofie.ch

Hopscotch Brewing · Portland

Hazy pale

5.4% · mango, oats.

Three sizes

Taster

150 ml

Half

300 ml

Pint

500 ml

Sugar & Rye

Bakery · Logan Square

Opening 6 Mar

Babka on Fridays. Everything else, every day.

2659 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago

sugarandrye.com

Lindo Café

Café · Roma Norte

Doors open this Friday

Café de olla, the way our grandmother made it.

Calle Colima 142, Mexico City

lindocafe.mx

Kumo Tea House

Tea house · Higashiyama

Opening 11 Oct

Tea from Uji, poured slowly.

471 Kiyomizu 2-chome, Kyoto

kumotea.jp

$5

The Dumpling Wagon

All day

Milk tea

Brown sugar.

Pearl District, Portland · dumplingwagon.com

Bistro Marcel

Kitchen · Plateau

From Tuesday 22 April

A French bistro that forgot to close.

4215 rue Saint-Denis, Montreal

bistromarcel.ca

Leaf & Lantern

Tea house · Stockbridge

Open from 2 Aug

Afternoon tea, every afternoon.

9 Raeburn Place, Edinburgh

leafandlantern.co.uk

Dial it in · Café Sofie

Espresso

1 Level, tamp once, firmly. 2 Pull 36 g in 26 to 30 seconds. 3 Taste. Adjust the grind, not the dose.

Short and often.

Dose

18 g

Yield

36 g

Heat

93°C

Time

28 s

Velvet Hour

Cocktail bar · Soho, London

Gibson

With a pickled shallot

£14

House martini

Gin, dry vermouth, very cold

£14

Olives & almonds

Smoked and salted

£5

Tue–Sun 5pm–late · velvethour.bar

Brauhaus Kiez

Brewery · Kreuzberg

Open from 21 Mar

Long tables in the courtyard from April.

Oranienstraße 164, Berlin

brauhauskiez.de

Tasca da Ribeira

Wine bar · Ribeira

Open from 22 Oct

Twelve tables, one grandmother cooking.

Rua da Fonte Taurina 26, Porto

tascadaribeira.pt

Marrow · London

Chef’s menu

Thursday to Saturday.

I

Marrow

parsley, capers, toast

II

Eel

smoked, horseradish

III

Crab

brown butter, samphire

IV

Hake

brown shrimp, leeks

V

Lamb

anchovy, turnip

VI

Tart

treacle, clotted cream

£85 per guest

Wine pairing £60

Bar Solera

Cocktail bar · Poble-sec

From Thursday 10 March

Standing room at the bar, always.

Carrer de Blai 21, Barcelona

barsolera.cat

Café Sofie

Café · Kreis 4

Doors open this Friday

We open at 6.30 for the early trams.

Langstrasse 118, Zurich

cafesofie.ch

Asado Norte · Buenos Aires

Tables tonight

Party of six · Wednesday 15 January

11 4361 8850 · asadonorte.ar

5 of 8 times free

Leaf & Lantern

Tea house · Stockbridge

Opening 14 Aug

Forty teas, all brewed in a pot.

9 Raeburn Place, Edinburgh

leafandlantern.co.uk