The Best of »Falstaff Online CH Nr.3/2023«
At Collective Bakery, an international team serves pastries and speciality coffees that are among the best in the city. It's worth the trip deep into the industrial district. The interior is cool, but the employees radiate warmth.
Café Frühling is the home of Kaffeemacher:innen, a roastery whose focus is on processing speciality coffee. Here you can order coffee made by professional baristas and various snacks from sustainable produce.
At Café Sprüngli, locals and tourists meet for coffee and cake, lunch or aperitifs. The quality of the house creations is known far beyond the city limits. At the same time, you can watch the hustle and bustle on the Paradeplatz.
The café with its own roastery; Mame enjoys a good reputation in the international Third Wave coffee scene. Here, some of the city's best beans are turned into excellent coffee in a no-frills guest room space.
The modern café of the Miró Coffee Roasting Company is a meeting place for young Zurich, especially on weekends. They meet here for brunch, enjoying speciality coffee - expertly prepared from a large selection of single provenance beans.
The Smilla has a Scandinavian feel to it; hygge is lived here. For coffee, there is an extensive breakfast, fine lunch menus or homemade cakes. The cheesecake is famous; it tastes just that little bit better here than elsewhere.
The Kult bakery was founded in 2016 by three food enthusiasts with the help of crowdfunding. Since then, the focus here has been on manual labour. Everything is made in-house from scratch, except for the coffee which comes from a small roastery in Oberaargau.
When you visit Bros Beans and Beats in the quiet neighbourhood of Kreis 4, you get a big-city vibe. Speciality coffee is accompanied by sandwiches and bowls during the week, and on weekends there is a rich brunch and music.
The tiny cafè is hidden on a side street in Kreis 4. Excellent speciality coffee is served by a friendly crew, and if you're lucky you'll get one of the few seats. The food offer is limited, but well selected.
The café of the Mitte company has nestled in the former counter hall of a bank. The city's largest coffee house serves speciality coffees prepared by professional baristas, as well as other drinks and snacks, all in organic quality.
Finkmüller roasts its own coffee in cooperation with the Haenowitz & Page roasting company, and serves homemade cakes, pastries, sandwiches and other small treats. The modern and cosy ambience invites you to linger for a long time.
At Kafi Dihei you can drink coffee just like at Grandma's house. The floral wallpaper, the upholstered chairs, and the little wooden tables exude a homey flair where you'll be happy to sit down for a while. So it's just right that breakfast is offered until 4 pm.
Since 1870, the Tea Room of this traditional Basel establishment has offered a fantastic view of the bustling activity on the historic market square. For years, the quality of the pastries, teas and coffees at this popular coffee house has been consistent.
A visit to zum Kuss is especially worthwhile; when the weather is nice you can enjoy the large terrace in the park. Here they prepare coffee and delicious food with care, from breakfast through to dinner.
The idyllic courtyard of the Stadthauscafé invites you to take a coffee break after shopping. Here, in the middle of the city, coffee and tea with homemade cakes as well as some fine savoury snacks are offered in a relaxed ambience.
Anyone who visits Da Graziella immediately feels transported to Italy. The small café with a large terrace serves Italian espresso and cappuccino, airy cornetti, creamy dolci and fine panini, and everything tastes just like we're with our southern neighbours.