any chill and relaxing sit-down bakery/cafe?

[poorstudent]

Hi I was wondering if there are any place to sit down and chat with a friend bakery places that are not cramped like starbucks. Thanks!

[xigua]

Chelsea: La Bergamote
Soho: Ceci Cela, the Used Book Cafe
Hell's Kitchen: Casa (aka Cupcake Cafe)
West Village: Doma, Amy's Bread

[LFeinberg]

Le Pain Quotidien is very cute and they have lots of locations in Manhattan.

[roboppy]

I's also suggest Doma. Other places I like:

Grey Dog Coffee
http://www.menupages.com/restaurantdetails.asp?neighborhoodid=0&restaurantid=4432

Sugar Sweet Sunshine
http://www.sugarsweetsunshine.com/

[fat parish]

one more that i LOVE---La Bergamote on 9th Ave at 20th. AMAZING pastries and fab coffee....

[fat parish]

in chelsea on 8th around 16th there is a good, cute coffee shop with decent food where you can linger forever. it's called something like "Muffin Cafe" but i'm not sure. it's on the west side of st.

[mstatt54]

sarabeth's on CPS

[raybird]

try 88 orchard at orchard and broome sts on the lower east side. it's pretty busy midday on the weekends but very chill otherwise. great neighborhood, cute cafe, and - as a bonus - close to il laboratorio del gelato and guss' pickles!

[CorgiLover]

one of my favorite cafes in the city. they also serve beer!

[aleppo]

'Snice on Hudson and W. 4th is an all around fave -- ample seating and is not chaotic during a weekday. Plus, they have great coffee, baked goods, and real food + wifi and the paper ...

Other nearby notables -- Grounded on Jane off W. 4th; Joe on Waverly, west of 6th Ave.; and Doma on Perry, west of 7th Ave.

[piccola]

I live Doma - the food, the ambiance, the prices - but I've only seen it crowded (ie, not a place to linger overlong).

[carcrash]

Rocco's on Bleecker just past 6th ave, and whatever the one right next to it is called. Besides that, it depends on how attached you are to it being a bakery: City Bakery (not a bakery in the traditional sense), Joe, on Waverly or around Union Square. Try searching for coffee using the board's search engine, lists come up all the time.

[poorstudent]

joe was a good place! the capuccino was impressive.

[Pan]

Is that location of Rocco's superior to the LaGuardia Place location, or are they equally good?

[Katherine H]

Is there a Rocco's on LaGuardia? Are you thinking of Bruno Bakery?

[Pan]

You're right. Bruno's.

[fauchon]

What neighborhood are you talking about?

[poorstudent]

Any where in the city, preferrably downtown