The quality that elevates a coffee shop above the soulless and unexceptional on-every-block caffeineries has less to do with efficiency or price or even quality of coffee served. The mark of a great coffee shop is one that creates a sense of community. 1369 Coffeehouses, in Central and Inman Squares, achieve that increasingly rare trait. These are spots where people linger over homemade chai and thick brownies and lattes and coffee and quiche. Books are written here; theses completed; husbands, wives, and drummers found. The bulletin boards are a patchwork of local doings. The 1369s are gathering places, neighborhood enhancers, community begetters, and coffee-serving stars.
1369 COFFEEHOUSE | 1369 Cambridge Street, Cambridge | 617.576.1369 | one other location in Cambridge | 1369coffeehouse.com
