University City is one of my favorite neighborhoods in Philadelphia. One reason is the concentration of great cafes and coffee shops that make it so easy to meet up with old friends over brunch, read a Sunday paper while sipping a cappuccino, or just grab a cup of joe on your way to catch the trolley. The community newspaper, The University City Review, recently published a nice summary of the neighborhood's various coffee shops and cafes which you can read here. I have to wonder if there's anywhere else in the world where you can find such a variety of cafes in such a small area. Within a 10x10 block area there are authentic Cuban, Ethiopian, Parisian, and Mediterranean options as well as independent and local, regional, and national chain coffee shops such as Satellite Cafe, Green Line Cafe, Metropolitan Bakery, and Saxby's respectively.
UCReview's article is a great resource for anyone who is new to the neighborhood, or long time residents who need a reminder of all that their community has to offer. This article should also be required reading for all new Penn and Drexel students to let them know that there's a whole world of cafe culture right in their backyard. No need to go to all the way to Paris to find a great place to work on that novel you're writing, just head over to Green Line Cafe or Kaffa Crossing and get to work. You may even catch me there working on my next blog entry.
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