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Vienna’s Café Sacher and Its Famous Original Chocolate Cake
Discover why Vienna’s Café Sacher is famous for more than just coffee—it’s home to the original Sacher Torte, a legendary chocolate cake with a 10-year legal battle behind its name.
How Amsterdam’s Repair Cafés Turn Trash Into Community
Learn how Amsterdam’s repair cafés fix broken household items, reduce waste, and build community—plus, how coffee culture plays a role.
Japan’s Cat Café Scene: Neko Jikan in Osaka
Neko Jikan in Osaka’s Amerikamura district is one of Japan’s first cat-themed cafés, offering coffee and companionship with 21 resident cats.
6 Cool Cafe Interiors That Specialty Coffee Shops Can Learn From
Looking to design a standout cafe? These six real-world interior setups offer practical layout, lighting, and styling ideas used by successful coffee shops.
Minimalist DC Coffee Shop in Guangzhou
DC Coffee in Guangzhou offers a serene, minimalist space built entirely from raw concrete, designed for focused coffee enjoyment.
Shake Cafe: A Specialty Coffee Spot with Unique Design
Discover Shake Cafe, known for its custom mosaic floors and vintage furniture. Explore its foldable doors, mirrors, and stage that shape the coffee experience.
India’s First BlackBerry-Themed Café Opens in Hyderabad
SkyPark, India’s first BlackBerry-themed café, offers PlayBook-powered service, NFC check-ins, and a nostalgic tech vibe. Located in Hyderabad.
New Specialty Coffee Spot: Coutume in Paris
Discover Coutume, a standout Parisian coffee shop known for its pure coffee and high-end equipment in a striking Parisian interior.
Family-Friendly Coffee Shops Kids Love to Visit
Discover how specialty coffee shops create welcoming spaces for kids, with kid-friendly drinks, seating, and activities that keep families coming back.
Mumbai-Inspired Coffee Shop Design Completed in UK
A dynamic, warm, and culturally rich coffee shop design blends modern elements with Bombay’s vibrant pop culture, now realized in the UK.
A Café That’s Also a Museum and Bookstore
This café in Poland combines a museum, bookstore, and coffee shop in one thoughtfully designed space. Discover how the layout supports both browsing and brewing.
Vue Melbourne: Luxury Coffee Above the City
Vue Café sits on the 55th floor of Melbourne’s tallest building, blending luxury design with elevated café vibes—here’s what makes it stand out.
New York’s McNally Jackson Café: A Bookstore Coffee Spot
Explore McNally Jackson Café in Manhattan, where bookstore meets café—designed by Front Studio with hanging books and minimalist charm.
Grand Cafe Usine: A Coffee Shop in a Former Dutch Lightbulb Factory
Discover how a historic Philips lightbulb factory in Eindhoven became Grand Cafe Usine, a unique cafe set among original industrial pipes and platforms.
Design BONO’s RAON Café: Seoul’s Irregular Space Gem
Find out how Design BONO transformed a constrained Seoul space into RAON, a café with fractured walls, ceilings and floors, plus birch-patterned panels for a forest-meets-modern vibe.
Studio MODE’s Graffiti Café in Bulgaria
Discover how Studio MODE transformed a Bulgarian café with bold graffiti art and a dynamic 3D interior design that draws in coffee lovers.
Architect-Designed Coffee Shop: 501 Café in Oklahoma
Explore how Elliott + Associates Architects crafted 501 Café in Oklahoma, blending function and design for a standout coffee experience.
Inside Spain’s 6T7 ESPAI: An Industrial Coffee Bar with Sculptural Furniture
Discover how 6T7 ESPAI, a compact industrial coffee bar in Olot, Spain, uses minimal materials and sculptural steel furniture to create a gallery-like café space.
Nottingdale Coffee: London’s Concrete & Oak Gem
Discover Nottingdale Coffee, a standout West London café designed by Found Architects, featuring a 10-meter ceramic bar and a layered oak-concrete interior.
How Small Coffee Bars Like Italy’s Bar Qubik Maximize Space
A compact Italian coffee bar shows how a long Corian counter and smart layout can link indoor and outdoor spaces without modern facades.