The Best Coffee Shops for a Date in New York

Abraço is a cozy East Village espresso bar on East 7th Street, known for strong coffee, olive oil cake, and a warm, lived-in feel. Grab a seat at one of the communal tables, split a homemade pastry, and listen to the vinyl playing while you linger over your coffee.

Pick a couch in the back lounge at Bibliotheque, a SoHo bookstore with a coffee-and-wine bar up front, tall shelves, and chandeliers. Bring a book and share a corner to read side by side.

Pastries, sandwiches, flatbreads, and cheese boards are on the menu. Walk in before 4pm, or use the website's reservations link for dinner. The shop is open daily, Sunday through Thursday from 10am to 10pm and Friday and Saturday until 11pm.

Meet under the copper-leafed dome at the Felix Roasting Co. shop at 280 Park Avenue in Midtown, with its oval bar and hand-laid mosaic floor. Choose it for a coffee date that should feel a little more special.

The Park Avenue shop is open Monday through Friday from 7am to 5pm, while the NoMad and SoHo shops are open daily from 8am to 5pm.

Keep a quiet date intimate at Milkweed Studio, a Nolita cafe with the owner's warmth in the room.

Sip espresso from a wine glass at Sogno Toscano, a Chelsea cafe with an espresso bar and a wine bar. Serving it that way gives a date a touch of theater.

It is open daily from 8:30am to 10pm, and the High Line is nearby if you want to keep walking.

Bring a first date or your twentieth to NAKO Coffee, a Brooklyn Heights cafe with a spotless, minimalist room.

Comfy seating makes conversation easy at Solid State Coffee, a cafe and roaster on the Upper West Side. It is a go-to choice for a first date, and the 71st Street store offers pickup.

Take a photo together at the small spot by the entrance of Frame Coffee, an Upper West Side cafe on Amsterdam Avenue with photogenic corners inside.

Huge arched windows look out on the Brooklyn Bridge at % Arabica, a Japanese import with a cafe and roastery in DUMBO. Try the Spanish latte, which gets its sweetness from condensed milk, or a single-origin pour-over.

Brooklyn Bridge Park is nearby, so a Balthazar pastry or soft serve can come along on your walk.

Order coffee or tea made by hand at the bar at Hi-Collar, a Japanese kissaten in the East Village, with pour over, aeropress, or siphon to choose from. Daytime dishes include omurice and Japanese-style pancakes with hoji cha, and at night the space turns into a sake and Japanese whiskey bar.

We'd start with the siphon coffee and the omurice.