Favorite Cafe
“This place is probably my hands down favorite midtown Breakfast/Lunch restaurant.”
“I love that the location isn't on 8th avenue too because the tourist don't usally see it, so it's mostly people who work around here that go to it.”
“I order delivery from here to my workplace at least once a week.”
Favorite Cafe
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
3 reviews
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Price is right and for a quick lunch, the rice and beans with beef works great. Sandwiches are generously proportioned too.
Oh no, you don't want to go there, unless you want eggs a la crap with a stale toast for 20 bucks.
I'll keep it sweet and short- they don't know how to cook. If you want something that tastes decent, go somewhere else
Is Favorite Cafe my favorite cafe? Probably not. Is Favorite Cafe my favorite cafe around the Penn area? It has potential, but it's not there yet. I do like sitting by the door on the stools to people watch and enjoy the breeze coming in while digging my face into their salads, but the business needs a bit of improvement with the decor, seating upstairs and possibly the food.
I can't give them a rating for their hot foods because I've never tried them. My friend tried their pizza and didn't like it, but I can't attest to that. I usually come here for their salads, maybe with an iced coffee if I'm feeling too lazy to make another stop at Fuji Bakery, which is less than a block away 🙂
Well, we all know how expensive salads can get in Manhattan. I've paid over $10 for a few leaves drenched in salad dressing. Fine, I may be exaggerating a little, but my point is, they're not all that worth it sometimes. For that reason, I get mine at Favorite Cafe. For $5.95, you get a medium salad (choose between spinach, romaine or mixed greens) with 4 toss-ins. Their selections' not as vast as salad bars, but in my opinion, it doesn't need to be. All I need is chicken, maybe a hard-boiled egg, nuts, cranberries, tomatoes and/or corn and/or chickpeas, with some light dressing and I'm all set. They probably have 30+ selections I haven't mentioned, but if you're one of those people who need to have 100 choices so you can put 10 things in your salad and pay $15 for it, then don't bother.
One recommendation I have, however, is that they should do something about the warm, dark and dingy seating upstairs. The seating also needs some major fixer uppers. That should bring you closer to being one's favorite cafe.