A small chain of bookshop-cafés where the difference between the two functions is barely policed: shelves of Spanish-language literature and English imports, a café upstairs and on a mezzanine, plants and trees growing through the building, and live acoustic music in some branches on weekend evenings.
The Roma branch on Álvaro Obregón is the most atmospheric — a converted house with internal balconies overlooking a tropical courtyard. The food is competent café fare rather than serious eating; the place earns its reputation on its mood. Multiple branches across the city; the Condesa, Polanco, and Zona Rosa locations all work.