Journal Cafe

Students and suits kick back on low leather couches or communal wooden tables in this slightly dog-eared, Deco-inspired space flanking City Library. Good Romcaffe coffee, freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice and all-day bruschettas - maybe smoked salmon and soft-boiled egg - draw the morning crowd, with a range of rolls and more-robust fare luring them in at lunch and dinner. There might be a six-hour-braised suckling pig lasagne, or antipasti board (maybe featuring moist discs of house-made pork, chicken and pistachio terrine), and globe-hopping salads (Greek, or soba, or quinoa and roast pumpkin). Finish with home-made gelati.