Best Place to Get Work Done in the Wee Hours (Out of the House)

503 Coffee Bar

Granted, its hours were once "always to always" and have now been reduced to 6:30am-2:30am, but 503 still holds a place in our overcaffeinated, palpitating hearts. From the outside it looks like a party house with a cool mural, a hut always full of people. But the inside? Well-lit and just cluttered enough to be inviting, yet modular and roomy in its own right. Good coffee, good tea, good beer, good music piping through the speakers. Quiet if you want it to be. Friendly. The perfect place to be busy.

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