1369 Coffee House (Inman Square)

1369 Coffee House has anchored Inman Square since 1993, picking up a run of local best-coffeehouse recognitions along the way. A second location later opened in Central Square, but the corner shop on Cambridge Street, with its sidewalk tables and a name borrowed straight from its own street address, is the original.

The menu keeps to a house blend, a rotating seasonal drink and a case of baked goods rather than chasing every filter method or single origin trend, which is part of why it still reads as a neighborhood hangout rather than a laptop farm. Some proceeds from seasonal specialty drinks go to local causes, most recently classical music programs.