From the outside, Lion’s Milk looks like your typical cute neighborhood cafe. It has nice curb appeal. A cute logo, welcoming doorway, tables out front. But as soon as you step inside you realize it’s a little more cultured than your typical neighborhood cafe. While they serve all the usual coffee drinks, Lion’s Milk is very much a Turkish cafe. Their pastry case is filled with bureks and they have simit instead of your typical New York bagels. Small cups of unfiltered Turkish coffee is served with a Turkish delight.

In the afternoon, the cafe transitions into a casual cozy bar serving wine, beer and bites in the cozy space behind the coffee bar. On nice days, people spill out into the small patio in the back and onto the sidewalk in the front and fill up the sturdy covered outdoor dining set up in the street. Lion’s Milk is a solid hang out spot any time of day, the kind of place where you’ll be tempted to get your coffee to stay.