The Garden Spot Cafe (CLOSED)

The owner of this sunny Brooklyn café has reclaimed a restaurant space—most recently home to the Greenpoint Coffee Shop—that her grandparents operated in the '40s and '50s. Dallis Bros coffee and Serendipity teas are on offer, as well as a full-service menu of casual food, including plates like roasted chicken, grilled salmon and turkey meat loaf with garlic mashed potatoes.