"The wildly anticipated coffee shop in D.C.'s uber-hip hotel, The Line DC —one of the city's first culinary outposts for noted Baltimore chef Spike Gjerde, of Woodberry Kitchen—is as cool as you'd hope for. Expect Counter Culture coffee, herbal teas, and a top selection of pastries and sandwiches (they make a mean benne seed bagel, topped with smoked rockfish, for breakfast) and ample people watching. This is DC's newest and trendiest hotel, in Adams Morgan, after all. For something a little different, you can't beat the maple latte." - Laura Ratliff