"You'll find brunch-friendly Japanese dishes like souffle pancakes, pasta, and omurice at this chain from Osaka, but Takagi also takes their brews seriously, with a full display of single-origin coffee beans up front. And if you can stomach spending $12 on a drink, their matcha deserves attention, too. Go for the latte fancied up with kuromitsu syrup and nutty kinako powder. It’s capped with silky cream that seeps down, turning the drink into a matcha-flavored parfait." - cathy park