"Ash Coffee is the quintessential neighborhood coffee shop filled with stroller-pushing VaHi parents, young adults looking for a chat that doesn’t involve a screen, and those here solely for their thick Vietnamese egg coffee (that has a blowtorched foam top). A well-stocked display case reaffirms that breakfast is the most important meal of the day with pastries like giant cinnamon rolls and spicy bacon and egg breakfast sandwiches. Under the cheery glow of natural light flowing in from plant-draped windows, coffee lovers take their place in line. But the wait never seems to matter while perusing fun shelves of tchotchkes a la Richards Variety Store. " - juli horsford