Bonito Café y Mercadito
Coffee shop · Capitol Hill ·
Specialty coffee, pan dulce, pop-up markets, DJ sets
Specialty coffee, pan dulce, pop-up markets, DJ sets
"Maybe it’s something about the way the stone-covered space becomes even moodier when it’s gloomy outside, but this cafe is an ideal location for brooding over a dirty horchata chai as you contribute to society in exchange for a salary. In addition to a handful of big round tables, there’s bleacher seating in an upstairs loft if you prefer to use that laptop as the inventor of the thing initially intended. Grab a blackberry passionfruit-stuffed concha, and it’s dangerously easy to linger for hours—just note that there's no WiFi (or laptops allowed) on the weekends." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"A new Capitol Hill cafe that feels like simultaneously visiting a bodega and your coolest friend’s apartment: loft seating, a flood of natural light, and a gift shop complete with pink plushy conchas. Order an oreja — a pastry similar to a French palmier — or a fluffy Salvadoran honey quesadilla made by Pan De La Selva, and pair it with coffee, an horchata chai, or a delicately sweetened agua de jamaica." - Charlie Lahud-Zahner
"In September, the highly anticipated Latinx- and LGBTQ-friendly coffee shop finally opened its doors on Capital Hill. Come for the light-filled, high-ceilinged space, stay for the drinks (one combines espresso and Mexican Coke) and whatever you do, get one of the pan dulce to go: They’re made by Selva Central Goods, and the quesadilla salvadorena (a sweet corn cake) is impossible to resist." - Meg van Huygen, Harry Cheadle
"With drinks like horchata chai, cafe de olla, and a passionfruit blackberry concha, this Capitol Hill coffee shop (and small market) is already piquing our interest." - kayla sager riley
"Capitol Hill has a bright new coffee shop on a busy corner of Olive Way that has a spacious upstairs loft where you can sit down and get some work done. You’ll find a coffee menu that features espresso, cortados, and horchata chai, as well as a few sweet snacks. We recently checked out Bonito Café Y Mercadito. Read our first thoughts on it here." - kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo, gabe guarente
