Dunkin'

"Along with a new outdoor patio, this all-day spot on the Upper East Side also has a bunch of socially distant high-tops inside. Get some coffee and a delicious BEC, and when writer’s block has you biting your shirt collar like the epiphany you’re searching for might just be on the next broken thread, take a walk a few blocks to the river or to Central Park. Or you could just close your laptop for a bit, and order any of their 20 draft beers." - matt tervooren

"After a few rounds of carefully-crafted, polite texting, one of you has agreed to meet the other on the UES during a weekend afternoon. To make the date memorable while still being casual, go to DTUT. This is a coffee shop and bar, but it’s also a place where you can eat DIY s’mores on a couch. The whole place feels like the sort of place where sitcom characters hang out instead of going to work, and it’s very easy to spend a few hours here." - hannah albertine

"We aren’t sure what DTUT is exactly (or what the letters DTUT actually stand for), but you can just think of it as a coffee shop with a full bar. It feels like a place you’d find in a small college town, and it’s one of the few spots in the city where you can enjoy some DIY s’mores. They also have cheap bottles of wine, a great beer selection, and some board games you can play while it’s snowing outside and everyone thinks you’re working from home." - bryan kim, matt tervooren