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The counter at Cafe Botanica, early morning
Cafe Botanica · Est. 1974Hours

Coffee, bread,
and a few
green things.

An espresso bar and bakery on Greenhouse Row. We pull short shots, bake overnight, and steep what grows in the back.

What we make.
What we bake.
What we grow.

From the menu

Full menu
  • Morning
    House Espresso$4

    Two ounces, pulled short. Cane sugar on the side.

  • Midday
    Garden Tartine$13

    Whipped ricotta, shaved radish, herbs, olive oil on rye.

  • Bakery
    Cardamom Bun$5

    Laminated dough, ground cardamom, pearl sugar.

  • Botanicals
    Nettle Tea$5

    Stinging nettle and mint, steeped seven minutes.

Gatherings

By reservation
  • 15
    OCT
    THU

    Single-Origin Tasting

    18:30 · 12 seats

    Four roasts from one Ethiopian farm, poured side by side.

  • 29
    OCT
    THU

    Bread & Butter Supper

    19:00 · 16 seats

    A long table, three loaves, cultured butter, and soup.

  • 12
    NOV
    THU

    Cordial Workshop

    17:00 · 10 seats

    Build a flower cordial at the counter and take a bottle home.

118 Greenhouse Row interior

118 Greenhouse Row · Est. 1974

We are not a third wave coffee concept. We are a place.

Margaret Hollis opened the doors in the autumn of 1974. The space has changed hands twice since then, each time to someone who understood what it was trying to be.

Read the story
The counter, early morning
Espresso, pulled short
Herbs before harvest

Photographs from fifty years on Greenhouse Row.

Gazette

October 2026

Bakery

Cardamom buns land at 07:30. First come.

Midday

The lentil bowl stays the default plate through November.

Hours

Closed the last Sunday of every month for staff.

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