VENICE ISLAND COFFEE – Restaurant

A small-town beach coffee shop just off the Venice avenues, with eclectic seating, dogs on the patio and baristas pulling espresso from good beans. Breakfast is the real draw: Kelsey's breakfast sandwich, Uncle Paul's scramble, Hudson's breakfast burrito, Nonna's french toast, lox and bagel, chicken salad, and turkey-bacon-avocado on a croissant. Pastries and grilled muffins pair with a latte. Regulars turn up several times a week and talk about the community feel as much as the coffee, though a slow morning at the counter does happen. Casual, eclectic, unmistakably Venice.

Cuisine: Restaurant