15 Best Cafes in Waterbury

“Brazilian Centro Bakery offers a very nice selection of traditional sweet and savory prepared Brazilian foods. I ordered the coxinha and a cheese-filled pastry, the name of which escapes me. They were crazy delicious! The staff was super friendly and helpful in explaining the choices to a non-native Brazilian. Can’t wait to return to try other dishes!“

“Writing this review as much for the restaurant/cafe as for sibling business next store, the commercial espresso repair business also operating under the name Cafe Italia.

I found these guys looking for a specialist to rehab a commercial Nuova Simonelli single-head machine we use in our retail showroom. And I came to the right place!

Incredible workshop and know-how. These guys have full lathe and CNC capabilities to make their own parts as needed.They've also got a direct lines to Italy to order parts direct and I wouldn't bring my machine to any other place for service.

Good honest old world excellence -- highly recommend the repair and service aspect!

But I also got to experience the restaurant/cafe when picking up my machine after it was serviced. Feels like walking through a portal directly to Southern Italy. This place had incredible coffee and more authentic atmosphere than most other cafes this side of the Atlantic.

Stand at the counter and order an espresso -- worth it!

Stand-up family business. They're super busy so we were lucky they were able to take our repair. They even came back for a housecall after we experienced a later issue with the machine that was totally unrelated to their work -- small bit of sediment from the city waterline clogged a valve. These guys came in like a NASCAR pit crew and tore the machine down, diagnosed and fixed the issue, and left w/out accepting a dime.

Recommend their repair service 10/10.

And the cafe might be an 11.“

“Great lunch spot, had the brass city panini and that pesto is still calling my name, everything tastes fresh and well put together which we know is an art. Plenty of pastries and cakes. Great breakfast special for 5 dollars. And the bagels are from the works famous Ami’s“

“I love this place. The food is delicious. There is so much variety I can get something new each time. The portions are great. The seating includes outlets at every table (sincere THANK YOU from us students), and the staff is the FRIENDLIEST staff you will ever meet. If you want to support the community and a fellow taino, eat/drink here!“

“Best spot for some delicious healthy breakfast! and shakes to die for ..chunky monkey 😋 ♥️“

“I enjoyed the time having a delicious breakfast! Nice relaxing atmosphere!“

“I've been to a lot of bars in my life and this is my absolute favorite place to go. Everyone that works there is an absolute riot and I would go there just to hang out with them if for whatever reason they ran out of alcohol. I highly recommend Carmine's :-)“

“Christmas in a cup….. Iced Chai Tea Latte…. First time trying this spot and I was NOT disappointed.“

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“Great place to hang out with friends“

“best ppl best vibes the music the atmosphere we are great together“

“Everything is fantastic… The cinnamon crunch bagel is the best… along with the lemon cookies .. and the orange 🍊 scone!!“

“This is an outdoor event sat sept 19th DJ SAMMY SOSA’s 40th BDAY BASH ... you do not wanna miss this !!!“

“I stopped in this morning just after they opened and it's the first time I've ever been here since this became a Peruvian restaurant. I am a fan of the change because this food was amazing. I had to miss the pescado a la macho and it's a dish I haven't had before but it's a dish. I'm going to eat again because it was delicious. And they got it out to me in about 20 minutes. Literally 5 minutes after the restaurant opened and I think that's pretty good. I'm going to have to come back here with my wife on date night because there's a couple of things on this menu that she's going to love“