Libertino Cafe

La Cabra coffee in Wynwood. Libertino serves the Danish specialty roaster's beans, which already tells you the kind of coffee operation this is and what kind of customer is showing up on purpose. The food and gelato menu plus an outdoor patio strung with lights tells you the rest. Stylish industrial-leaning room with large communal tables and reliable wifi and outlets, lively without tipping into chaotic, which is harder to engineer than it sounds.

The cortado, the flat white, and the cappuccino are the espresso drinks to order, which is the right approach to La Cabra beans and the way the bar is set up to serve them. The matcha latte and the cold brew cover the alternatives for anyone who didn't come for the espresso program. On the food side, the almond croissant is the obvious pastry order and a reliable one. The Benedict waffle is the brunch play, and a real meal rather than a snack. The gelato is real gelato done properly if you want dessert in the afternoon. Wine is on the menu too, which makes this a different kind of cafe by 5 p.m. and explains the string lights on the patio.

Wynwood parking is what Wynwood parking is, which is to say a known logistics problem regardless of where you're going in the neighborhood. Build in time to circle the block or pay for a lot. Prices for both food and drinks lean toward the higher end of what the neighborhood charges, and that's worth knowing before you sit down with a group and start ordering.

Good for remote work in a stylish room with proper wifi, and one of the more competent casual first-date or meet-up rooms in this stretch of Wynwood. The communal tables work for either use without forcing the choice. The La Cabra beans are what brings the coffee-serious crowd. The patio brings everybody else.