Turnstile Coffee Roasters

Turnstile Coffee Roasters is a family-owned café in Belmar, about a mile from the beach, roasting since 2011. It's warm, like a small Italian café, and works for laptops, meetings and families. Prices are reasonable. Pastries come from Balthazar.

The lineup leans light and medium, with Turnstile Nightfall as the dark roast. Try cold brew with Irish cream foam, an oat latte, matcha or an espresso martini. The almond croissant is the one to get.