JAVA COFFEE HOUSE

There's something special about a coffeehouse, something that draws you in and makes you want to stay there forever.

The selection of java and mouthwatering pastries, the smell of roasting coffee beans, the flavor as it slowly sinks into the pores on your tongue after that first sip, the quiet chatter of the regulars over in the corner, the people who sit for hours reading the latest Neil Gaiman or Nicholson Baker novel, the occasional live music played on the ground floor, the library of books and magazines there for the browsing. All of it combines into something magnetic, mysterious and almost poetic.

Java Coffee House is all these things, and a lot more. Sounds like a job for Mulder and Scully.

Runners-up: Barnie's Coffee & Tea, Cup a Joe and Dunkin' Donuts