Coffee Shops Mexico City / Café Nin, pastries, coffee, and restaurant in the Zona Rosa
A very pleasant little place in the Juárez neighborhood that, although it specializes in breakfasts, also serves lunch and dinner.
By Alejandro Pohlenz
This era of brutal technological expansion has led to the invention of words or the importation of Anglicisms. I'm referring to, for example, googling, rendering, or logging in. While studying the information about Café Nin, I came across a great word that defines it: Instagrammable. What do you think of this adjective? There are places worthy of being photographed or videoed for Instagram and others not. Café Nin, of course, is. It is located in a restored Porfirian mansion made of raw brick. It has, basically, four sections: first, the tables on the street. (Something good came out of the pandemic: the placement of roofs, platforms, and tables outside). Second, the main "living room;" then, a mezzanine delimited by a very old battered railing, and the most romantic part: the patio. Especially at night, because the dim light provokes quiet conversations, whispers, proposals that are whispered in your ear...
The Aesthetic Trend
There is another user whose language is also surprising. He says, "if what you're looking for is an aesthetic place..." (The aesthetic trend, which actually means aesthetic, is influenced by previous decades, "but using current elements (...) It's like a way of mixing the alternative with the retro.") [Forbes].
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
In my opinion, breakfasts stand out the most, although Café Nin serves lunch and dinner. As for the former, they offer fried eggs wrapped in hoja santa, poached eggs, peppers, epazote, purslane, yogurt; country bread with bacon and spinach, tomato quiche, green chilaquiles and, of course, croissants, baguettes, ciabattas and country breads. For lunch and dinner, they recommend toasted bread with battered soft-shell crab, spicy mango sauce, purple onion, cilantro sprouts; half a roasted spring chicken bathed in its own juices (lechal is a young and tender chicken) and marinated octopus, accompanied by pápalo and a habanero sauce. There are two interesting notes: at Café Nin they bake their own bread. Highly recommended is the coffee (I don't agree, because I am super demanding with the aromatic) and the guava roll.
- What we love and you must try: custard pastry.
- What we don't like as much: the octopus.
- Food Police inside advise: it gets very crowded, so it is recommended to make a reservation on the site.
- Address: Havre 23, Colonia Juárez, CDMX.
- Hours and days of operation: Monday to Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Ideal for: breakfast and lunch
- Payment: cash and cards.
- Accessibility: yes.
- Parking: no
- Reservations: yes.
- Nearby public transportation: Metro Insurgentes.
- Pet Friendly: yes.
- Suitable to go with children: yes.
- Vegan options: yes.
