Con Azucar Cafe

mornings on e santa clara st move fast, commuters cutting through downtown san jose before the rest of the city catches up. if you're looking for somewhere to slow that down a little, con azucar cafe at 101 e santa clara sits right in the middle of it. the name alone carries something warm, and the spot draws the kind of crowd that has a regular order and means it. this isn't a place you stumble into by accident and forget. the reviews are consistently strong, which for an independent shop in a competitive downtown corridor isn't nothing. come for the cortado on a weekday morning, when e santa clara hasn't fully hit its stride yet and the sidewalk outside is still half-quiet.