DomCafé

you're on achter de dom, which means you're already in one of utrecht's stranger pockets: a narrow lane that runs directly behind the domkerk, the cathedral that's been the city's anchor since the thirteenth century. it's an odd place for a coffee shop, in the best way. domcafé sits where the old city doesn't perform itself for tourists, it just exists, and the regulars who've made it a firm part of their week seem to feel that. utrecht is a university city with opinions about coffee, and a place this consistently regarded doesn't get that way by accident. if you're passing through between the dom tower and the domplein, make the detour down the lane and get something warm in your hands before you move on.