Eremita Cafe

eremita gets the quiet right. not every cafe needs to announce itself, and this one on ridge avenue in the roxborough stretch of philadelphia doesn't bother. what it does instead is give you a place where the coffee is taken seriously and the pace is yours to set. the regulars here aren't casual about it, they come back with a consistency that says something about what's being done well. you don't find that kind of loyalty on a block like ridge avenue unless the cup is holding up its end. no performance, no theater, just coffee that treats the work as the point. if you're heading in on a weekday morning, plan to stay a little longer than you thought you would.