Fitzbillies

still on trumpington street, and yes, fitzbillies keeps coming up. it sits on one of cambridge's most walked stretches, close enough to the university buildings that you half expect the clientele to have a book open at all times, and frankly many of them do. what makes it worth your time is less about spectacle and more about consistency, the kind of place locals actually return to rather than just recommend to visitors. the coffee is taken seriously here, which in a city this size matters more than you'd think, because the bar for "good enough" rises fast when the competition is paying attention. if you're in the area on a grey tuesday morning, the flat white is the move.