I want to start by saying I am sitting at Kneaders in Tempe and I ordered the Sourdough Pancakes with some coffee. What is remarkable is that I am one of 4 other patrons? I went by Biscuits, Wildflower, Marks Cafe (closed today) and Einsteins and they are all packed. In their own way all of those are good places to go but Kneaders has great food, respectful fast service and the atmosphere is good. Why are they not full of people as well?
I probably should mention the food. The coffee is hot and as good or better than most. The Sourdough pancakes are "WONDERFUL"! Frankly I think the best pancakes in the valley are at Joe's Cafe in Phoenix but I will drive to Kneaders for these Sourdough pancakes. For those of you with Gluten issues, sourdough is "safe" for most of us. So it has been a grain product i can eat and still be conformable. They serve three of them (huge) with some sort of syrup and a whipped butter with strawberries. Yuummyy!
The music is not too loud and the tables have enough room between them to make it comfortable where ever you sit (unlike Wildflower).
I posted this and then realized I had left out the Pie. Sacre Bleu! They are really good with pie. If you get a pie craving in the afternoon drop everything and go to kneaders and get coffee and a slice of pie.
I can come here and set up my laptop, get some coffee and get all manner of work done.
Not sure why more people don't come here but I encourage you to give it a try.