By the Way Cafe in the Annex sort of has the feel of eating at a friend's house, as far as the space goes anyways. It has all the elements of a cozy space that just feels comfortable and easy to relax in.
No complaints as far as the food goes either. By the Way has a decent sized menu with enough on it to keep most people satisfied. Despite being busy, our food arrived hot and was cooked perfectly: softly-poached eggs for the bennys, light and golden fried crust on the calamari. Where By the Way loses some points is with the service. It seemed to take forever between times the server came to our table. So overall we waited quite awhile to get, well, everything, but the quality of the food made up for most of those waiting times.
This may be one of those places that is completly hit-or-miss, but the time I was there, the food was defintiely a hit.