Great city atmosphere with lots of bright open windows looking out at Central Avenue. Nice place to relax as the world rushes by outside. Comfortable seating areas and great beverage assortment. Danielle Librera's baked goods are the stars here as far as i'm concerned, i went in at 7 am one morning and was delighted to see the entire front counter filled with her creations (scones, muffins, fruit tarts, quiche, cookies and still warm from the oven coffeecake). It was like a bakery buffet, danielle is right there baking away behind a corner of the counter on most mornings. I often go to Lola in the evenings (they close at 7 most nights, so sad) and by that time of day there are only a few cookies left, so obviously the regulars are tuned into the best time of day to get the baked goodies. A guy in front of me on my 7 am visit scooped up half a warm coffeecake to deliver home to some lucky partner/roommate.
The morning we visited, the 7-8 am hour was peaceful and calm, a great waking up time. It was nice to see an assortment of dads and their young 5-7 year old sons come thru the door and spend time hanging out together at the start of the day. At 8 am the business commuter crowd started arriving in full force and the place got a whole lot more buzz from all of the conversations going on.
Great location approx 1/2 block south of the Central/Camelback light rail stop. Definitely worth a visit!