A favorite overall spot of ours, this bakery with a Northern European bent has a gorgeous backyard complete with carp pond. Read more.
This high-walled Chelsea backyard has a comforting stillness about it and belongs to a cafe with some of the best NYC coffee. Read more.
The largest cafe garden in NYC belongs to this Bushwick coffee shop and event space, part of the Loom multi-use building. Good soup, subpar coffee. Read more.
It's not remotely a coffee destination but Milk & Roses scores extremely high in coziness and design and throws wifi, plugs, and a large backyard garden into the mix. Read more.
This Prospect Heights spot has a huge backyard, something you'd never find in Manhattan, a big draw for a place with not usually well-prepared Stumptown coffee. Read more.
This multicultural Bedford Stuyvesant true Italian pizza restaurant is open weekdays for cafe work and has a giant backyard with gorgeous design touches. Decent Counter Culture coffee. Read more.