A cozy Bedford-Stuyvesant cafe for coffee, pastries, snacks, and relaxed time with friends, a book, or your laptop.
Guests return for well-made coffee, iced coffee, and iced oat milk matcha.
Popular mentions include lemon muffins, cardamom buns, oatmeal cookies, corn frittata, and savory breakfast combinations.
Customers describe a warm, laid-back setting for working, reading, meeting a friend, or enjoying the tables out front.
Rita & Maria is a quaint cafe on Halsey Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, serving coffee, pastries, snacks, and simple breakfast favorites. Guests mention lemon muffins, cardamom buns, oatmeal cookies, corn frittata, hard-boiled eggs, and giardiniera.
With a retro feel, friendly baristas, and cute tables out front, it is an inviting place to start the morning, catch up with a friend, read, or settle in with a laptop. Iced coffee, iced oat milk matcha, and warm service are frequent customer favorites.
Fresh coffee drinks for a relaxed morning or afternoon stop.
Lemon muffins, cardamom buns, oatmeal cookies, and other sweet bites.
Simple cafe fare including corn frittata, hard-boiled eggs, giardiniera, and light snacks.
A refreshing matcha drink highlighted by local customers.
“I will go the distance for excellent coffee and pastries and Rita & Maria has both!! I’ve been coming to this quaint cafe for the past 2+ years. The cafe is a 20 min walk from my place and it’s well worth the trek.”
“I don’t think I’ve ever visited a single other establishment with as much devotion as this one. It always feels like visiting your friend’s on a cozy morning - the food is delicious and made with care.”
“A very welcomed addition to the neighborhood! Beautiful and friendly atmosphere, great coffee and delicious pastries and snacks. Come here every morning for my coffee and am greeted by the very warm staff.”
Rita & Maria · Bedford-Stuyvesant
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