Where is a good place for the gals to have coffee?

i would say starbucks, Dunkin' Doughnuts or:

Bay View Farm

Honaunau, Hawaii

The Big Island's famed kona is "the only coffee grown (commercially) in the United States," Davids says, and "this is a good place to taste the best." The farmers drive here from the higher altitudes where coffee is grown. Bay View processes and roasts it. "They serve only extra fancy and peaberry, and it's free." 800-662-5880; bayviewfarmcoffees.com

Caffe Dante and Caffe Reggio

New York

"The Italian-Americans hung out here and played cards," Davids says of Caffe Reggio, which claims to have made the USA's first cappuccino. The small room is "authentic and simple," with a vintage chrome-and-bronze espresso machine. One of those beauties adorns Caffe Dante, too. Both Greenwich Village stalwarts "make a rough, old-fashioned Italian coffee — a robust, sharp, dark roast. You're experiencing espresso as it was early in the century, before it became a mall drink." Reggio, 212-475-9557; www.cafereggio.com, 212-982-5275.

Caffe Trieste

San Francisco

Grant Avenue in North Beach "has kept its bohemian, funky atmosphere," and Trieste patrons such as Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti "held down the fort against pure tourism," says Davids. "They roast their own coffee ... kind of a rough, robust, 'take no prisoners' espresso." Owned by the Giotta family — "they're all performers" — it hosts Saturday-night concerts; "there's always a crowd outside." 415-982-2605; caffetrieste.com

Peet's

Berkeley, Calif.

The original store, where Alfred Peet "used to roast coffee in the back," is a landmark in coffee history: Many industry people "feel it started the specialty coffee movement," Davids says, because it pioneered small-batch, in-store roasting. "The way they brew, the roast style and the coffees they choose are a ... treasure: strong, heavy-bodied drip coffee." And the old-time décor retains the "coffee shop, rather than cafe, flavor." 800-999-2132; peets.com

Zoka

Seattle

Among the best of the new-generation coffeehouses, Zoka boasts two barista (coffee-drink maker) champions: Dismas Smith won the North American Championship in 2002, and Phuong Tran won the 2005 U.S. contest, Davids notes. Zoka's espresso is "hearty, but more refined" than that served by older places like Trieste. It's "full-bodied" without tasting sharp or bitter. Paladino is its signature espresso; Tangletown is the popular drip blend. 206-545-4277; zokacoffee.com

By Gary Firstenberg, News Cafe

News Cafe in Miami Beach: It's a sidewalk cafe, bar, retail store and newsstand — and it's open 24 hours. A specialty of the house: the Chocolate Fondue for Two.

News Cafe

Miami Beach

This 24-hour Ocean Drive hot spot surrounded by neon-lit art-deco hotels is "more an outdoor cafe-bar than a coffee place ... a people-watching scene any time of day." You can order a regular cup or a thick, sweet Cuban coffee. He likes the News Cafe "at 10 a.m., when they're washing down the street" and only a few locals are around. 305-538-6397; newscafe.com

Stumptown Coffee Roasters

Portland, Ore.

"This fairly new company's coffee is superb," Davids says. "They're extremely serious: They serve coffee in French presses only." They buy prize-winning beans and "treat coffee like wine." Stumptown is representative of "a new wave of young people who entered the business seven to 10 years ago and are now industry leaders." The roaster is next door to the shop, "so you can smell it in the store." 503-230-7702; stumptowncoffee.com/cafes/division.html

Intelligentsia Coffee Roasters

Chicago

As serious about its coffee as Stumptown, this company serves "amazing coffees, some of the world's finest," Davids says. He marvels that it "hired a young guy just to go around the world picking out small lots of exceptional coffee." Its celebrated espresso blend, Black Cat, is "robust. People who like intensity will like it." Intelligentsia also puts coffees out for sale, rotating among 30 to 40 whole-bean choices hourly. 888-945-9786; intelligentsiacoffee.com

Café Beignet

New Orleans

This "cute, tucked-away place" near the French Quarter's police station is also "cool for people-watching. It's real New Orleans," Davids says, and makes its beignets in-house. "The coffee is produced by Coffee Roasters of New Orleans. ... All their coffees are excellent; the chicory is refined, not too overpowering." 504-524-5530; cafebeignet.com

It all depends on here you live

There's this place called . . . Starbucks?

And who calls them "gals" what are you, 70? And why would we care that you're a nurse when suggesting a place for coffee!

How about a teahouse? You can still have coffee there. Most upscale hotels have tea lounges. It's less bothersome than place like Starbucks or Cosi. You get to feel like royalty for a few hours.

Starbucks!

A bookstore is good place or try a small coffee shop

Go to 7 eleven make a coffee and walk around, drink it and leave wen ur done.

Its a good way to save money.

My house, watching the Sun come up over the Atlantic, or set over the Gulf.

Starbucks or Caribou

Caribou is my first choice but Starbucks is ok

Starbucks!!!!