"There are a lot of great coffee shops in Fishtown, but most of them are tiny places that fill up quickly—you might end up walking around the neighborhood for an hour looking for somewhere to work. Gryphon Cafe, a larger shop hidden on an out-of-the-way corner on Front Street, always has a big, open table for you to spread some random papers out on. And in addition to coffee, they also have things like lavender lemonade, a ginger-hibiscus cooler, and a full food menu with a few Philly muffin sandwiches, vegan pastries, and a fig and camembert toast that’s drizzled with a mildly-sweet saba." - Candis Mclean, Alison Kessler