Milkcrate Cafe

"If you can’t focus without a good playlist, working at a cafe that doubles as a record shop is a no-brainer. Milkcrate in Fishtown serves your standard-issue teas and coffees using La Colombe espresso, along with bagels, breakfast sandwiches (including vegan options), salads, and tacos, all available until 3pm." - alison kessler

"A coffee shop and a record store - this neighborhood spot has the feel of a quaint neighborhood cafe with some of the top selection by way of wax." - The Heads of State

"Since most of us can’t focus without a good playlist, working at a coffee shop that also doubles as a record shop seems like a no-brainer. At Milkcrate, you’ll find tables whose surfaces are made out of vinyl, window seating for people-watching, and bagels, breakfast sandwiches (vegan options as well), salads, and tacos all coming out of the kitchen until 3pm. If you need some caffeine, they serve everything from iced coffees, teas, macchiatos, and a few espresso drinks that will get you more amped up than the Pink Floyd albums on the wall. It’s a place where you could end up sending your last email of the day on an early Friday and heading to Happy Hour at Cheu or another Fishtown spot nearby." - Candis Mclean, Alison Kessler

"Milk Crate Café, Fishtown by The Heads of State. A coffee shop and a record store - this neighborhood spot has the feel of a quaint neighborhood cafe with some of the top selection by way of wax."

"When we were in the trenches of the pandemic and we could only have five people in the store at a time, we would send people down to Milkcrate with a bookmark and they could have whatever they wanted off the menu while they waited to get into the bookstore." - Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme