However, small table signs with house 'rules' might make you want to consider how much time you spend there. It's a place that indeed might make you want to linger. There's a children's play area and, just next to it, an old upright piano, a proximity that made me shudder.

It's a moderate sized space, and pleasant, with various seating scenarios - a couch over here, communal tables there, some comfy chairs. The leeks added a nice bit of crunch.īut it still seemed an odd thing for a coffeehouse menu.Ĭafé Linger took over the freestanding building that was once home to New York Pizza Deli. The sauce was creamy and the mushrooms delightfully chewy. I had just returned from, among other places, Germany and was feeling bad that I hadn't had any of the traditional egg noodles the entire trip.Ĭafé Linger tosses its Spaeztle, which were uniform enough for me to wonder at first it they weren't actually bucatini (they weren't), with cream and mushrooms and tops it with frizzled fried leeks. And even Steak Frites, considering the place closes most days at 7 p.m.īut there they were, and there I was, so I ordered the Spaeztle (which for the record is spelled Spätzle on the menu). I expected to find a Croissant Egg Sandwich, too, and I wasn't even surprised by the Smoked Salmon & Avocado Tartare.īut Spaeztle? That I didn't expect. I'm pretty sure a coffeehouse can't pass city inspection without Avocado Toast on its menu. I expected to find Avocado Toast on the menu at Café Linger, a new coffeeshop with food in College Park.

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