What’s your favorite breakfast?  Is it different when you’re on vacation?

Breakfast routines change, but right now I usually have some fresh juice, followed by a protein smoothie and rice crackers after my morning yoga class. At least that’s what I have during the week – weekends are a different story.  For us weekends are like little vacations – we let ourselves go, we have fruit and pancakes and bacon – and bread, lots of bread.  We love sweet bread – croissants, cinnamon rolls, chocolate croissants, brioche, biscuits, madelines, scones, and on and on. So when Mario’s godmother requested a breakfast spot with good bread and good coffee, we knew exactly where to go.

Rosetta is an Italian restaurant in the Colonia Roma – located in a Porfirian mansion, they serve excellent food in a romantic setting. Rosetta doesn’t serve breakfast, but if you’re a bread and coffee in the morning person, the offshoot Panadería Rosetta is a little bit of heaven.  It has two locations, in Colonia Roma and Colonia Juarez.  The location in Colonia Roma is small – just a bar and no tables from what they told me over the phone – while the location in Colonia Juarez is less small – seating at the bar, plus a few tables on the mezzanine, and a few on the patio. If you go on the weekends, expect a wait unless you want to get your bread and coffee to go, or arrive really early. If you don’t get out of the house before 10 or so on a Saturday, the line can be quite long, but go ahead and order a coffee at the bar in the meantime.

All of the sweet bread is good.  My favorite is a cardamom roll – instead of cinnamon they use cardamom – but really, it’s all good.  They also have prepared items on the menu that you can order once you’re seated – tartines, fresh fruit with granola and yogurt, gluten-free black rice with fresh fruit and coconut milk, among others.  They also have a variety of milks you can request for your latte – leche deslactosada light is lactose free and reduced fat, leche entera is whole milk, leche light is reduced fat, and they have almond milk (leche de almendra).

The atmosphere inside is that of a bustling coffee shop – waiters and waitresses squeeze around patrons, and baristas and cashiers rush around behind the bar serving coffee, tea, and bread – while the patio is a bit quieter.  No need to dress up here – it’s the sort of place where you’ll see people dressed in anything from jeans to full on workout gear. When we lived nearby, Mario and I would take the dog out for a walk in our sweats and stop by to get some fresh bread and coffee to go on the way back.

Locations: Havre 73, colonia Juárez, ciudad de México / Colima 179, colonia Roma, ciudad de México