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You might expect a café called Peace & Love to have a groovy, bohemian vibe, but this Tribeca takeaway spot, with its glass façade, flat-screen TV, and uniformed barista staff, is closer to Starbucks on the spectrum of coffeehouse cool. The menu doesn’t advance an organic or vegetarian agenda, either. In addition to the customary lattes and espressos, the spacious, counter-service eatery offers an array of tossed salads and meat-friendly pressed sandwiches named after vacation destinations. (The Amazon is a spinach salad dressed up with avocado, goat cheese, and pear, and the Ibiza is a panini-type sandwich made of prosciutto, imported Manchego cheese, and tomato.) Though there are plenty of tables for two with artfully mismatched chairs, the majority of customers seem more inclined to take their orders to go. — Alexis Korman

Amazon salad, $8.75