During the last Super Bowl, while everyone was glued to their screens, my dog Sean and I went to pick up some half-priced pan dulce from a Mexican bakery on the southwest part of town. I noticed a roadside coffee stand and, needing a pick-me-up, turned the car around to check it out.
That was my introduction to Café Sonrisa, 3200 S. Walker Ave., and that first stop was good enough to make me quit Starbucks cold turkey.