Selva Coffee House

Selva Coffee House sits inside Terra Bella Nursery on Camino del Rio West, in the Midway District a few minutes from the Sports Arena. The shop pours its own roasts through a craft bar tucked among the plants, which is a setup most San Diego cafes do not try to pull off. The room reads jungle on purpose, with the nursery's greenhouse light filtering in over the espresso bar. Hours run six in the morning until nine at night Monday through Thursday, until eleven on Fridays, which is unusually late for specialty in this city. The crowd splits between morning regulars from Bay Park and Mission Hills and an evening crowd that comes for the room. Order a cortado if you came for the espresso the roaster pulls on its own beans. Order an iced latte and a wander through the nursery if you came for the version of Selva that the regulars come back for.