Pavement Coffeehouse

Info

44 Gainsborough St, Boston MA 02115

Hours: Generally speaking 7-7, with some varience for holiday and summer hours

https://pavementcoffeehouse.com/

Review

I live literally around the block from the Symphony Pavement location and am not a big fan of cooking weekend mornings, so I’ve been to Pavement an unfortunate number of times. It really does have a lot to recommend it - the coffee (and other drinks, like the matcha latte) are good, if expensive. The bagels are also good (if also very expensive). Pastries there are fine; they aren’t mind-blowing, and the prices aren’t labelled, so buyer beware.

The egg sandwich (the Basic, egg and cheese on a bagel for $5) is not one of the things to recommend it. The eggs are microwaved at best, and always seem vaguely rubbery to me. You can avoid it by getting something like the Awakening ($7), which has enough other things on it that you can’t taste the eggs, or the Vegan Tequila (also $7) which omits the egg altogether, but if you’re trying to get an egg sandwich you have better options.