Cafe Zing

Cafe Zing is a coffee shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts, located in the Porter Square Shopping Center at 25 White St. It serves fair trade coffee from Equal Exchange alongside baked goods drawn from several local bakeries, including Iggy's, Danish Pastry House, Daniellas Dandies and Cafe Do-Good, plus sandwiches from Kickstand Cafe in Arlington. Affogatos are made with Toscanini's ice cream, and the shop is known for its Vietnamese fresh rolls. The bakery case runs through muffins such as Blueberry, Raspberry Almond, Lemon Poppy, Double Chocolate, Corn, Morning Glory and Vegan Banana; croissants including Butter, Chocolate, Almond, Marzipan, Spinach and Cheese, Broccoli and Cheese, and Ham and Cheese; cookies, scones, bagels, bars and squares, and assorted pastries like Sticky Buns, Apple Danishes and Parmesan Bread Sticks. Vegan and gluten free options are offered as well, among them Banana Snickerdoodle Cookies, Banana Muffins, Raisin Scones, Coconut Macaroons and Almond Macaroons. Hours are 7 AM to 7 PM Monday through Friday and 8 AM to 7 PM on weekends. The shop sits on White St in the Porter Square Shopping Center, a short walk from the Porter train station and the Fitchburg Route rail lines, both about 0.1 miles away. Somerville Avenue runs nearby, and One Medical Primary Care Clinic and Cambridge Healthworks are each within about 60 metres. Cafe Zing is a Cambridge coffee shop whose menu is built around Equal Exchange coffee and baked goods and sandwiches from local bakeries, with Vietnamese fresh rolls and Toscanini's affogatos among its signatures.