Life Cafe

The cafe, attached to a fitness center, offers surprisingly delicious sandwiches and pizza! Their smoothies are a bit pricey, and the taste is just okay. Service is friendly and fast, and the vibe is clean and pleasant. Mostly recommended!

The food was okay. We ordered garlic knots and it took more than 20 minutes to come out, despite being the only people eating there. The garlic knots had almost no taste of garlic and the marinara it was served with was ice cold, straight out of the fridge. This place has a lot of potential if they can fine tune the service.

Fabulous clean cafe with calm vibes. We came because of the review about the pizza and we gotta say, they were on to something. The pizza was delicious. Very generous with the cheese and truffle sauce. Glad we stopped by—it’s definitely a treat for a casual date night!

At first, I thought it was sort of funny that the Life Cafe had one of those large domed pizza ovens covered in shiny tiles—the kind you’d normally see in some high-end pizza place that requires reservations weeks in advance. The Life Cafe is, after all, attached to a luxury gym.

I passed through the cafe for a few weeks and didn’t really even think of ordering a pizza. My partner and I have collected well over a month of travel in Italy in order to explore pizza places like L’antica Pizzeria da Michele, and other Michelin recommended (and centuries old) treasures. We have also sought out the best pizza in the U.S.— a distinction I would unhesitatingly have granted to Lucali in Brooklyn.

Not long ago, I had a conversation with John, who manages the Life Cafe. It didn’t take long to realize that John takes pizza very seriously. I was intrigued, and, violating my usual “pizza-is-a reason-to-travel-rule,” I ordered a forager pizza (simple mushrooms with a little white truffle oil). Well, it turns out that the little, unassuming Life Cafe makes one of the finest pizzas I have ever tasted. Every element is stunningly delicious. The dough is thin, and similar to what you would get in southern Italy. The mushrooms were richly flavorful and were complemented so well by the perfect amount of truffle oil. I made sure to get the name of the chef: Idriss.

My partner and I agree: Life Cafe has the best pizza we have found in the United States. It’s an absolute gem.