The Library has a Patron Lounge on the lower level, equipped with a refrigerator, coffee machine, hot and cold filtered water and other supplies.  If you wish to bring your lunch or a snack, you may use this room for breaks.  There are comfortable sofas, tables and chairs, and a power strip for charging your devices.

We are sometimes asked to recommend places nearby where one can buy coffee, snacks or lunch. Here are a few suggestions in the area :

Drive or walk north on Brook Road to the corner of Bellevue (green arrow on map) and turn left

1. Northside Grille, at 1217 Bellevue : serves lunch and dinner, and a weekend brunch

and Enoteca Sogno at 1223 Bellevue : dinners only, Tues-Sat, Italian dining and wines

and Little House Green Grocery at 1227 Bellevue : organic produce and artisanal food items

2. Zorba’s Express Pizza and Subs, at 4026 MacArthur : serves lunch and dinner, take-away

3. Dot’s Back Inn Diner at 4030 MacArthur : serves breakfast, lunch and dinner

4.  Mi Jalisco, at 4019 MacArthur : Mexican style lunch and dinner

5. Stir Crazy, at 4015 MacArthur : coffee house, also serves lunch sandwiches and baked goods

6. Demi’s Mediterranean at 4017 MacArthur : open for dinner Tues-Sun

7. Nutall’s Market, at 4010 MacArthur : small neighborhood grocery, sells drinks and snacks

8. Kitchen 64, at 3336 N. Boulevard : breakfast, lunch and dinner (popular and often crowded)

9. To the Tres Machos restaurant at 2313 Westwood (continue down Westwood about 5 minutes by car) : lunch and dinner daily, casual Mexican