169 West is a hybrid of natural wine bar, specialty coffee shop and wine shop in Wiedikon, around the corner from Brupbacherplatz and the Lochergut. It serves natural and biodynamic wines, specialty coffee and small homemade dishes, with breakfast and bar food all day and no reservations.

Filter coffee has its own menu. Kifaru AA from Nyeri in Kenya, Diamond from Mococa in São Paulo, Brazil and El Coyego from Huehuetenango in Guatemala come from Vertical Coffee Roasters, and Muraho from Rwanda, Faya from Sidama Bensa in Ethiopia and Joya, a geisha from Huila in Colombia, from Coffee Architects. 169 West also pours miró manufactura de café. The day menu has croissants, granola with homemade yoghurt, kaya toast with a slow egg, hot croissants with cheese and a Gâteau de Payerne, with a houjicha latte, a rooibos cappuccino and a house kombucha made with Gochá.

Laptops are welcome in a separate area until five in the evening.

Coffee on the shelf

Photograph: 169 West