Boutique Hotel + Café & Bar Lounge at Hollywood Beach

There is a particular pleasure in not having to go anywhere for your first coffee of the day. At Hotel Saint Claire the lounge opens at 6:30, long before the Broadwalk fills, and the espresso machine is already warm.

Being a boutique property means we can do a handful of things properly instead of many things adequately: single-origin coffee, pastries baked that morning, and a bar that turns golden in the late afternoon.

Guests drift down in linen and flip-flops, take a table by the window, and decide what the day looks like. Most days it looks like the beach.

The lounge is open to the public as well — if you are staying nearby, consider this an invitation.