Perhaps it's the pop-art-esque sign over the door, but it's hard to walk past Binya in Ebisu without pausing at the take-out window to get one of their excellent soft ices...
Not that I need any excuse in this heat.
The moka (mocha we'd call it, of course) is the one — just enough coffee to take the edge off that sweetness. No tax either!
There's only one drawback to carrying your cone along the street — in these conditions it melts faster than you can lick it.
Just down from Yebisu Garden Place, Binya is one of those old-school coffee shops where you sip your Java from chintzy china. It also serves Japanese confections such as tokoroten and oshiroko.
Here's a link for Binya...
And here's a map link...
