Time slot: Saturdays
Broadcaster: Cinema Heaven
Genre: Healing, romance
Episode count: 6
Reasons to watch: It’s always a good time for a healing drama — especially when it’s actually about, you know, healing! Tiny cable channel Cinema Heaven is responsible for this little drama, and they seem to have global fans in mind as international OTT streamers have been a part of their marketing from the get go. (No complaints here.)
Kim Bora and Kim Woo-seok are in the lead, but it’s almost as if the eponymous cafe is another leading character. When our heroine begins working at said cafe, she begins her journey of healing — and it looks touching, sweet, and maybe even a little quirky. The owner of the cafe is unknown by all the workers there — including Hwang Seok-jung and Jung Min-sung – they simply call him “Papa.” But this mysterious character links back to our heroine’s first love whom she’s been pining for. And maybe it’s the sprinkle of the Nordic here, but I’m getting A Piece of Your Mind-lite vibes. Yes, that sets the bar super high, but someone’s gotta do it.