Restaurant critic Laura Reiley dined out for nearly 200 meals this past year, so she knows where the best restaurants are in Tampa Bay.  As we roll out her Top 100 Restaurants, here are her picks for coffee houses, juice bars, beer and wine and desserts. Your fave's not listed? Let us know in the comments section. And if you want all 100 in a handy guide for your coffee table, be sure to pick up a Weekend section in Thursday's St. Petersburg Times.

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Best coffeehouses
It's got to brew a good cup, sure, but a great coffeehouse has something that feels like love. Maybe it's just nurturance or warmth, but whatever it is makes you want to loiter, measuring out life the J. Alfred Prufrock way. The Globe continues to be that kind of place, partly for its vegan noodle bowl and English muffin pizzas and partly because of owner JoEllen Schilke's personal magnetism. Just listen to her WMNF show, Art in Your Ear, or sign up for her e-newsletter and you'll be hooked. New in 2008, Banyan Coffee and Tea is similarly convivial. Erica Allums sends out rich cups of Kahwa coffee along with cheery Fiestaware plates of pork loin panini and bowls of hearty soup. College kids have a special call for coffeehouses (cosseting + caffeine = good grades), and Sacred Grounds has always served USF students well, with late hours, open-mike nights and a new organic food co-op.
     The Globe Coffee Lounge, 532 First Ave. N, St. Petersburg; (727) 898-5282, globecoffeelounge.com 
     Banyan Coffee and Tea, 689 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N, St. Petersburg; (727) 896-6100   
     Sacred Grounds, 4819 E Busch Blvd., Tampa; (813) 983-0837, sacredgroundstampa.com

Best juice bar
I don't mean smoothies or sherbety concoctions. I mean carrots put through the wringer with the noise of a wood chipper, orange halves mangled into giving it up. A shot of wheat grass on the side. Together, deliciousness and an overwhelming feeling of well-being. The publicly traded Jamba Juice didn't do too well in 2008, but it still makes a mighty fine product. And new inside the Fit2Run store at International Plaza, Juice Kaboose also knows how to squeeze it right.
     Jamba Juice, 5004 E Fowler Ave., Tampa; (813) 980-6446, with other locations, jambajuice.com 
     Juice Kaboose, International Plaza, 2223 N. West Shore  Blvd., Tampa; (813) 873-2786, juicekaboose.com

Best wine or beer list
Bern's is the 900-pound gorilla, right? Take the tour and marvel at all those open bottles on the wall and all those cases stacked at the ready, knowing full well that, like your average iceberg, there's so much more you're just not seeing. Size and breadth continually garner superlatives from all corners, but it all comes down to finding something that suits your mood, suits your food and is ready to drink. Bern's delivers. Another old-timer (all the way back to 1948), Bob Heilman's Beachcomber's has a list that isn’t nearly as exhaustive, but Burgundy and California pinot noir fans may still experience a little lightheadedness or racing pulse. Peg's Cantina in Gulfport serves nice Mexican, with pizza on the weekend, and has a lovely patio. But what you need to know: There also is a gorgeous array of Belgian ales and lambics and all the best microbrews from big names like Rogue, Bison and Boulder, with a special affection for unfiltered wheats.
     Bern's Steak House, 1208 S Howard Ave., Tampa; (813) 251-2421, bernssteakhouse.com   
     Bob Heilman's Beachcomber, 447 Mandalay Ave., Clearwater; (727) 442-4144, heilmansbeachcomber.com 
     Peg's Cantina, 3038 Beach Blvd., Gulfport; (727) 328-2720, pegscantina.com   

Best desserts
Many of the country's big cities are dotted with dessert-only restaurants. We don't have that yet, but none of them have the Harry Waugh Dessert Room at Bern's Steak House, either. Last year's dessert-menu overhaul rendered it more contemporary, and it still reigns supreme as the romantic date-night's ace in the hole.
For when you need to serve a whole dessert (whether you pawn it off as your own is for you and your conscience), Wright's Gourmet House has a red velvet cake and a pecan pie to bring a tear to the eye.
For my money, Bryce Whittlesey's  classical French desserts at Davis Islands's Chez Bryce are worth at least a couple gallons of gas, extra for the chocolate espresso pot de creme and the lemon curd tart.
     Harry Waugh Dessert Room, Bern's Steak House, above, 1208 S Howard Ave., Tampa; (813) 251-2421, bernssteakhouse.com 
     Wright's Gourmet House, 1200 S Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa; (813) 253-3838, wrightsgourmet.com

     Chez Bryce, 238 E Davis Blvd., Tampa; (813) 258-8100, chezbryce.com