Roastery cafés in United States

California 104

San Francisco 28

• Andytown Coffee Roasters

  San Francisco · Outer Sunset

  Andytown was started in 2014 by Michael McCrory and Lauren Crabbe in a roughly 600-square-foot shop on Lawton Street in the Outer Sunset.
• Four Barrel Coffee

  San Francisco · Mission

  Four Barrel opened in 2008, first serving from an alley off Valencia Street before moving that August into this large Valencia space, which remains its main café.
• Komakase

  San Francisco Special experience

  Komakase is a reservation-based coffee omakase co-founded by Kieran Eng, launched in July 2024 as a pop-up inside Paper Son's café in SoMa.
• Ritual Coffee Roasters

  San Francisco · Mission

  Ritual opened on Valencia Street in May 2005, founded by Eileen Hassi, and was soon counted among the cafés that defined San Francisco's third wave.
• Sightglass Coffee

  San Francisco · SoMa

  Sightglass was founded by brothers Jerad and Justin Morrison, who opened this flagship in 2011 in a multi-level former warehouse at 7th and Folsom in SoMa.
• Blue Bottle Coffee

  San Francisco · Hayes Valley

  Blue Bottle's Hayes Valley kiosk is a converted garage in Linden Alley, opened by founder James Freeman as one of the company's first permanent spots.
• Fluid Cooperative Cafe

  San Francisco

  Fluid is a worker-owned cooperative café founded in 2021 by trans activists Shannon Amitin, Santana Tapia and JoJo Ty as a space by and for queer and trans people.
• Golden Goat Coffee

  San Francisco · SoMa

  Golden Goat is a tiny multi-roaster café tucked down a back alley in SoMa, with only three or four seats, so most people take their drinks to go.
• Hedge Coffee

  San Francisco

  Hedge Coffee was founded in 2015 by Olga and Alex Sobal as a fleet of mobile espresso bars built by Capsule MFG, serving Linea Caffe at events around San Francisco.
• Saint Frank Coffee

  San Francisco · Russian Hill

  Saint Frank was opened on Polk Street in Russian Hill in 2013 by Kevin Bohlin, a former Ritual barista who buys much of his coffee directly from producers in Central America and East Africa.
• Tartine Manufactory

  San Francisco · Mission

  Tartine Manufactory is the larger, all-day sibling of Tartine Bakery from Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt, opened in 2016 in a century-old building beside the Heath Ceramics factory.
• The Coffee Movement

  San Francisco · Nob Hill / Chinatown

  The Coffee Movement started in 2016 out of the back of a VW bus before settling into this small shop on Washington Street, on the Nob Hill edge of Chinatown, with a sidewalk patio and cable cars passing by.
• Abanico Coffee Roasters

  San Francisco · Mission

  Abanico is run by roaster and Q Grader Ana Valle, whose Salvadoran family settled in the Bay Area in the 1980s; she opened the Mission café at 17th and Mission, in the Redlick Building.
• CoffeeShop

  San Francisco

  CoffeeShop is a minimalist café on 21st Street in the Mission, opened in 2020 as the second location of a Bernal Heights café.
• Compton's Coffee House

  San Francisco

  Compton's Coffee House is a tiny café on Fillmore Street in Lower Pacific Heights, opened in 2021 by Aiden Compton, a coffee veteran related to Brooklyn's family-run Variety Coffee, in the former Samovar Tea shop.
• Excelsior Coffee

  San Francisco · Excelsior

  Excelsior Coffee is a sliver of a café on Mission Street opened in 2019 by neighbourhood couple Lea Sabado and Andre Higginbotham, one of the first specialty espresso bars in the Excelsior.
• Farley's

  San Francisco · Potrero Hill

  Farley's has been Potrero Hill's neighbourhood coffeehouse since Roger Hillyard opened it in 1989 in a former butcher shop; his son Chris and daughter-in-law Amy took over in 2012.
• Grand Coffee

  San Francisco · Mission

  Grand Coffee is a tiny, roughly 200-square-foot espresso bar that Nabeel Silmi opened on Mission Street in 2010.
• Hollow

  San Francisco · Inner Sunset

  Hollow has been on Irving Street in the Inner Sunset since the late 2000s, run by Dawn Kirker and William LaMontagne in a narrow, lime-green building that was once a garage and later a barbershop.
• Home Coffee Roasters

  San Francisco · Inner Richmond / Sunset

  Home Coffee Roasters was founded in 2015 by husband-and-wife In Heo and Annie Cheng, and its first café is this one on Noriega Street in the Sunset.
• Kopiku Indonesian Coffee

  San Francisco

  Kopiku, which opened in 2024, bills itself as San Francisco's first Indonesian coffee shop and is run by Adhi Jusuf and his wife Amanda Chinitra.
• Pinhole Coffee

  San Francisco

  Pinhole Coffee opened in Bernal Heights in 2014, founded by JoEllen Depakakibo, a Filipina-American barista who came up at Intelligentsia and Blue Bottle.
• Simple Pleasures Cafe

  San Francisco

  Simple Pleasures has been a bohemian fixture on Balboa Street in the Outer Richmond since 1978, run since 1994 by Ahmed Riad and recognized as a San Francisco Legacy Business in 2023.
• Snowbird Coffee

  San Francisco · Inner Sunset

  Snowbird Coffee was opened in October 2014 by Eugene and Anna Kim on Ninth Avenue in the Inner Sunset, under the name 'Snowbird: For the Dreamers'.
• Spro Coffee Lab

  San Francisco · Civic Center / Mission

  Spro Coffee Lab began as a trailer at Spark Social SF before opening this brick-and-mortar café at Church and 17th Street, between Mission Dolores and the Castro, and has since added more San Francisco locations.
• Stray Dog

  San Francisco

  Stray Dog is a coffee shop by day and cocktail bar by night on 24th Street in the Mission, opened in July 2026 by Angela Cao of Lost Cat Bar & Bites with drinks partner Nathan Angelo Depante.
• Third Wheel Coffee

  San Francisco

  Third Wheel Coffee started as a pop-up inside Lucinda's Deli in NoPa and now has its own small shop on Oak Street near Alamo Square.
• Zocalo Coffee

  San Francisco

  Zocalo Coffee is a San Leandro-based coffeehouse and roaster owned by Sara Ubelhart, which opened its first San Francisco café in August 2026.

Los Angeles 25

• Dayglow (Silver Lake)

  Los Angeles · Silver Lake

  Dayglow was founded by Tohm Ifergan, a former touring drummer and Portola Coffee barista, and this pink-and-neon Silver Lake shop is the original.
• Endorffeine

  Los Angeles · Chinatown Special experience

  Endorffeine is the one-man coffee bar of Jack Benchakul, a former biochemist turned pastry chef, tucked into Far East Plaza in Chinatown.
• Go Get Em Tiger

  Los Angeles · Larchmont

  Go Get Em Tiger grew from this single Larchmont Village shop, opened in 2013 by Kyle Glanville, the 2008 US Barista Champion, and Charles Babinski, a multiple US Barista Championship finalist.
• Kumquat Coffee

  Los Angeles · Highland Park

  Kumquat was opened in Highland Park in 2018 by AJ Kim and Scott Sohn as a multi-roaster bar, pouring coffees from roasters in the US and cities such as Osaka, Copenhagen, Seoul and Melbourne.
• Maru Coffee

  Los Angeles · Arts District

  Maru takes its name from a Korean word for mountaintop, a nod to high-grown coffee, and opened its first shop in Los Feliz in 2017.
• Be Bright Coffee

  Los Angeles · Melrose

  Be Bright is run by Frank La, the 2024 US Barista Champion, and was already roasting and had won the 2021 US Cold Brew Championship before opening this Melrose shop in 2022.
• Coffee for Sasquatch

  Los Angeles · Melrose

  Coffee for Sasquatch opened on Melrose Avenue in 2017 and pours coffee from San Francisco's Ritual Coffee Roasters as espresso and pour-over.
• Couplet Coffee

  Los Angeles

  Couplet Coffee is a queer woman-owned café on Temple Street at the edge of Echo Park, with a wildly colourful interior, a mural of a roller-skating mug and orange and yellow tables out front.
• Eightfold Coffee

  Los Angeles · Echo Park

  Eightfold is a small Echo Park café on Sunset Boulevard with minimalist decor and a slightly retro feel, serving coffee from rotating roasters as espresso and pour-over.
• Loquat Coffee

  Los Angeles

  Loquat is the roastery café opened in Cypress Park in 2022 by AJ Kim and Scott Sohn, the team behind Kumquat.
• Maru Coffee Los Feliz

  Los Angeles · Los Feliz

  The Los Feliz shop on Hillhurst Avenue is where Maru began in 2017; the name comes from a Korean word for mountaintop.
• Menotti's Coffee Stop

  Los Angeles · Venice

  Menotti's opened in 2013 a few steps from the Venice boardwalk on Windward Avenue, launched with barista Christopher 'Nicely' Alameda behind a mint La Marzocco.
• Tectonic Coffee

  Los Angeles

  Tectonic Coffee Co.
• Verve Coffee Roasters

  Los Angeles · Arts District

  Verve was founded in Santa Cruz in 2007 and works directly with growers, including giving coffee seedlings to farmers.
• Alchemist Coffee Project

  Los Angeles · Koreatown

  Alchemist Coffee Project is a Koreatown café on Vermont Avenue, with a second outpost at The Pearl on Wilshire.
• Alibi Coffee Co.

  Los Angeles · West Adams

  Alibi Coffee Co.
• Document Coffee Bar

  Los Angeles

  Document Coffee Bar was opened in Koreatown in 2014 by Sojung Kwon and Byoungok Koh.
• Groundwork Coffee

  Los Angeles · Venice

  Groundwork began in 1991 when Richard Karno opened a small rare-books shop and coffee roastery on Rose Avenue in Venice, and in 1994 it became one of the first certified organic coffee roasters in Southern California.
• Habitat Coffee

  Los Angeles · Eagle Rock

  Habitat Coffee is a neighbourhood café on Eagle Rock Boulevard serving espresso drinks, café au lait and pour-over alongside a fuller food menu than most coffee bars, from croque madame and chilaquiles at breakfast to brisket sandwiches at lunch.
• Mad Lab

  Los Angeles

  Mad Lab is a Los Angeles roaster that started downtown and now runs several shops, including this one on South Spring Street.
• Obet & Del's Coffee

  Los Angeles

  Obet & Del's is a Black- and Filipino-owned shop in Thai Town run by couple Heather Knox and Joshua Oliveros, named after Oliveros's parents, who also designed the logo.
• Ondo Coffee

  Los Angeles

  Ondo Coffee is a neighbourhood shop on Heliotrope Drive in East Hollywood, run by Bryan Choi and Calvin Jung.
• The Little Marionette

  Los Angeles

  The Little Marionette is a Sydney roaster founded in 2010, and this small shop in Palms is its only US café.
• Tierra Mia Coffee

  Los Angeles

  Tierra Mia is a Los Angeles coffee chain that roasts its own green coffee and builds its menu around Latin American flavours.
• Woodcat Coffee

  Los Angeles · Echo Park

  Woodcat was opened in 2014 by Saadat Awan and his wife Janine on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park, with Saadat building much of the long, open room and its stools from reclaimed wood.

San Diego 18

• Bird Rock Coffee Roasters

  San Diego · Bird Rock / La Jolla

  Bird Rock Coffee Roasters began in 2006 in the Bird Rock neighbourhood of La Jolla, and this La Jolla Boulevard café is its original home.
• Coffee & Tea Collective

  San Diego · North Park

  Coffee & Tea Collective opened on El Cajon Boulevard in 2012 and is often counted among San Diego's first third-wave shops.
• Mostra Coffee

  San Diego · Carmel Mountain Ranch

  Mostra Coffee was started in San Diego by a group of Filipino-American friends, among them chef Mike Arquines, who began by roasting at home.
• Caffe Calabria

  San Diego · North Park

  Caffè Calabria grew out of a coffee cart Arne Holt opened in 1991, and since 2001 has operated from a 14,000-square-foot North Park building that houses both café and roastery.
• Dark Horse Coffee Roasters

  San Diego · North Park

  Dark Horse was founded in 2013 by brothers Daniel and Bryan Charlson, originally from Hawaii, and has grown from a single Normal Heights shop into a group of cafés around San Diego plus one in Hawaii.
• Holsem Coffee

  San Diego · North Park

  Holsem was opened in 2015 by longtime friends Salpi Sleiman and Muna Farhat at University Avenue and 30th Street in North Park; Sleiman previously ran the Roast Coach pour-over cart.
• James Coffee Co.

  San Diego · Little Italy

  James Coffee Co.
• Cafe Moto

  San Diego · Barrio Logan

  Cafe Moto is a family business that has been roasting in San Diego since 1990, and its Barrio Logan site combines a working roastery, a retail shop and a walk-up and drive-in espresso bar.
• Cafeina Cafe

  San Diego · City Heights

  Cafeina Cafe is a neighborhood coffee shop in City Heights with a colorful interior and a full-wall mural.
• Communal Coffee

  San Diego · North Park

  Communal Coffee opened its original North Park café in 2016 with a 'Coffee + Flowers' concept, pairing a full espresso and drinks menu with fresh flowers and gifts.
• Finjan Coffee Co.

  San Diego · Clairemont

  Finjan Coffee Co.
• Heartwork Coffee Bar

  San Diego

  Heartwork Coffee Bar is a small neighborhood shop on Goldfinch Street in Mission Hills, opened in 2015 by Rob Moran and Sam Stothers, two former punk and hardcore musicians who spent time in Seattle's coffee scene.
• Pappalecco

  San Diego · Little Italy

  Pappalecco was started in San Diego in 2007 by Francesco Bucci, who grew up near Pisa, together with his brothers Giovanni and Lorenzo.
• Por Vida

  San Diego · Barrio Logan

  Por Vida was opened on Logan Avenue in 2015 by Carolina Santana and Milo Lorenzana as a 'café, cultura, galería', combining a coffee bar with a gallery for rotating local art.
• Ryan Bros. Coffee

  San Diego · Barrio Logan

  Ryan Bros.
• S3 Coffee Bar

  San Diego · San Carlos / Mission Gorge

  S3 Coffee Bar is an espresso bar on Mission Gorge Road in San Carlos with a black-and-white interior decorated with two-dimensional artwork by Alexis Samano.
• Scrimshaw Coffee

  San Diego · El Cerrito / East San Diego

  Scrimshaw opened on El Cajon Boulevard in El Cerrito around 2017, started by two friends who also worked the bar.
• Zumbar Coffee & Tea

  San Diego · Sorrento Valley

  Zumbar has been roasting in Sorrento Valley since 2003, with its retail café and roasting operation under one roof in an unassuming strip mall.

Pasadena 4

• Copa Vida

  Pasadena · Old Pasadena

  Copa Vida was opened in Old Pasadena in 2013 by Steve Chang and began roasting its own single origins and blends on a Diedrich in 2015.
• Jameson Brown Coffee Roasters

  Pasadena · Allen Ave

  Jameson Brown was started in 2006 by two friends who had been roasting for family and friends, and it still roasts in small batches on site on North Allen Avenue.
• Jones Coffee Roasters

  Pasadena · South Raymond

  Jones has been roasting in Pasadena since the mid-1990s, and its South Raymond Avenue café shares a warehouse with the roasting operation a few industrial blocks south of Old Pasadena.
• Mandarin Coffee Stand

  Pasadena

  Mandarin Coffee Stand is run by a former Intelligentsia barista and puts coffee from China, especially Yunnan, alongside roasters from around the world to show how far Chinese coffee has come.

  Signature Yunnan + Ethiopia house espresso

Long Beach 4

• Recreational Coffee

  Long Beach · Downtown

  Recreational Coffee is a small downtown Long Beach shop in a brick building just off the Promenade, now run by owner Brooklyn Warden.
• Rose Park Roasters

  Long Beach · Rose Park

  Rose Park Roasters was founded in 2010 by Nathan Tourtellotte and Andrew Phillips, a former roaster at Kean Coffee, starting as a beans-by-bike delivery service.
• Black Ring Coffee

  Long Beach · Belmont Shore

  Black Ring Coffee is a small-batch Long Beach roaster founded in 2014, known especially for its nitro cold brew, which won America's Best Cold Brew at Coffee Fest in 2019.
• Steelhead Coffee

  Long Beach

  Steelhead Coffee is run by John and Rany Aguirre, who opened their Cal Heights flagship on Wardlow Road in 2014 and have since added shops at Bixby Knolls' SteelCraft and in Bluff Park, in a former bank.

Berkeley 3

• CoRo Coffee Room

  Berkeley · West Berkeley

  CoRo Coffee Room is the café of Bay Area CoRoasters, a shared roasting facility where more than 40 small roasters book time on a Probat, three Lorings and a sample roaster.
• 1951 Coffee Company

  Berkeley · Southside

  1951 Coffee Company is a nonprofit founded in 2015 by Rachel Taber and Doug Hewitt to train refugees as baristas and place them in Bay Area cafés; the name refers to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention.
• Peet's Coffee

  Berkeley · North Berkeley / Gourmet Ghetto

  This corner of Vine and Walnut is where Alfred Peet, who had learned roasting from his father in the Netherlands, opened his first roastery and store in 1966, selling fresh, dark-roasted beans at a time when American coffee was mostly canned.

Carlsbad 3

• Steady State Roasting Co.

  Carlsbad · Carlsbad Village

  Steady State was founded in Carlsbad in 2015 by Elliot Reinecke, a former professional cyclist, and its name nods both to cycling and to the chemistry term.
• Ascend Coffee Roasters

  Carlsbad · La Costa

  Ascend Coffee Roasters is a woman-owned, small-batch roaster run by Erin Harper that began as Old California Coffee House at Old California Restaurant Row in San Marcos.
• Vinaka Cafe

  Carlsbad · Carlsbad Village

  Vinaka Cafe is a small neighbourhood coffee shop in Carlsbad Village, a short walk from the beach, recognisable by its yellow exterior.

Oakland 3

• Highwire Coffee Roasters

  Oakland · Rockridge

  Highwire was founded in the East Bay in 2011 by longtime friends Rich Avella, Eric Hashimoto and Robert Myers, and roasts in Emeryville.
• Red Bay Coffee

  Oakland · Fruitvale

  Red Bay Coffee was started in 2014 by artist and café veteran Keba Konte as a garage micro-roastery under his Fruitvale home, built around equity for people of colour and women across the coffee chain.
• Bicycle Coffee

  Oakland

  Bicycle Coffee has been roasting in Oakland since 2009 and built its name delivering wholesale beans around the city by bike trailer.

San Jose 3

• Academic Coffee

  San Jose · Downtown

  Academic Coffee was opened in SoFA, downtown San Jose's arts district, in August 2017 by Frank Nguyen and Kathy Duong, after Nguyen ran a pop-up on West Santa Clara Street.
• Moonwake Coffee Roasters

  San Jose · Downtown

  Moonwake Coffee Roasters started out selling coffee at farmers markets from a converted mobile café before opening its own café in the South Bay.
• Nirvana Soul

  San Jose · Downtown

  Nirvana Soul was opened in 2020 in San Jose's SoFA District by sisters Jeronica Macey and Be'Anka Ashaolu, and is known as the city's first Black women-owned coffeehouse.

Encinitas 3

• Ironsmith Coffee Roasters

  Encinitas

  Ironsmith is a veteran-owned roaster run by former Marine Matt Delarosa, who travels often to producing countries and is frequently behind the bar himself.
• Lofty Coffee

  Encinitas · Leucadia

  Lofty Coffee helped start Encinitas's third-wave scene in 2011, beginning with a small shop on Coast Highway 101.
• Pannikin Coffee & Tea

  Encinitas · Leucadia

  Pannikin's Leucadia shop occupies the old Encinitas railway depot, built in 1887 by the California Southern Railroad and later moved from its original site to North Coast Highway 101.

Oceanside 2

• Bound Coffee Company

  Oceanside · South Oceanside

  Bound Coffee Company is a small South Oceanside café in a strip mall on South Coast Highway, with indoor and outdoor seating.
• Revolution Roasters

  Oceanside · South Oceanside

  Revolution Roasters is a woman-owned roaster founded by Jen Byard in 2016, with its café on South Coast Highway in South Oceanside and a second shop in Carlsbad.

Culver City 1

• Cognoscenti Coffee

  Culver City · Hayden Tract

  Cognoscenti was started by Yeekai Lim, who left architecture to open a pop-up inside Proof Bakery before settling into this compact space on Washington Boulevard, beneath Clive Wilkinson's architecture offices.

Fullerton 1

• Play Coffee

  Fullerton

  Play Coffee is a multi-roaster bar in Downtown Fullerton's SoCo District, opened in July 2020 by Leon Wansikehian, who started in coffee at Kéan Coffee.

Mountain View 1

• Dana Street Roasting Company

  Mountain View · Downtown

  Dana Street Roasting Company has been a downtown Mountain View fixture since the late 1990s, a busy, theatre-like room where locals start their day.

Poway 1

• Manzanita Roasting Company

  Poway · Rancho Bernardo

  Manzanita Roasting Company roasts its own coffee and runs this coffee house inside the Rancho Bernardo Winery grounds, where plants and greenery give it a secret-garden feel.

San Mateo 1

• Kaizen & Coffee

  San Mateo · Downtown

  Kaizen & Coffee is a multi-roaster café in San Mateo whose house espresso comes from North Carolina's Black & White Coffee Roasters, with one rotating single-origin espresso alongside.

Santa Clara 1

• Voyager Craft Coffee

  Santa Clara

  Voyager grew from a coffee cart Lauren Burns built in a garage and ran at farmers' markets; with Sameer Shah she opened this first shop on Stevens Creek Boulevard in 2016, and began roasting in-house in 2019.

Santa Monica 1

• Primo Passo Coffee Co.

  Santa Monica · Montana Ave

  Primo Passo is a neighborhood coffee bar just off Montana Avenue in Santa Monica, with a modern, bright room that draws a steady laptop crowd from early morning.

Vista 1

• El Kafecito Hut

  Vista

  El Kafecito is a small coffee shop with drive-thru service in Vista, with a Mexican-inspired menu of dulce de leche, horchata and tres leches lattes, blended banana nut chai and conchas.

Colorado 41

Denver 26

• Corvus Coffee Roasters

  Denver · South Broadway

  Corvus opened its first storefront on South Broadway in 2012 and focuses on direct-trade relationships with growers.

  Signature Exotic/Reserve small lots
• Huckleberry Roasters

  Denver · Sunnyside

  Huckleberry roasts in Denver and runs several cafés around the city, with the Sunnyside shop on Pecos Street among them.

  Signature Phantom Limb blend; Blue Orchid
• Little Owl Coffee

  Denver · LoDo

  Little Owl opened in 2013 and began roasting its own beans in 2018, favouring fruity, natural-process single origins alongside its chocolatey, citrusy Penrose blend.

  Signature Penrose blend
• Novo Coffee

  Denver · Downtown

  Novo was founded in Denver in 2002 by the Brodsky family (Jake, Joe and Herb) and roasts daily on a Loring at its RiNo/Five Points roastery under the motto "Get Closer", building direct relationships with producers.
• Queen City Collective Coffee

  Denver · Baker

  Queen City Collective is run by Colorado Springs-born brothers Scott, Luke and Eric Byington, with Luke, a former roaster, behind the roasting.
• Rivers and Roads Coffee

  Denver · Clayton

  Rivers and Roads was opened by Michael and Desiree Keen on a once-derelict lot in Denver's Clayton neighbourhood: Michael roasts and Desiree runs the scratch bakery.
• Blue Sparrow Coffee

  Denver · RiNo

  Blue Sparrow is owned by coffee-industry veteran Jeffrey Knott and has a design-led look, with patterned grey tile and dark wood tables in its compact RiNo shop on Blake Street.
• Convivio Café

  Denver · Berkeley

  Convivio opened in Berkeley in late 2022, founded by Kristin Lacy and Vivi Lemus, who met at the nonprofit Re:Vision.
• Crema Coffee House

  Denver · Five Points/RiNo

  Crema has been a Larimer Street fixture in RiNo since 2009 and works as a multi-roaster shop, drawing on more than 20 rotating roasters from around the country.
• Dandy Lion Coffee

  Denver · Park Hill

  Dandy Lion is a Park Hill coffee shop and plant boutique run by Duc Huynh, also behind Vinh Xuong Bakery, and Dominique Huynh, who builds the terrariums and hosts terrarium workshops.
• Hearth Bakery

  Denver · RiNo

  Hearth is a small RiNo bakery café, tucked behind Uchi, whose coffee comes from sister company Tablón Coffee, including Ecuadorian nano-lots from producers such as Pepe Jijón in Caturra, Geisha and Typica.
• Kaladi Coffee Roasters

  Denver · University

  Kaladi's owner Mark Overly started the company as Kaladi Brothers in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1986, then moved to Denver and has been roasting and brewing on East Evans Avenue near the University of Denver since 2000 with partner Andy Melnick.
• LaTinto Café

  Denver · South Broadway

  LaTinto was opened in 2023 by Jorge and Carmen Aguirre, owners of La Chiva Colombian restaurant across South Broadway.
• Lavender Coffee Boutique

  Denver · Platt Park

  Lavender Coffee Boutique on South Pearl Street was founded by Lindsey Sozio, who brought an interior-design background to its grey-toned room with zigzag blond-wood floors.
• Moonflower Coffee

  Denver

  Moonflower Coffee was started in 2023 by Sam Salomon and Jason Haygarth as a coffee cart in West Colfax's Full Tank Food Park, and reopened as a permanent shop after more than a year closed over zoning.
• Pablo's Coffee

  Denver · Capitol Hill

  Pablo's is one of Denver's original specialty roasters, in business for nearly three decades, with signature blends such as Danger Monkey and responsibly sourced single origins.

  Signature Danger Monkey
• Prodigy Coffeehouse

  Denver · Elyria-Swansea

  Prodigy is a nonprofit coffeehouse that runs barista apprenticeship programmes for young people in north Denver as a social enterprise.
• Quince Coffee House

  Denver · East Park Hill

  Quince occupies a house just off Colfax in east Park Hill, divided into small rooms and nooks stocked with board games and books.
• Roostercat Coffee House

  Denver · Capitol Hill

  Roostercat is a long-running Golden Triangle coffeehouse on Lincoln Street with dark wood panelling and a casual, arty feel.
• Steam Espresso Bar

  Denver · Platt Park

  Steam was opened in 2013 by Hani and Zahi Yaafouri, and its Platt Park shop on South Pearl Street is a sunny room with walk-up windows onto the patio.
• The Bardo Coffee House

  Denver · Baker

  The Bardo is a late-night Denver coffeehouse whose South Broadway shop stays open until midnight, with sister locations in Wheat Ridge and Lakewood.
• The Weathervane Cafe

  Denver · Uptown

  Weathervane is an Uptown café that feels like a lived-in house, with mismatched vintage couches across two levels, hanging plants, thrift-store art and an expanded patio.
• Thump Coffee

  Denver · Capitol Hill

  Thump is a farm-to-cup roaster from Bend, Oregon, and its Denver café sits on East 13th Avenue in Capitol Hill.
• Tonantzin Casa de Café

  Denver · Art District on Santa Fe

  Tonantzin is a women-owned café on a secluded terrace in the Santa Fe Arts District, painted pink and yellow under strings of papel picado.
• Tí Cafe

  Denver · Baker Special experience

  Tí Cafe on North Broadway was Denver's first standalone Vietnamese coffee shop, run by three sisters who import robusta directly from Vietnam.
• Whittier Cafe

  Denver · Whittier

  Whittier Cafe has been part of its namesake neighbourhood for about a decade, run by owner Millete Birhanemaskel, who sources coffee from African countries.

Boulder 11

• Boxcar Coffee Roasters

  Boulder · Pearl St

  Boxcar Coffee Roasters was started in Boulder in 2010 by Vajra and Cara Rich, and buys most of its coffee from Mauricio Salaverria's Divisadero Farms in El Salvador.

  Signature Stella espresso; No. 7 Blend
• Gabee Coffee

  Boulder

  Gabee is a small specialty coffee lab and café run by roaster Ho Young, Q grader Hyo Jung and barista Yuri.
• January Coffee

  Boulder

  January is a multi-roaster shop in Boulder with Onyx Coffee Lab as its house roaster, Brandywine Coffee Roasters as a second, and one more roaster on rotation.
• Ozo Coffee

  Boulder · Pearl St

  OZO Coffee was founded in Boulder in 2007 by Justin Hartman and has roasted all of its own coffee since 2009.
• Verb Coffee Roasters

  Boulder

  Verb was founded in October 2021 by co-owners Kyle and Mary, who roast small batches in-house in Boulder.
• Alpine Modern Cafe

  Boulder · University Hill

  Alpine Modern Café is the coffee shop of Lon and Lauren McGowan's Boulder lifestyle brand, set on University Hill near the Chautauqua neighbourhood.
• Ampersand Coffee Roasters

  Boulder · Gunbarrel

  Ampersand is a Boulder roaster whose coffee is all organic and Fair Trade, most of it bought from Café Femenino cooperatives that guarantee women farmers land rights, leadership roles and direct pay.
• Beleza Coffee Bar

  Boulder

  Beleza was founded by former competition barista Greg Lefcourt, who runs the coffee program, and Nafisa Ramos; the name is Portuguese for beauty.
• Ruzo Coffee

  Boulder · North Boulder

  Ruzo opened in North Boulder in February 2024, and its owner roasts organic, specialty-grade coffee every week.
• The Laughing Goat

  Boulder · Pearl St

  The Laughing Goat is an independently owned Boulder coffeehouse that has been on Pearl Street since 2005, with sister cafés on 55th Street and at the University of Colorado's Norlin Library.
• Trident Booksellers & Cafe

  Boulder · Pearl St

  Trident has been part of Pearl Street since 1980, adding espresso and drip coffee a year later, and became employee-owned in 2020 when eight longtime staff signed on as owners.

Aurora 2

• Jubilee Roasting Co.

  Aurora · North Aurora

  Jubilee Roasting Co.
• Glissade Coffee Company

  Aurora

  Glissade Coffee Company is a café and roastery from specialty coffee veteran Sean Harwin, set in a former airport communications building in Aurora.

  Signature Chute espresso

Englewood 1

• Mango Tree Coffee

  Englewood · South Broadway

  Mango Tree is run by Manna Worldwide, a Fort Worth-based nonprofit, and all its profits fund Manna's schools, orphanages and nutrition centres for children.

Lakewood 1

• Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters

  Lakewood · Two Creeks

  Sweet Bloom was launched in December 2013 by Andy Sprenger, a two-time U.S.

Illinois 41

Chicago 41

• Intelligentsia Coffee Broadway Coffeebar

  Chicago · Lakeview

  Intelligentsia was founded in Chicago's Lakeview in 1995 by Doug Zell and Emily Mange and became one of the defining names of American third-wave coffee.
• Metric Coffee

  Chicago · Fulton Market / West Loop

  Metric was founded by Xavier Alexander and Darko Arandjelovic and has long been anchored on a quiet stretch of Fulton Street, where a modern counter fronts the former back-room roastery.
• Sawada Coffee

  Chicago · West Loop

  Sawada Coffee is a partnership between restaurateur Brendan Sodikoff and Hiroshi Sawada, who in 2008 became the first Japanese barista to win the Free Pour Latte Art world title.
• Anticonquista Café

  Chicago · Pilsen

  Anticonquista was co-founded by Elmer Fajardo Pacheco and Lauren Reese and roasts green coffee mostly from the Pacheco family farm and its neighbours on the Guatemala–Honduras border, describing itself as Chicago's only family-farm-owned roaster.
• Big Shoulders Coffee

  Chicago · West Town

  Big Shoulders was started by Tim Coonan, a former Spiaggia chef who moved from fine dining into coffee, and roasts beans sourced from farms around the world for its Chicago cafés.
• Dark Matter Coffee - Star Lounge

  Chicago · West Town Special experience

  Star Lounge is Dark Matter's sit-down café on Chicago Avenue, a multi-level space of colourful walls, psychedelic art and quirky furniture, with outdoor seating at the back.
• Dark Matter Coffee - The Mothership

  Chicago · Ukrainian Village

  The Mothership is Dark Matter's roastery and coffee bar on Western Avenue, opened to customers in 2014 by a company led by founder Jesse Diaz.
• Four Letter Word Coffee

  Chicago · Logan Square

  Four Letter Word roasts its own coffee, with a roastery in Chicago's Back of the Yards and an outpost in Istanbul.
• Gaslight Coffee Roasters

  Chicago · Logan Square

  Gaslight was co-founded by Tristan Coulter and Zak Rye, both formerly of Metropolis, on Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square.
• Hexe Coffee Co.

  Chicago · North Center

  Hexe is Parker Slade's roastery café, which grew out of home roasting into a wholesale business before opening here in the former leasing office of the historic Julia C.
• Intelligentsia Coffee Monadnock Coffeebar

  Chicago · The Loop

  Intelligentsia's second Chicago coffeebar occupies a ground-floor corner of the Monadnock Building, an 1891 Loop landmark that is still the tallest load-bearing brick building ever built.
• Ipsento 606

  Chicago · Bucktown

  Ipsento began as a small shop on Western Avenue under owner Tim Taylor and roasts its own coffee at a facility nearby.
• Metropolis Coffee Company

  Chicago · Edgewater

  Metropolis is a father-and-son roasting company founded by Jeff and Tony Dreyfuss, who opened this Edgewater café on Granville Avenue in 2003.
• Side Practice Coffee

  Chicago · Ravenswood / Lincoln Square

  Side Practice is Francis Almeda's Filipino-owned café in Ravenswood, opened in 2020 in a semi-subterranean room with a living-room feel.
• Sputnik Coffee Company

  Chicago · Back of the Yards / New City

  Sputnik was founded in 2017 in Back of the Yards by brothers Vova and Greesha Kagan, with Greesha handling the roasting.
• The Wormhole Coffee

  Chicago · Wicker Park Special experience

  The Wormhole has been on Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park since around 2010 and is best known for its 1980s sci-fi décor, including a full-size Back to the Future DeLorean, Star Wars memorabilia and a vintage Nintendo.
• Afro Joe's Coffee & Things

  Chicago · Beverly

  Afro Joe's moved to Beverly from Auburn Gresham and now fills a former garden store, with a slim coffee bar, a full-service lunch menu and an indoor-outdoor courtyard.
• Backlot Coffee - Old Irving Park

  Chicago · Irving Park

  Backlot was opened in 2017 by Isaac Bloom and John Kim in the former Bow Truss space on Avondale Avenue, and has since grown into a small group with cafés in Evanston.
• Bridgeport Coffee

  Chicago · Bridgeport

  Bridgeport Coffee has been roasting on Chicago's South Side since 2004, led by Mike Pilkington, using a fluid-bed roaster that roasts with hot air to keep the coffee balanced rather than bitter.
• Bueno Days

  Chicago · Little Village

  Bueno Days is a Little Village café on Cermak Road with a focus on Mexican coffee.
• Build Coffee and Books

  Chicago · Woodlawn

  Build started in 2016 as a coffee stand at the 61st Street Farmers Market and moved in 2017 into the Experimental Station incubator in Woodlawn, founded by Hannah Nyhart and Bea Malsky.
• Cafe Jumping Bean

  Chicago · Pilsen

  Cafe Jumping Bean has been a fixture of Pilsen's 18th Street since 1994, an artsy neighbourhood café that predates the area's newer wave of coffee shops.
• Casa Cactus

  Chicago · Albany Park

  Casa Cactus is run by Ozzy Gámez and Juan Quezada, who also own Plant Shop Chicago a few doors away, and opened in Albany Park around the end of 2023.
• Colectivo Coffee Lincoln Park

  Chicago

  Colectivo is a Milwaukee coffee roaster, and this Clark Street shop, opened in 2017 in a former bagel store, was its first in Chicago.
• Dollop Coffee Co. - Belden Stratford

  Chicago · Lincoln Park

  Dollop is a Chicago-grown group of more than a dozen cafés that roasts its own coffee and runs an in-house bakehouse for its breads and pastries.
• First Sip Cafe

  Chicago · Uptown

  First Sip was opened in 2017 on Argyle Street by Cam Hoang and her sister, whose parents run the nearby Vietnamese restaurant Cafe Hoang.
• HERO Coffee Bar

  Chicago · The Loop

  HERO is a small Chicago coffee bar group, with several shops in the Loop and one in Lakeview, that roasts its own coffee in small batches for its pour-overs.
• Heritage Bikes & Coffee

  Chicago · Lakeview Special experience

  Heritage was founded by Michael and Melissa Salvatore as a bike shop and café in one, in a 1901 building on Lincoln Avenue with wood floors, exposed beams and reclaimed-wood tables.
• Kusanya Cafe

  Chicago · Englewood Special experience

  Kusanya opened in 2013 near 69th and Halsted as a community café for Englewood; its name is Swahili for 'gathering'.
• Ludlow Charlingtons

  Chicago · Lincoln Park

  Ludlow Charlingtons is a Lincoln Park coffee shop on Clark Street whose walls are hung with portraits of shelter dogs from Chicago Animal Care and Control, painted in Victorian dress; many of the dogs have since been adopted.
• Moonwalker Cafe

  Chicago · Avondale

  Moonwalker was opened by Arlene Luna and Jack Blue, who moved from California back to Luna's home neighbourhood of Avondale.
• Oromo Cafe

  Chicago · Lincoln Square

  Oromo is a health-minded café in Lincoln Square, with a second shop in Bucktown, that makes its own nut milks and keeps refined sugar and dairy out of its drinks.
• Overflow Coffee

  Chicago · South Loop

  Overflow is a Black-owned South Loop coffee bar that opened around 2011 and serves residents of the South Loop, Chinatown and Bronzeville as well as commuters.
• Prequel Cafe

  Chicago · River West / West Town

  Prequel is a small, colourful café on Chicago Avenue in West Town, set in the former Atomix space with a bright colour-block, pop-art look.
• Rivers and Roads

  Chicago · Edgewater

  Rivers and Roads is the former Ellipsis Coffeehouse on Devon Avenue, bought by Chicago natives Mike and Janine Waszkowski and rebranded in 2023 with a national-park theme.
• Sip & Savor

  Chicago · Hyde Park

  Sip & Savor is a small South Side coffeehouse group founded by Trez Pugh III, who calls himself the 'Mocha Man', with cafés in Bronzeville, Hyde Park and suburban Forest Park.
• Sip of Hope

  Chicago · Logan Square Special experience

  Sip of Hope is run by Hope For The Day, the Chicago non-profit founded by Jonny Boucher, and gives all of its proceeds to suicide prevention and mental-health education.
• Standing Passengers

  Chicago · River West / West Town

  Standing Passengers is a video-game-themed coffee lounge on Chicago Avenue in West Town, with arcade consoles and vintage Nintendo, worn leather couches and old movies on screen.
• Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago

  Chicago · Magnificent Mile

  Starbucks' Chicago Reserve Roastery fills about 35,000 square feet over five floors on Michigan Avenue, in a former Crate & Barrel flagship, making it the largest Starbucks in the world.
• The Avondale Coffee Club by Reprise Roasters

  Chicago · Avondale

  The Avondale Coffee Club opened on Elston Avenue in 2018 with a mid-century-modern look of wood panelling, colourful lounge chairs and a sputnik chandelier.
• The Stockyard Coffeehouse

  Chicago · Bridgeport

  The Stockyard is a Latina-owned café in Bridgeport run by sisters Mayra and Guadalupe Carranza, who opened it around 2018 to give the neighbourhood an early-opening gathering spot.

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• Espresso Vivace

  Seattle · Capitol Hill

  Espresso Vivace was founded in 1988 by David Schomer, a former Boeing engineer, and Geneva Sullivan, starting as a cart before settling on Capitol Hill.
• Milstead & Co.

  Seattle · Fremont

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• Analog Coffee

  Seattle · Capitol Hill

  Analog has been on Summit Avenue East on Capitol Hill since 2011, co-owned by Danny Hanlon and Tim Hayden.
• Anchorhead Coffee

  Seattle · Downtown

  Anchorhead was started in 2013 by Mike Steiner and Jake Paulson in a garage with a small Diedrich roaster, first known for bottled cold brew before opening its downtown flagship in 2016.
• Broadcast Coffee Roasters

  Seattle · Central District

  Broadcast was founded in 2008 by Barry Faught, who left a corporate job to open an independent shop and named it after his father's love of radio.
• Café Hagen

  Seattle · Downtown / Queen Anne

  Café Hagen was founded in 2019 by Danish-born Maria Beck, who also started the affiliated Hagen Coffee Roasters, sourcing from women-owned farms in Costa Rica and Honduras.
• Ghost Note Coffee

  Seattle · Capitol Hill / Pike-Pine

  Ghost Note opened on Capitol Hill in 2017, run by Christos Andrews and Lee Hampton, with Broadcast Coffee as its roaster.
• Hello Em Việt Coffee & Roastery

  Seattle · Chinatown-International District Special experience

  Hello Em is run by Yenvy Pham and Nghia Bui inside the Little Saigon Creative space in the Chinatown-International District.
• Herkimer Coffee

  Seattle · Phinney Ridge

  Herkimer was founded in 2003 by Mike Prins, who named it after his father's hometown in upstate New York, and added a roaster beside the Phinney Ridge café in 2007.
• Lighthouse Roasters

  Seattle · Fremont

  Lighthouse Roasters has been on the corner of North 43rd Street and Phinney Avenue since 1994, in a former natural-foods co-op building, run by Ed Leebrick, who bought the business in 1993.
• Olympia Coffee Roasters

  Seattle · West Seattle / Ballard

  Olympia Coffee, owned by Oliver Stormshak and named Roast magazine's Roaster of the Year in 2013, opened its first café outside its hometown in West Seattle's Junction in 2018.
• Onda Origins

  Seattle · Wedgwood / Capitol Hill

  Onda Origins was started by brothers Scott and Paul Tupper, who began by selling hand-labelled bags of coffee from their garage.
• Push X Pull Coffee Seattle

  Seattle

  Push X Pull is a Portland roaster run by Christopher Hall and Emma Reeves, known for small lots and experimental, often natural-process coffees, and ranked No.
• Sound & Fog

  Seattle · West Seattle

  Sound & Fog opened in 2016 in West Seattle's Junction, run by Justin Krebs as a combined coffee bar and wine-and-beer bar.
• Victrola Coffee Roasters

  Seattle · Capitol Hill

  Victrola has been roasting in Seattle since 2000 and is now part of Vibe Coffee Group.
• Zoka Coffee

  Seattle · Tangletown / Green Lake

  Zoka was founded in 1997 by Jeff Babcock, and its Tangletown café near Green Lake is where the company started, with a small roaster in the space that is now the flagship.
• Ancient Gate Coffee Co.

  Seattle

  Ancient Gate Coffee is a University District café on University Way that serves beans from Bellingham's Makeworth Coffee Roasters, including single-origin drip, along with drinking chocolate.
• Bonhomie Coffee Bar

  Seattle

  Bonhomie began as a Haitian-inspired mobile espresso cart run by married couple Michelle and Victoria Dean, shaped by Michelle's Haitian heritage.
• Boon Boona Coffee

  Seattle · Capitol Hill

  Boon Boona was founded by Eritrea-born Efrem Fesaha, who sources coffee from small farms across Africa and roasts it in Renton, where the company started.
• Caffe Ladro

  Seattle · Upper Queen Anne

  Caffe Ladro opened its first café on Upper Queen Anne in 1994 and, under owner Jack Kelly, has grown into a Seattle chain of about 17 shops that roasts its own coffee.
• Caffè Umbria

  Seattle · Pioneer Square

  Caffè Umbria was started in 2002 by Emanuele Bizzarri, a third-generation roaster whose family had earlier founded Torrefazione Italia, and is roasted in Seattle in the Italian style.
• Café Allegro

  Seattle · University District

  Café Allegro has been pulling espresso in the University District since 1975 and claims to be Seattle's oldest continually running espresso bar.
• Café Avole

  Seattle · Rainier Beach / Hillman City Special experience

  Café Avole was founded in 2012 by Solomon Dubie in a former Rainier Valley mini-mart and now has cafés in the Central District and University District.
• Cloud City Coffee

  Seattle · Maple Leaf

  Cloud City Coffee is an independent neighbourhood café on Roosevelt Way in Maple Leaf, founded by Jill Killen.
• Coffeeholic House

  Seattle · Columbia City

  Coffeeholic House is a Vietnamese-American café in Columbia City, with sister shops in Bellevue and Greenwood.
• Day Made Kaffe Bar

  Seattle

  Day Made Kaffe Bar is a barista-owned shop run by Ash Day in a small space at the edge of Pioneer Square, modeled on the unhurried coffee culture she found in Copenhagen.
• Dubsea Coffee

  Seattle · White Center / West Seattle

  Dubsea Coffee opened in 2009 in White Center's Greenbridge development, founded by Sibelle Nguyen, and was taken over by Carrie and Erin Wilkins in 2023.
• Fremont Coffee Company

  Seattle · Fremont

  Fremont Coffee Company fills the main floor of an old house on N 36th Street, keeping the rugs, mixed seating and lived-in feel of a home.
• Monorail Espresso

  Seattle

  Monorail Espresso began on December 1, 1980, when Chuck Beek parked a cart under the Monorail at Westlake, often cited as the world's first espresso cart.
• Moonshot Coffee

  Seattle

  Moonshot Coffee opened in 2016 in the former Caffé Delia space on White Center's main strip, from the team behind Burien Press.
• Moore Coffee Shop

  Seattle · Belltown

  Moore Coffee was opened in 2011 by Lupe Chavez at Second and Virginia, in the building that houses the historic Moore Theatre, as a tribute to an earlier coffee shop there.
• Overcast Coffee

  Seattle · Capitol Hill

  Overcast was opened by Jonathan Pak in June 2020 on Capitol Hill, and in 2024 its Union Street counter moved to a larger space on 12th Avenue between Pike and Pine.
• Seven Coffee Roasters

  Seattle · Ravenna

  Seven Coffee Roasters roasts its own coffee and runs this Ravenna shop as a combined café and small neighbourhood market, just north of the University District.
• Slow Day Coffee

  Seattle

  Slow Day Coffee is a small Belltown bar on 3rd Avenue, in the space Coffee TAB left when it moved up the block, devoted to rare, top-end specialty lots.
• Squirrel Chops

  Seattle · Central District

  Squirrel Chops opened in 2016 on East Union Street as a café and hair salon in one, run by barista Shirley Henderson and stylist Sharon Blyth-Moss.
• Storyville Coffee Pike Place

  Seattle · Pike Place Market

  Storyville was founded on Bainbridge Island in 2006 and still roasts there at its own Roasting Studio before shipping to its Seattle-area shops.
• Street Bean Coffee

  Seattle · Belltown

  Street Bean is a Belltown social-enterprise café that runs paid apprenticeships for young people facing homelessness and other barriers to work.
• Zeitgeist Coffee

  Seattle · Pioneer Square

  Zeitgeist has been a Pioneer Square fixture since Bryan Yeck opened it in 1997 as a place for art and conversation; former barista and manager Leesa Kunke bought the business after its pandemic closure.

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• Coava Coffee Roasters

  Portland · Buckman / Central Eastside

  Coava was founded by Matt Higgins, a former barista at Albina Press, and its flagship on SE Grand Avenue is where the company first roasted, right beside the bar, before moving production next door and later to a larger headquarters.
• Heart Coffee Roasters

  Portland · Kerns

  Heart was founded in 2009 by Wille Yli-Luoma, a former pro snowboarder, and his wife Rebekah, and this East Burnside shop is the original café, built around a black Probat roaster.
• Proud Mary Coffee Portland

  Portland · Alberta Arts District

  Proud Mary is a Melbourne roaster founded by Nolan Hirte, and its Alberta Street café, opened in 2017, was the company's first in the United States.
• Push X Pull Coffee

  Portland · Buckman

  Push X Pull was started in 2018 by Christopher Hall and Emma Mansanti on SE Stark Street, and has since added a second Portland café and one in Seattle's Central District.
• Stumptown Coffee Roasters

  Portland · Richmond

  This is where Stumptown began: Duane Sorenson opened the first café on SE Division in 1999, in a former beauty parlor called Hair Bender, a name he gave to the company's signature espresso blend.
• Barista

  Portland · Pearl District

  Barista was opened in the Pearl District in 2009 by Billy Wilson, a two-time Northwest Regional Barista champion, and grew into a small group of Portland cafés.
• Carnelian Coffee

  Portland · Foster-Powell Special experience

  Carnelian is a single-location microroaster in Foster-Powell with a rock-hound theme: quartz and amethyst on display, UV lights that make minerals glow, and shelves of books for gem enthusiasts.
• Courier Coffee

  Portland · Downtown

  Courier is Joel Domreis's small downtown roastery café, where he roasts every batch himself.
• Futura Coffee Roasters

  Portland · Montavilla / Arbor Lodge

  Futura is a Portland roaster co-founded by CJ Speelman, who roasts its coffees, sourced largely from farms in Panama and Colombia run by Felipe Sardi and Sebastian Villamizar.
• Good Coffee

  Portland · Multiple

  Good Coffee was founded in 2014 by brothers Sam and Nick Purvis, both longtime coffee-industry hands, and has grown into one of Portland's leading independent chains, roasting its own beans since around 2017.
• Guilder Cafe

  Portland · Alameda

  Guilder is a Portland coffee company built around farm relationships and fair distribution of value along the supply chain, best known locally for a dependable house blend.
• Kalesa Coffee

  Portland · Eliot

  Kalesa started as a Filipino pop-up and now runs a tiny shop at the back of the Gotham Building near the Fremont Bridge.
• Less and More Coffee

  Portland · Downtown

  Less and More is Ryan Jie Jiang's small downtown coffee group, whose original shop occupies a decommissioned bus shelter on the transit mall.
• Never Coffee

  Portland · Sunnyside / Downtown

  Never Coffee roasts its own beans and runs cafés on SE Belmont and downtown, in minimal monochrome rooms brightened by touches like rainbow lettering on the espresso machine.
• Nossa Familia Coffee

  Portland · Pearl District / Ladd's Addition

  Nossa Familia was founded in Portland in 2004 by Augusto Carneiro, who began by importing coffee from his family's farms in Brazil, and it roasts its own beans from Brazil, Central America and Africa.
• Portland Cà Phê

  Portland · Creston-Kenilworth / Eliot Special experience

  Portland Cà Phê roasts only Vietnamese-grown coffee, including robusta, and builds its menu around Vietnamese café traditions.
• Prince Coffee

  Portland · Beaumont-Wilshire / NW District

  Prince Coffee is a multi-roaster café with a Dutch streak, pouring coffees from guest roasters across Northern Europe alongside drinks like its stroopwafel-inspired Stroop Latte.
• Roseline Coffee

  Portland · Kerns

  Roseline began as a wholesale roaster and now runs seven Portland cafés, with this NE Davis Street café and roastery as its flagship.
• Spella Caffè

  Portland · Downtown

  Spella is Andrea Spella's Italian-style espresso bar, which started as a cart in 2006 and grew into a roasting business.
• Sterling Coffee

  Portland · Northwest District

  Sterling is Aric Miller's espresso-focused café on NW 21st Avenue, a low-key neighborhood hub with a patch of William Morris wallpaper and pastries from Bakeshop.
• Water Avenue Coffee

  Portland · Central Eastside

  Water Avenue Coffee was founded in 2009 by Matt Milletto and others, with its flagship café at SE Water Avenue and Taylor Street in the Central Eastside warehouse district.
• Abba Coffee Roasters

  Portland · Pearl District

  Abba began roasting in 2019 and opened its Pearl District café in early 2023, roasting all of its own coffee.
• Albina Press

  Portland · Humboldt / Mt. Tabor

  Albina Press has been pulling shots since 2004 and is one of the cafés that shaped Portland's early specialty scene; alumni include Barista founder Billy Wilson and Coava founder Matt Higgins.
• Cathedral Coffee

  Portland · St. Johns

  Cathedral Coffee opened in 2013 in north Portland's Cathedral Park neighborhood, near St.
• Coffee Time

  Portland · Northwest District

  Coffee Time has been open on NW 21st Avenue since 1994, a cavernous, well-worn room with lamp-lit corners and booths that has long served as the westside's late-night hangout.
• Coffeehouse Northwest

  Portland · Northwest District

  Coffeehouse Northwest occupies an old brick building on West Burnside at the edge of Nob Hill, with transom windows and original 1908 fir floors.
• Deadstock Coffee

  Portland · Old Town Special experience

  Deadstock was founded by Ian Williams, who spent nine years at Nike and moved from shoe development into coffee, starting with a cart inside a sneaker shop before opening his own café in Old Town.
• Fehrenbacher Hof

  Portland · Goose Hollow

  Fehrenbacher Hof is a family-owned café in Goose Hollow, across from the MAX light rail line, styled after an old European coffeehouse.
• Ovation Coffee & Tea

  Portland · Pearl District

  Ovation is a Moroccan-inspired coffee shop opened in the Pearl District in 2013 by the Elhabbassi family, who previously ran a Moroccan restaurant in Wilsonville.
• Portland Coffee Roasters

  Portland · Central Eastside

  Portland Coffee Roasters runs its café on SE Oak Street, marked by a bright yellow sign facing Sandy Boulevard, with the roastery now operating next door.
• Rain or Shine Coffee House

  Portland · Hawthorne

  Rain or Shine is a neighborhood coffee house on SE Division Street with long tables, a small couch and rotating work by local artists on the walls.
• Sisters Coffee Company

  Portland · Pearl District

  Sisters Coffee Company is a family roaster from the town of Sisters in central Oregon, now run by second-generation siblings Jared, Justin and Jesse Durham.
• The Fresh Pot

  Portland · Sunnyside / Boise

  The Fresh Pot has been independent since 1997 and was the first wholesale café account for Stumptown, giving it a place in the early history of Portland coffee.
• Upper Left Roasters

  Portland · Ladd's Addition

  Upper Left Roasters is a roaster café in Ladd's Addition, roasting single origins from Central and South America and Africa along with blends designed for different brew methods.
• Woodlawn Coffee & Pastry

  Portland · Woodlawn

  Woodlawn Coffee & Pastry was opened by Gretchen Glatte and Matthew Busetto in a former dry cleaner on NE Dekum Street, a high-ceilinged room with reclaimed-wood benches and tables.

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• Arcane Estate Coffee

  New York · West Village, Manhattan

  Arcane Estate Coffee is a small Cornelia Street café devoted to coffee from Panama, sourced directly from family farms in the Chiriquí highlands, including prized Geisha lots.
• Café Grumpy

  New York · Greenpoint, Brooklyn

  Café Grumpy opened its first shop in Greenpoint in 2005, and this Meserole Avenue café is the original, with the company's roastery in the same neighborhood.
• Coffee Project New York (East Village original)

  New York · East Village, Manhattan

  Coffee Project New York started as this tiny East Village shop and now roasts its own coffee in Long Island City, Queens, where it also runs an SCA Premier training campus.
• Devoción

  New York · Williamsburg, Brooklyn Special experience

  Devoción was founded by Medellín-born Steven Sutton and works with independent Colombian producers, flying green coffee to Brooklyn and roasting it about ten days after it leaves origin rather than the usual months.
• La Cabra East Village

  New York · East Village, Manhattan

  La Cabra is a roaster from Aarhus, Denmark, and this East Village café was its first in the United States.
• Sey Coffee

  New York · East Williamsburg/Bushwick, Brooklyn

  Sey roasts its coffee on site in a high-ceilinged former warehouse in East Williamsburg, where skylights and a garage door that rolls open in good weather brighten the light-wood room.
• 787 Coffee

  New York · East Village, Manhattan

  787 Coffee is a Puerto Rican-founded company that grows its coffee on its own farm, Hacienda Iluminada in Maricao, and roasts it in New York, controlling every step from farm to cup.
• Bird & Branch

  New York · Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

  Bird & Branch in Hell's Kitchen is run by Brandon and Faith Lee, who use the shop for a job-training programme for people facing barriers to work.
• Black Fox Coffee

  New York · Financial District, Manhattan

  Black Fox was founded by Daniel Murphy and Gary Hardwick with Melbourne coffee veteran Kris Wood, and its first shop opened in 2016 in the Art Deco Cities Service Building at 70 Pine Street.
• Café Integral

  New York · Nolita, Manhattan

  Café Integral is the work of Nicaraguan-born Q grader César Vega, who imports coffees from Nicaragua and roasts them in Brooklyn.
• Coffee Project New York (Long Island City roastery)

  New York · Long Island City, Queens Special experience

  Coffee Project New York was founded by Chi Sum Ngai and Kaleena Teoh, both SCA-authorized trainers, who began in the East Village and opened this Long Island City roastery and training campus in late 2019.
• Dayglow

  New York · Bushwick/East Williamsburg, Brooklyn Special experience

  Dayglow is a multi-roaster café in East Williamsburg that rotates beans from several well-known roasters and also roasts a couple of its own coffees.
• Joe Coffee

  New York · West Village, Manhattan

  Joe Coffee opened its first shop on Waverly Place in the West Village in 2003, and this small neighborhood café is still the original.
• Loveless Coffees

  New York · Bushwick, Brooklyn

  Loveless was founded by Will Douglas and Joe Wieczorek, two longtime New York baristas, who began roasting as Spectrum Coffees in 2017 before renaming and settling in Bushwick.
• Maru Coffee Brooklyn

  New York · Williamsburg, Brooklyn

  Maru Coffee started in Los Angeles in 2016 and opened this Williamsburg shop in September 2025 as its first location outside Southern California.
• Melting Cups

  New York · Sunnyside, Queens

  Melting Cups is a Black-owned café in Sunnyside, a few steps from Queens Boulevard, serving coffee from Brooklyn roaster Sey.
• Parlor Coffee

  New York · Brooklyn

  Parlor was started in 2012 by Dillon Edwards as a pop-up in the back of a Williamsburg barbershop and now roasts on a vintage Probat in a brick-walled space on Vanderbilt Avenue near the Navy Yard.
• Variety Coffee Roasters

  New York · Williamsburg, Brooklyn

  Variety Coffee Roasters is a Brooklyn roaster with a reputation as one of the borough's solid local names, and this Graham Avenue shop in Williamsburg is its original café.
• WatchHouse

  New York · Midtown, Manhattan

  WatchHouse is a London coffee company that roasts in its home city, and this Fifth Avenue café was its first in the United States.
• Antilles Cafe

  New York · Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn

  Antilles Cafe is a small Caribbean-inspired coffee shop on Nostrand Avenue run by Dru Goicochea and Erick Nicoleau.
• Black Brick

  New York · Williamsburg, Brooklyn

  Black Brick is a long-running coffeehouse on Bedford Avenue in South Williamsburg, known for its vintage décor and unhurried, friendly service.
• Culture Espresso

  New York · Garment District, Manhattan

  Culture Espresso opened in 2009 on West 38th Street, founded by Jody LoCascio and Adam Craig after Australian-style coffee bars.
• Lips Cafe

  New York · Flatbush, Brooklyn

  Lips Cafe in Flatbush is run by mother and son Donna and Jamane Weekes, who draw on their St.
• Little Collins

  New York · Midtown East, Manhattan

  Little Collins is an Australian-run café named after a laneway in Melbourne's central business district, and it brought the Melbourne habit of pairing specialty coffee with a proper food menu to Midtown East when it opened in 2013.
• MUD Coffee

  New York · East Village, Manhattan

  MUD, known to regulars as Mudspot, is an East Village coffee shop and all-day restaurant serving its own brand of coffee, mostly as batch brew.
• Odd Fox

  New York · Greenpoint, Brooklyn

  Odd Fox is a neighborhood café on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint that brews coffee from Brooklyn roaster Parlor.
• Poetica Coffee

  New York · Williamsburg, Brooklyn

  Poetica is a small Brooklyn café group founded in 2020, with shops around Williamsburg including this one on Lorimer Street.
• Postmark Cafe

  New York · Park Slope, Brooklyn

  Postmark is a nonprofit café in Park Slope, started more than a decade ago by a local church and now run independently.
• Remi Flower & Coffee

  New York · Midtown East, Manhattan

  Remi Flower & Coffee combines a plant and flower shop with an espresso bar, and its Midtown East cafés are filled with potted plants and fresh arrangements in a greenhouse-like setting.
• Sweetleaf

  New York · Greenpoint, Brooklyn

  Sweetleaf began in Long Island City and opened this Greenpoint café and roastery in 2015, run by owner Rich Nieto.
• The Oma, Shop II Coffee+ Lifestyle

  New York · Harlem, Manhattan

  The Oma, Shop II is a Harlem café and lifestyle shop run by Lizzy Okpo, pairing coffee with curated home goods and handblown glassware around a stainless-steel counter.
• Topos Bookstore Cafe

  New York · Ridgewood, Queens Special experience

  Topos is a used bookstore in Ridgewood with a small café in the back, co-owned by Anny Oberlink.
• Variety Coffee

  New York · Ridgewood, Queens

  Variety is a Brooklyn roaster that has grown into a small chain of cafés, roasting its own single origins and blends.

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• Elixr Coffee Roasters - Center City

  Philadelphia · Rittenhouse / Center City

  Elixr was founded in 2010 by Evan Inatome, and its Center City flagship sits on Sydenham Street, a side street off Walnut, in a wood-and-steel room that hosts events and rotating art.
• Herman's Coffee

  Philadelphia · Pennsport

  Herman's Coffee was opened in 2017 by Mat Falco and Amy Strauss in a former auto body shop in Pennsport, named after Falco's grandfather, whose red-and-chrome lawn chair became the logo.
• La Colombe Fishtown

  Philadelphia · Fishtown Special experience

  La Colombe's Fishtown flagship fills a high-ceilinged former warehouse on Frankford Avenue, the neighborhood where the brand began and still roasts.
• Càphê Roasters

  Philadelphia · Kensington

  Càphê Roasters was started in 2018 by Thu Pham and Raymond John with partner Abraham Kwon as Philadelphia's first Vietnamese coffee roaster, and opened its Kensington café on J Street in 2021.
• Function Coffee Labs

  Philadelphia · Bella Vista

  Function Coffee Labs is a tiny corner café at 10th and Carpenter in Bella Vista, opened in 2016 by Ross Nickerson, a former mechanical engineer, with Megan McCusker.
• Ox Coffee

  Philadelphia · Queen Village

  Ox Coffee opened on South 3rd Street in Queen Village in 2012, founded by Max and Will, the latter a former Stumptown roaster.
• Peddler Coffee

  Philadelphia · Logan Square

  Peddler Coffee began by selling cold brew from hand pumps on custom bicycles before opening its Logan Square shop at 21st and Spring Streets in 2015.
• Persimmon Coffee

  Philadelphia · Fishtown

  Persimmon began with pop-ups in 2021 and opened its small Fishtown café on Girard Avenue in 2022, run by Kai Talim and Chaereen Pak with Sawyer Beckley directing the coffee.
• ReAnimator Coffee - Fishtown

  Philadelphia · Fishtown

  ReAnimator began roasting in Philadelphia around 2010 under co-owners Mark Capriotti and Mark Corpus, and opened its first coffee bar in 2013 in a former flower shop on a Fishtown corner.
• Rival Bros Coffee

  Philadelphia · Fitler Square

  Rival Bros was started by Jonathan Adams and Damien Pileggi, a former La Colombe West Coast representative, as a roastery and coffee truck before opening this first permanent bar on Lombard Street in Fitler Square in 2014.
• Shot Tower Coffee

  Philadelphia · Bella Vista / Queen Village

  Shot Tower Coffee opened in 2010 on the corner of Christian and South 6th Streets, run by Matthew Derago and Mariel Freeman, who previously worked at Rojo's Roastery.
• Ultimo Coffee

  Philadelphia · Newbold

  Ultimo Coffee was founded in 2009 by Aaron and Elizabeth Ultimo, starting from the original shop on South 15th Street in Newbold.
• Bodhi Coffee

  Philadelphia · Society Hill

  Bodhi occupies the ground floor of an 18th-century building on South 2nd Street near Headhouse Square, a long, narrow room with white walls, a big front window and a couple of sidewalk tables.
• Chapterhouse Café & Gallery

  Philadelphia · Bella Vista

  Chapterhouse is a homey café a block from South Street that doubles as a local art gallery, with new shows each season.
• Good Karma Café

  Philadelphia · Washington Square West

  Good Karma is a small Philadelphia café group, and this shop sits at Ninth and Pine in Washington Square West, near Pennsylvania Hospital and the Antique Row stretch of Pine Street.
• Grindcore House

  Philadelphia · Pennsport

  Grindcore House is a punk-inspired, fully vegan coffee shop opened by Mike Barone in South Philadelphia in 2010.
• Milkcrate Cafe

  Philadelphia · Northern Liberties Special experience

  Milkcrate is a café and record shop on Girard Avenue, with vinyl spinning on the turntable, records set into some tabletops and new and used LPs for sale.
• Nook Bakery & Coffee Bar

  Philadelphia · Rittenhouse

  Nook is a Rittenhouse café run since 2010 by Michael and Edna Caro, who roast their own coffee in small batches on a Stronghold roaster while Edna runs the bakery kitchen.
• Pilgrim Roasters

  Philadelphia · Manayunk

  Pilgrim Roasters opened on Main Street in Manayunk in 2017, roasting on a restored vintage 10-kilo Probat, possibly from 1953, that is visible from the sidewalk.
• Rally Coffee

  Philadelphia

  Rally, on the corner of 7th and Bainbridge in Bella Vista, is a neighborhood coffee shop that doubles as an event and co-working space and a creative marketing agency.
• Rowhome Coffee

  Philadelphia · Fitler Square

  Rowhome Coffee opened in late 2020 on Pine Street in Fitler Square, founded by Eli Shaika and Hugh Morretta, who runs La Colombe's Workshop program.
• Thank You Thank You Coffee Brewers

  Philadelphia

  Thank You Thank You is a small multi-roaster café that opened in 2022 in an 1860 corner building on Jewelers' Row, a block from Washington Square.
• Three Graces Coffee Co.

  Philadelphia · Queen Village

  Three Graces is an East Passyunk café opened by Yulee Park, a former New York attorney who wanted a softer, more feminine coffee shop.
• Two Persons Coffee

  Philadelphia

  Two Persons is the coffee shop inside South Philadelphia's Bok Building, a former vocational school turned studio and maker space, with its own entrance on Dudley Street.
• Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books

  Philadelphia · Germantown Special experience

  Uncle Bobbie's was opened in 2017 on Germantown Avenue by Marc Lamont Hill, a longtime Germantown resident, and named for the uncle who taught him to read critically.

Minnesota 21

Minneapolis 14

• Dogwood Coffee

  Minneapolis · Northeast

  Dogwood has roasted in Minneapolis since 2010, and in 2019 moved its roastery and a coffee bar into a former photo studio on Tyler Street in Northeast.
• FRGMNT Coffee

  Minneapolis · North Loop

  FRGMNT is a multi-roaster café opened in the North Loop in 2019 by longtime Twin Cities barista Ben Banse.
• Five Watt Coffee

  Minneapolis · Kingfield

  Five Watt Coffee started in Kingfield and is known for drinks built around house-made bitters.
• SK Coffee

  Minneapolis · Whittier

  SK Coffee was co-founded by Sam Kjellberg and Nate Broadbridge and roasts only single-origin coffees, mostly microlots, on a San Franciscan roaster in St.
• Disco Death Records

  Minneapolis

  Disco Death Records & Coffee is a record store with a coffee bar, its bins leaning toward noise rock, Krautrock, post-punk and bossa nova.
• Fawkes Alley Coffee

  Minneapolis · Loring Park

  Fawkes Alley Coffee near Loring Park raises money for the youth programs of the nonprofit Futsal Society, which offers soccer to families who can't afford lessons or club fees.
• Fireroast Coffee and Wine

  Minneapolis · Howe

  Fireroast Coffee and Wine is a third-place-style neighborhood spot in Minneapolis's Howe neighborhood, serving coffee alongside wine.
• Gray Fox Coffee & Wine

  Minneapolis

  Gray Fox Coffee & Wine sits in the atrium of the former TCF tower on Marquette Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, serving coffee by day alongside wine.
• Misfit Coffee

  Minneapolis · Near North

  Misfit Coffee roasts its own coffees, including single origins, and in 2022 folded its café into the roastery on Humboldt Avenue in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood.
• Northern Coffeeworks

  Minneapolis

  Northern Coffeeworks is a south Minneapolis coffee bar owned by Josh Klauck of the Angry Catfish bike shop, with which it long shared a building.
• Sovereign Grounds

  Minneapolis

  Sovereign Grounds has roasted and sold its own coffee in south Minneapolis since 1995, making it one of the city's older roaster-retailers.
• UP Cafe

  Minneapolis

  UP Cafe is the coffee bar of Up Coffee Roasters, the roasting arm of distributor Upper Midwest Gourmet Company in Northeast Minneapolis.
• Vitality Roasting

  Minneapolis · Como

  Vitality Roasting opened its first café in the downtown Minneapolis skyway in 2021 and roasts its own single-origin coffees.
• Wildflyer Coffee

  Minneapolis

  Wildflyer Coffee is a nonprofit café founded in 2017 by Carley Kammerer that trains and employs young people aged 16 to 24 facing housing insecurity.

Saint Paul 7

• Backstory Coffee Roasters

  Saint Paul · West St. Paul

  Backstory has roasted coffee in St.
• Stepwise Coffee Roasters

  Saint Paul

  Stepwise Coffee Roasters opened its tasting room on Randolph Avenue in St.
• Caydence Records & Coffee

  Saint Paul · Payne-Phalen

  Caydence Records & Coffee is a record shop and café in East St.
• Claddagh Coffee

  Saint Paul · West Seventh

  Claddagh Coffee, named after the Irish symbol of love, friendship and loyalty, serves specialty coffee on West Seventh Street, with a second shop on Selby Avenue.
• Quixotic Coffee

  Saint Paul · Highland Park

  Quixotic Coffee is a calm, woodsy café near St.
• Roots Roasting

  Saint Paul · Mac-Groveland

  Roots Roasting has roasted coffee in St.
• Workhorse Coffee Bar

  Saint Paul · South St. Anthony Park

  Workhorse Coffee Bar is a queer-owned café and community hub near the Raymond Avenue Green Line station, pouring responsibly sourced, locally roasted coffee alongside iced mochas, milkshakes and scratch-made quiche.

Louisiana 20

New Orleans 20

• French Truck Coffee

  New Orleans · Lower Garden District

  French Truck began in 2012 when Geoffrey Meeker, a former cook, started roasting in his laundry room and delivering beans in a vintage Citroën truck.
• Cherry Coffee Roasters

  New Orleans · Uptown

  Cherry Coffee Roasters is a New Orleans roaster with several cafés; its Uptown store on Laurel Street is an airy space with a patio, popular with students and remote workers.
• Coffee Science

  New Orleans · Uptown

  Coffee Science roasts its beans in-house and brews each cup with an emphasis on precision, in an open, modern space.
• Congregation Coffee Roasters

  New Orleans · Algiers Point

  Congregation began as a roaster and café in Algiers Point, the quiet riverside neighbourhood across the Mississippi from the French Quarter.
• Mammoth Espresso

  New Orleans · Warehouse District / CBD

  Mammoth is a bright, minimal espresso bar on Baronne Street in the Warehouse District/CBD, focused on carefully made espresso drinks and simple baked goods.
• Backatown Coffee Parlor

  New Orleans

  Backatown Coffee Parlour is run by husband-and-wife Jessica and Alonzo Knox on Basin Street, opposite St.
• Baldwin and Company

  New Orleans

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• Café Bon Ami

  New Orleans

  Café Bon Ami is a small café with a warm, neighbourhood feel, known for smooth lattes, buttery pastries and seasonal flavours such as honey nut and ube fig.
• Café du Monde

  New Orleans · French Quarter

  Café du Monde began in 1862 as a coffee stand at the upriver end of the French Market and is still run by the Fernandez family.
• Fourth Wall Coffee

  New Orleans

  Fourth Wall is a relaxed, art-filled café on Gravier Street, with local artwork on the walls and a cosy seating area at the back.
• Morning Call

  New Orleans

  Morning Call has served café au lait and beignets since Joseph Jurisch opened it in the French Market in 1870, making it the city's second-oldest coffee stand after Café du Monde.
• Old Road Coffee

  New Orleans

  Old Road is a classic, casual café on Bayou Road, one of the oldest streets in New Orleans.
• Park Island Brew

  New Orleans

  Park Island Brew is a small Black-owned coffee house on Gentilly Boulevard across from the Fair Grounds Race Course, run by Kevin Davis Sr.
• Pond Coffee

  New Orleans

  Pond Coffee works out of a window at Small Mart on Chartres Street in the Bywater, serving carefully made espresso drinks to a neighbourhood crowd.
• Pontilly Coffee

  New Orleans

  Pontilly Coffee takes its name from two New Orleans neighborhoods, Pontchartrain Park and Gentilly Terrace, and sits on Chef Menteur Highway across from the Baptist seminary.
• St. Coffee

  New Orleans

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• The Bean Gallery

  New Orleans

  The Bean Gallery has been a Mid-City fixture on North Carrollton Avenue since Turkish-born owner Emre Ergen opened it in 2007 in the former City Perk building, and it was among the first businesses to reopen after Hurricane Katrina.
• Treme Coffeehouse

  New Orleans

  Treme Coffeehouse is a family-owned neighborhood café on St.
• Whatever Coffee

  New Orleans · Lower Garden District

  Whatever Coffee is a tiny bar in a corner of Stein's Deli on Magazine Street, opened in 2018 by roaster and Q grader Sarah Lambeth and barista Charles Hilton, both past Brewers Cup and Cup Tasters competitors.
• Z'otz

  New Orleans

  Z'otz is a long-running, late-opening coffeehouse on Oak Street in the Carrollton neighborhood, known for walls packed with eccentric décor.

Texas 16

Austin 16

• Fleet Coffee

  Austin · East Austin

  Fleet Coffee is a tiny, 364-square-foot walk-up bar on Webberville Road in East Austin, run by two of the city's longest-serving baristas.
• Desnudo Coffee

  Austin · East Austin

  Desnudo is an East Austin coffee trailer that roasts its own beans, bought directly from small farms, and works with growers on soil conservation.
• Figure 8 Coffee Purveyors

  Austin · Central East Austin

  Figure 8 is a low-key café on Chicon Street in Central East Austin, run by local performers, with a community table built from an old conveyor belt.
• Flat Track Coffee

  Austin · East Cesar Chavez

  Flat Track Coffee is an Austin roaster whose café on East Cesar Chavez shares space with a bike shop.
• Flitch Coffee

  Austin · Iglehart / Burnet Rd

  Flitch is a coffee trailer started by a veteran Austin barista, with all seating outdoors at community tables built by the neighboring Hatch Workshop.
• Greater Goods Coffee Roasters

  Austin · East Austin

  Greater Goods was founded in 2015 by Trey Cobb and Khanh Trang, and its East Austin flagship on East 5th Street doubles as the company's roastery and training centre.
• Proud Mary Coffee

  Austin · South Lamar

  Proud Mary is the Melbourne specialty roaster's Austin café, tucked behind large shade trees on South Lamar.
• Bennu Coffee

  Austin · East MLK

  Bennu was opened in 2008 on East MLK Boulevard by Steve and Stephanie Williams and is one of the few places in Austin still open 24 hours a day.
• Cenote

  Austin · East Cesar Chavez

  Cenote is a food-forward café on East Cesar Chavez that serves coffee by French press or pour-over alongside breakfast tacos made with Flying Pig bacon and a kale scramble.
• Cosmic Coffee + Beer

  Austin · South Austin

  Cosmic was opened in 2018 by friends Patrick Dean and Paul Oveisi on about an acre off South Congress, built around large herb and vegetable gardens, a rainwater-fed pond and a certified wildlife habitat.
• Epoch Coffee

  Austin · North Loop

  Epoch Coffee's original North Loop shop is open 24 hours, making it a long-running hangout for students and night owls.
• Mozart's Coffee Roasters

  Austin · Lake Austin

  Mozart's opened in 1993 on the shore of Lake Austin, founded by four local couples, and co-founder Ken Leonard still runs it from the original location.
• Radio Coffee & Beer

  Austin · South Austin

  Radio Coffee & Beer's original location on Menchaca Road pairs Stumptown coffee with 24 beer taps and a sprawling patio ringed by food trucks.
• Sa-Ten Coffee & Eats

  Austin · East Austin

  Sa-Ten opened in 2014 inside Canopy, a complex of artist studios and offices in East Austin, with a menu shaped by partnerships with Austin's Japanese restaurants Komé and East Side King.
• Spokesman Coffee

  Austin · St. Elmo / The Yard

  Spokesman roasts its own coffee and runs three shops, each next to a climbing gym or fitness center; this one is at The Yard, a mixed-use warehouse district in St.
• Texas Coffee Traders

  Austin · East Austin

  Texas Coffee Traders is a family-owned East Austin roaster founded by R.C.