The Best Coffee Shops Near Issi, by the Record
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Rank 4. Camino a Comala
Mexican Coffee Shop
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Rank 5. Chiquitito Café
Coffee
A gleaming La Marzocco anchors the tiny bar at this Condesa coffee shop, pulling shots from beans sourced out of Veracruz, with a whole wall of AeroPress, Chemex, and V60 gear behind it. The geometric mosaic floor and a pastry case loaded with morning buns eat up the rest of the space. On good days the sidewalk chairs are the real seating plan. The name means "very tiny," and the room commits to that.
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A black onyx pig guards the La Marzocco at this calm, compact coffee shop on Campeche, where the pastel green facade gives way to deep blues and greens, a wall-spanning atlas, and a curved bar of reclaimed wood that feels like a cozy accident. By afternoon the Snakes and Ladders cocktail menu rolls out, offering a Carajillo or a Coffee Spritz for anyone who considers the espresso-to-aperitivo pipeline a sensible itinerary.
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Rank 7. Blend Station
Coffee
A coffee shop spacious enough that the laptop crowd has genuinely claimed it without making the room feel lost. Designed by Mexican studio Futura with indoor trees and seating for 70, Blend Station roasts 100% Mexican beans on-site, with a menu organized by processing style, washed, honey, and natural, sourced from micro-lots across Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz, and beyond. The cold drip tower behind the counter looks borrowed from a chemistry lab.
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Instead of listing origins, the menu here lists profiles: Paz runs balanced and caramel-sweet, Punk goes extravagant and juicy. It's a clever swap that tells you what you're drinking without the geography quiz. This Roma Norte coffee shop roasts its own beans, sources directly from growers in Colombia and Panama, and puts three percent of every sale toward regenerative agriculture. The blue tile bar and mosaic floor make it feel considered rather than decorated.