The Best Cafés in Cincinnati
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The best cafés in Cincinnati, according to the experts: Cincinnati Magazine has weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Urbana Cafe Findlay Market comes out on top.
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The awards
- Cincinnati Magazine Cincinnati Magazine: 2025 · Festive Coffee: Eggnog Cappuccino · Best of the City
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A passage hidden behind a wardrobe connects the two sides of this Ft. Thomas bookstore and café, which is either charming or a mild fire-code concern, depending on your disposition. The shelves lean heavily into fiction, especially romantasy, fantasy, mystery, and horror. There's a coffee counter on one side and a small bourbon bar on the other, which covers the full spectrum of how a reading session can go.
The awards
- Cincinnati Magazine Cincinnati Magazine: 2025 · Cozy Bookstore · Best of the City
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A matcha café that sources its tea directly from a family farm in Shizuoka, which means the starting point is better than most. Little Matcha landed in Covington after starting as a pop-up, and the menu rotates every two weeks so the seasonal lattes, strawberry one week, ube the next, stay worth revisiting. Hojicha and genmaicha lattes fill out the board, but the matcha is clearly the main event here.
The awards
- Cincinnati Magazine Cincinnati Magazine: 2025 · Matcha · Best of the City