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The 100 Best Coffee Shops in the United States

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The best coffee shops in the United States, according to the experts: The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops, the James Beard Awards, and the US Coffee Championships have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Onyx Coffee Lab - Headquarters comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Chicago.

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Panther Coffee and Push X Pull hold the next two places. Eater shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The Infatuation next.

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  1. Address
    101 E Walnut St, Rogers, AR, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–6 PM

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  2. Push X Pull is a Central Eastside coffee roaster that ferments fruit into its beans, so one week's pour-over tastes like apricot candy and the next like blueberry sweet tea. The room is concrete with aquamarine trim, relaxed enough that nobody will quiz you on terroir. If tasting notes make you nervous, the maple-and-turmeric latte is a safe ask. It ranks among the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops.



  3. Address
    9840 NE 2nd Ave, Miami Shores, FL, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–5 PM

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  6. Rank 9. Yellow

    Levantine

    A wood-burning oven anchors this fast-casual Levantine cafe in Georgetown, where the line out the door reorganizes itself around whatever Michael Rafidi's team pulled from it most recently. Mornings run on pastries and shakshuka; afternoons shift to stuffed pitas and batata tots with urfa sauce. By night it flips to table service and a dinner menu. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks.


    Address
    1524 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20007, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–8 PM

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  7. Rank 10. Koffeteria

    Cambodian Bakery

    The beef pho kolache alone explains why this Cambodian-influenced bakery and coffee shop landed on the New York Times' list of best bakeries in the country. Chef Vanarin Kuch, a Top Chef alum and James Beard Outstanding Bakery semifinalist, builds a menu where Southeast Asian flavors drift easily into French, Mexican, and Brazilian territory. The Salty Cambodian latte, finished with condensed milk and sourdough butter, has regulars skipping the cortado for good.


  8. Rank 11. Casaema

    Mexican Bakery

    The horchata cream doughnut sells out early, which tells you everything about the pace of a morning here. Casaema is a daytime cafe in Houston Heights rooted in Mexican foodways, with a pastry case full of conchas and guava-queso empanadas alongside a coffee menu running café de olla lattes and piloncillo chai. The chilaquiles are built on housemade chips with brisket. A James Beard nominee for Best New Restaurant, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand.


    Address
    5307 N. Main St., Houston, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–3 PM

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    Address
    763 Main St, Manchester, CT, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–5 PM

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    Address
    387 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–3 PM

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    Address
    212B Pacific St, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 6:30 AM

    Tuesday 6:30 AM–5 PM

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  14. Rank 17. Daisies

    Italian

    Pasta and vegetables carry most of the weight here, at this bright, sun-flooded Italian restaurant in Logan Square that holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand. The house-made pappardelle and rigatoni keep regulars coming back, but the onion dip with house-made ruffles has become a thing people talk about. A bakery tucked in the back means the pastry situation at the end of a meal is genuinely hard to navigate. The bar program turns heads too, a James Beard semifinalist for hospitality.


    Address
    2375 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Tuesday 7 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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  15. A flower-strung alley leads to an order window in East Austin, which is a whole vibe before the coffee even arrives. Mercado Sin Nombre is a Mexican coffee shop built around heirloom corn and specialty coffee, with pastries that take the idea seriously, including a biscuit that takes 100 hours to make. A Michelin Bib Gourmand and a James Beard Outstanding Bakery semifinalist, it keeps the name deliberately small so the farmers doing the work stay front and center.


    Address
    408 N. Pleasant Valley Rd., Austin, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–2 PM

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  16. Rank 20. Caracas Bakery

    Venezuelan Bakery


    Address
    7283 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–6 PM

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  17. Address
    946 N Orleans St, Chicago, IL, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–3 PM

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  18. Rank 23. Maketto

    Cambodian Taiwanese Coffee Shop

    Sneakers mounted on the wall are, in fact, for sale, which tells you everything about the vibe before you've ordered. Erik Bruner-Yang's café and all-day dining room on H Street blends a retail shop with Cambodian and Taiwanese cooking, all meant for the table to share. The caramel fried chicken has been on the menu long enough to qualify as a classic, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand suggests the kitchen isn't coasting on that.


    Address
    1351 H St. NE, Washington, DC, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 19 min

    Tuesday 9 AM–10 PM

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  19. The former Heller's Bakery space now runs all day as a cafe, from morning lattes and egg sandwiches on potato rolls through a pastrami Reuben at lunch and on to dinner plates that get genuinely ambitious: fried halloumi with farro, chicken Milanese with romesco, ravioli with mushrooms and hazelnuts. The kitchen leans into fermentation and seasonal quirks in a way that keeps things interesting without making you feel like you're being lectured. Michelin Bib Gourmand.


    Address
    3221 Mt. Pleasant St. NW, Washington, DC, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–9 PM

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  20. The café con leche here is made with a lighter roast, which in Miami is practically a political statement. Tinta y Café is a Cuban sandwich and coffee shop in Coral Gables where the second-generation team bakes its own baguettes, folds French eggs into the breakfast sandwiches, and stuffs the Madurito with roasted pork, chorizo, and sweet plantains. The New York Times put it on their Miami restaurant list, which the regulars probably shrug at between sips.


    Address
    1315 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–5 PM

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  21. Address
    1737 Balboa St, San Francisco, CA, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–2 PM

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  22. Rank 27. Yellow

    Levantine Bakery

    Za'atar and labneh croissants sit next to a chocolate seven-spice cruffin in the pastry case, which tells you most of what you need to know about this fast-casual Levantine café in Ivy City. French technique carries the baked goods, while the kitchen leans into the Middle East for everything else. Evenings bring charcoal-grilled kebabs and meze from an open hearth, so the place quietly shapeshifts between breakfast spot and dinner counter without making a fuss about it.


    Address
    417 Morse St NE, Washington, DC, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–8 PM

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  23. Rank 28. PublicUs

    Art-Filled Coffee


  24. Rank 29. Momo Cafe

    Japanese Coffee Shop

    Momo Cafe is the Japanese bakery counter tucked inside Momonoki, and it takes croissants seriously enough to offer them filled with cream, coiled into circles, or just classically layered. The menu rotates, so a savory one with onion, gruyere, and rosemary might be there or might be a memory. Matcha lattes and mochi donuts round things out. A small alcove upstairs lets you eat while watching the ramen crowd below.


    Address
    95 Eighth St NW, Ste 100, Atlanta, GA, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 9 AM

    Tuesday 9 AM–7 PM

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  25. Address
    18 Grattan St, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–5 PM

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  26. The cured olive cookie has been living rent-free in regulars' heads for years, which tells you something about this East Village espresso bar. Abraço roasts its own, keeps laptops out, and occasionally pivots to cocktails for evening music events, which is either a flex or just very New York. The room fills fast on weekends, the bites are small and creative, and the whole operation runs with a neighborhood-institution energy that's genuinely hard to fake.


  27. Rank 32. Càphê Roasters

    Specialty Vietnamese Coffee Shop

    Sunlit, laptop-scattered, and full of potted plants in all the ways you'd expect from a third-wave coffee shop, except this one roasts Vietnamese specialty beans and serves bánh mì stuffed with pork meatballs in tangy tomato sauce on Ba Le Bakery bread. The drink menu wanders into fizzy espresso tonics with housemade watermelon syrup. A James Beard semifinalist for its beverages, and on the New York Times list of Philadelphia's top restaurants.


    Address
    3400 J St G1, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–4 PM

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  28. A U-shaped bar anchors this Danish coffee shop, where streamlined taps for cold drinks share space with a proper V60 setup and a counter lined with pastries worth stopping for. La Cabra built a following in Copenhagen before planting roots on the Lower East Side, and the East Village original still draws a crowd that treats croissants and a carefully pulled espresso as a reasonable reason to leave the house.


  29. The 2025 U.S. Brewers Cup champion works the bar here, which tells you something about the coffee before you've tasted it. Helm is a roastery cafe selling small-batch microlots in 100-gram bags, roasted on site and pulled toward clarity over comfort. Gesha varieties, floral aromas, lightly roasted. It's also, somehow, the official coffee sponsor of Gen Con, which means the tabletop gaming crowd found good taste before the coffee crowd found them.


  30. Rank 35. Cafe Breizh

    French Coffee Shop


    Address
    3555 S Fort Apache Rd, Unit 141, Las Vegas, NV, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 7 PM, in 19 min

    Tuesday 7 AM–7 PM

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  31. Rank 37. Royal

    Latin American

    The arepa arrives wrapped like a little gift, seared masa around a fried egg, tomato, cotija, and avocado. This all-day Latin American spot on Florida Avenue runs from morning coffee through dinner without any of the fuss, and the price point reflects that. Upstairs, an intimate room with original details fills with regulars chasing the pork empanadas and masa gnocchi with braised beef.


    Address
    501 Florida Ave. NW, Washington, DC, United States
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 19 min

    Tuesday 10 AM–10 PM

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  32. Rank 38. Segundo Coffee Lab

    Mexican Coffee Shop

    A coffee shop in the East End where the menu reads like a choose-your-own-adventure: classic pour overs and cold brews on one side, house lattes spiked with cinnamon and raw honey on the other, and a CBD infusion option for anyone who knows what they want from life. Empanadas and breakfast tacos fill out the food side, with barbacoa on weekends for the committed. Loteria nights and paint-and-sip events keep regulars coming back between caffeine runs.



  33. Address
    501 E Monroe Ave, Alexandria, VA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–4 PM

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  34. Address
    640 14th St NW, Washington, DC, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–4 PM

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  35. Address
    1702 G St NW Washington, DC, United States · Washington
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–4 PM

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  36. Address
    1201 S St NW, Washington, DC, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–5 PM

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  37. A three-story former church building with soaring ceilings and a rooftop deck overlooking the Houston skyline is a pretty good argument for a second latte. This bustling coffee shop leans into its bones, mixing plush sofas and good acoustics with a menu of espresso drinks, chai, and matcha. The Big Tex, clocking in at four ounces of espresso, is there for the committed.


    Address
    802 Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–6 PM

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  38. Rank 46. Odie B's

    Mexican Coffee Shop

    Tequila-spiked Gatorade on the patio is a real menu choice, and somehow it makes complete sense once you're here. Odie B's is a boisterous Mexican-leaning coffee shop and sandwich counter in Sunnyside where the morning bleeds into afternoon without anyone particularly minding. Focaccia sandwiches, griddled banana bread, and spiced bloody marys keep the regulars cycling back. A second location sits in RiNo for when you're on the wrong side of town.


    Address
    2651 W 38th Ave, Denver, CO, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–2 PM

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  39. The owner placed fourth at the U.S. Brewers Cup, which tells you something about what's in the cup. Amberson is a multi-roaster coffee shop that rotates through a rotating lineup of domestic and international roasters, leaning toward the less obvious names. The vibe is neighborhood-rooted rather than scenester-forward, and the coffees skew toward microlots that don't show up just anywhere.



  40. Address
    1818 W 99th St, Chicago, IL, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–2 PM

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  41. Rank 48. Cafe Jumping Bean

    Mexican Coffee Shop



  42. Address
    5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–8 PM

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  43. Rank 48. Side Practice Coffee

    Filipino Coffee Shop

    A tiny Filipino coffee shop in Bowmanville where the menu leans on flavors you won't find at any other cafe in the city. Pandan, ube, and macadamia nuts show up where oat milk and brown sugar usually do. The room is small enough that regulars eventually stop ordering off the menu and let the baristas improvise. Its sibling spot, Drip Collective, handles the Fulton Market crowd if you need more elbow room.


    Address
    5139 N Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–3 PM

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  44. Rank 48. Standing Passengers

    Video Game-Themed Coffee


    Address
    1458 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–7 PM

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  45. Rank 54. Winner

    American Bakery


    Address
    367 Seventh Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–7 PM

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  46. Address
    314 S Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, NM, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–4 PM

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  47. Rank 55. Mostra Coffee

    Filipino Coffee Shop



  48. Address
    2043 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–4 PM

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  49. Address
    1018 Alma St, Menlo Park, CA, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–4 PM

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  50. Address
    2523 Broadway, Oakland, CA, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 9 AM

    Tuesday 9 AM–4 PM

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  51. Address
    231 E Ninth St, New York, NY, United States · Manhattan
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Tuesday 11:30 AM–4 PM, 5:30 PM–11 PM

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    Resy
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  52. Address
    201 E Charleston, Unit 180, Las Vegas, NV, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–4 PM

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  53. Rank 62. Sirene

    American Wine Bar

    Fried chicken and Chartreuse slushies share a menu here, which tells you everything about the spirit of this neighborhood bistro on Grand Avenue. The team behind the Morris in San Francisco brought their seafood-and-ferment instincts across the Bay, and the result is a wine bar with exposed brick, a vine-covered back patio, and wood-fired mussels that make the whole premise feel inevitable. The San Francisco Chronicle named it among the top 100 restaurants in the Bay Area.







  54. Pink and orange neon casts a moody glow over the Camelback Road location of this coffee shop, which leans into creative, photogenic drinks alongside the usual caffeine agenda. The menu runs from lattes built around burnt cream or cookie flavors to matcha, ube, and Lotus energy drinks for the non-coffee contingent. A second, sunlit outpost sits inside the Melrose District's Royale collective, better suited to a quick grab-and-go.


    Address
    903 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 6 AM

    Tuesday 6 AM–4 PM

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  55. Menus written entirely in Spanish set the tone at this all-white coffee shop in downtown Phoenix, where the minimalism stops at the decor. The drinks lean on flavors from the chef's Mexican childhood: sweetened condensed milk and piloncillo folded into espresso, cafe de olla fragrant with cinnamon and anise, horchata made with wild rice and almond milk. It's a quiet, unhurried room that draws people who plan to stay a while.


    Address
    909 N 1st St, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–4 PM

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  56. Rank 70. Paper Son

    Pan-Asian Coffee Shop


    Address
    303 2nd St, Unit N102, San Francisco, CA, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–3:30 PM

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  57. A red-brick building with white trim and a weathervane off Central Avenue that reads more Boston than Phoenix, until the palm trees remind you where you are. This outdoor coffee shop serves espresso drinks, cold brew, and specialty lattes through a window, with fresh-griddled waffles and Bagelfelds bagels to go alongside. Bring a book and a jacket in winter; in summer, you're in the sun.


    Address
    10 W Vernon Ave, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–1 PM

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  58. Address
    120 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–6 PM

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  59. Rank 76. Cicada Coffee Bar

    Vietnamese Coffee Shop

    Masking tape covers the electrical outlets and laptops are not welcome, which tells you everything about the mood at this tiny Cambridge coffee shop. People line up outside the galley-sized space for foamy, salty Vietnamese iced coffee and brioche guava pastries, then settle into the gravel garden out back at rickety little tables. No wifi, no parking, no apologies.


    Address
    106 Prospect St, Cambridge, MA, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–3 PM

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  60. Rank 77. HI NRG

    Hong Kong-inspired Cantonese Coffee Shop




  61. Address
    2520 Galena St, Unit 3, Aurora, CO, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–3 PM

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  62. Address
    3801 E 40th Ave, Denver, CO, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 6:30 AM

    Tuesday 6:30 AM–4 PM

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    4301 Pecos St, Denver, CO, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–4 PM

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  64. A restored church that now serves bagels, flatbreads, wine, and boozy coffee drinks instead of sermons, The Congregation is the kind of all-day cafe and community hub where dropping in for an hour routinely becomes three. The outdoor deck and yard fill up on warm Thursday evenings when there's dancing. Food trucks, a farmers market, and yoga classes round out the calendar for a place that takes the "third place" idea more literally than most.


    Address
    9321 Rosa Parks Blvd, Detroit, MI, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–9 PM

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  65. A massive retro mural reading "Welcome to Leucadia" covers the outside wall, and honestly that sets the tone. Coffee Coffee is a casual coffee shop right on the 101, all big windows and easy light, with seating inside and out. The menu runs the usual espresso route plus an extensive tea list and light breakfast and lunch bites. Surf-town regulars and the unhurried crowd from nearby Bing Surfboards both seem equally at home here.


    Address
    970 N Coast Hwy 101 Encinitas, CA, United States · Encinitas
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 6:30 AM

    Tuesday 6:30 AM–3:30 PM

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  66. Address
    90 N Coast Hwy 101, Unit 214, Encinitas, CA, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 6:30 AM

    Tuesday 6:30 AM–4 PM

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  67. Three coffee trees grow out of a circular planter in the middle of the room, which tells you something about how seriously this coffee shop takes its atmosphere. The half-moon bar looks borrowed from a boutique hotel, and through the sliding glass doors at the back you can watch the team roasting and cupping while your pour-over is pulled. The menu runs to passionfruit ginger espresso tonics and a sweet corn cream Americano for the adventurous.



  68. Address
    500 San Marcos St, Unit 105, Austin, TX, United States
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    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–8 PM

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  69. Rank 88. Shoji

    Japanese

    Shoji is a Japanese cafe in SoMa that does a quiet costume change once the offices empty out, trading lattes for a short menu of small plates and cocktails. By day the move is matcha, particularly the einspänner under a drift of whipped sweet cream. At night there are oysters, a fried chicken and egg salad sandwich, and a uni donburi, all of it easy on the wallet and the dress code. It has a few coffee honors, which seems fair.


    Address
    140 New Montgomery St, Suite 1, San Francisco, CA, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Tuesday 8 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

    Reserve
    OpenTable
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  70. Rank 89. Third Place

    Collaborative Coffee

    The name is a sociologist's term for the gathering spots between home and work, and the owners take it literally. This daytime coffee shop and café shares a kitchen with the restaurant Jun, run by Top Chef alums, and rotating chef residencies mean the lunch menu shifts week to week. Pastries, salads, and matcha drinks anchor the everyday offerings, but the rotating kitchen keeps the regulars checking Instagram before they order.


  71. Beans sourced from Coffee Collective in Copenhagen anchor the menu at this coffee shop on 1st Ave South, where the space is all clean lines, blocky type, and royal blue plastic stools that somehow look intentional. The crowd skews artsy and laptop-laden, with a side of Seattleites in skinny sunglasses who came to work and stayed to stare into the middle distance. Bright, unhurried, and very Scandinavian about it all.


  72. A miso and brown sugar oat milk latte sounds like it was invented by a committee, but the savory-sweet balance at this tiny Austin coffee trailer makes the weekend line feel reasonable. The drip and cold brew hold their own for anyone keeping things simple. Desnudo has been named among the best coffee shops in Austin by both Eater and The Infatuation, which tracks with the crowd that keeps showing up.


    Address
    2505 Webberville Rd, Austin, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–2 PM

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  73. Address
    1417 S Broadway, Denver, CO, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–2 PM

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  74. Rank 93. Abba Coffee Roasters

    Korean Coffee Shop

    This Pearl District coffee shop roasts its own beans and takes cues from Korean cafe culture, which means the seasonal menu might involve shiso, gochujang, or a toasted rice latte with housemade syrup. The pour-overs are precise and the space is all polished concrete and floor-to-ceiling windows, so the laptop crowd settles in while neighbors dart through for matcha, as if the place were a pit stop.


    Address
    525 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7:30 AM

    Tuesday 7:30 AM–3:30 PM

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  75. A quiet neighborhood coffee shop on its namesake avenue that, for regulars who know Portland's coffee history, carries some serious backstory: this was where much of the third-wave scene got sorted out. These days it's a warm, unhurried spot to order a Coava latte and take a picnic table outside. The ambition is still in the cup; the scene has mellowed considerably.


  76. Rank 93. Aroom Coffee

    Vietnamese Coffee Shop

    Aroom is a Vietnamese coffee shop on Stone Way where the drink is brewed through a small metal phin that drips slowly into condensed milk, so patience comes standard. The menu then gets creative, with an egg coffee that drinks like custard, a sesame latte with tahini cream, and a salty coffee for people who think sweetness needs a rebuttal. A second branch on the Waterfront draws a steady line.


  77. Rank 93. Barrett's Coffee

    Japanese Coffee Shop


    Address
    713 W St Johns Ave, Austin, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–7 PM

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  78. Address
    3070 Blake St, Unit 180, Denver, CO, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 6:30 AM

    Tuesday 6:30 AM–5:30 PM

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  79. Rank 93. Boomtown Coffee

    Craft Coffee

    The Shakarato, espresso shaken with agave, orange, and bitters, is a good reason to wander into this craft coffee shop on 19th Street. Small-batch beans get roasted and brewed with the kind of attention that makes ordering drip feel like a decision. Avocado toast and seasonal veggie tacos cover the hunger angle, and the pastries are the sort you eat standing at the counter before you've found a seat.


    Address
    242 W 19th St, Houston, TX, United States
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Wed 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–7 PM

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  80. Address
    612 Live Oak St, Houston, TX, United States
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Tuesday 6 AM–10 PM

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        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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          Best Place Score

          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. The places are 60% of it: the best of what's within reach, weighed by distance. The setting is the other 40%: how life goes in that country (how people rate their own lives, how long and how well they live, how safe they are) and what it's like right there (the air, and the weather). If the score looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.

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