Cuvée Coffee in Austin is the Rainey-district storefront from Mike McKim's roastery, a small-batch specialty cafe pouring Black & Blue nitro cold brew on tap.
Tip: The East 6th original closed in 2024; the Rainey storefront is the only Austin retail cafe left for now.
Address: 48 East Ave, Austin, TX 78701
Better Half Coffee in Austin is the Clarksville cafe and cocktail bar at the New Waterloo group's converted bungalow, a patio coffee shop turning into a cocktail bar by 4pm.
Signature drink: Espresso + Sunday-only frozen Negroni
Tip: Sunday brunch with frozen Negronis is the only afternoon walk-in; weekdays the patio is laptop territory.
Cosmic Coffee in Austin is the South Congress beer garden and cafe on Pickle Road since 2018, an indoor-outdoor coffeeshop with Pueblo Viejo's taco truck on-site.
Signature drink: Cold brew + Cosmic Punch
Tip: The beer garden runs walk-up; the coffee bar shuts at 5pm but the beer side continues until 11.
Easy Tiger in Austin is the East 6th Street bake shop and beer garden under MML Hospitality, a downstairs counter for pastries and an upstairs patio for beer and pretzels.
Signature drink: Filter coffee + soft pretzel
Tip: The pretzel-and-beer happy hour runs 5 to 7pm; the bakery counter closes at 6pm so plan around it.
Quack's 43rd Street in Austin is the Hyde Park neighbourhood coffeehouse since 1983, a full-service cafe with from-scratch pies, cakes, macaroons and decorated cookies.
Signature drink: Drip coffee + scratch macaroon
Tip: The patio runs morning through 9pm; the cake-by-the-slice counter goes fast on weekends.
Greater Goods Coffee in Austin is the East 5th roastery cafe from Trey Cobb and Khanh Trang, an Austin-roasted operation since 2015 with retail at the roastery counter.
Signature drink: House espresso
Tip: The roastery cafe runs flagship and limited single-origin pours; the Bee Cave shop is the suburb branch.
Fareground in Austin is the downtown food hall at the One Eleven tower since 2018, a subterranean plaza of counter restaurants including Henbit, Aburi and Houndstooth.
Signature drink: Pour-over from Houndstooth counter
Tip: The plaza-level patio is the work-friendly side; the underground hall is louder at lunch.
