9 cafe rooms in Baltimore we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Baltimore | Cafe across every city.

Baltimore's cafe scene runs from serious coffee roasters to all-day neighborhood gathering spots. Artifact Coffee in Hampden helped raise the city's coffee standards, while Bird in Hand in Charles Village pairs espresso with books, and Ceremony Coffee in Mount Vernon brings a bright, design-led approach to the daily cup.

Artifact Coffee ★ 4.8

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hampden · 1500 Union Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211

Artifact Coffee sits in a historic stone building on Union Avenue, a Hampden daytime cafe and bakery pouring careful coffee with breakfast and lunch.

Bird in Hand ★ 4.6

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charles-village · 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD 21218

Bird in Hand in Charles Village is a cafe and bookshop near Johns Hopkins, a collaboration of Artifact Coffee and the Ivy Bookshop among the stacks.

Common Ground ★ 4.3

Café · $

hampden · 3543 Chestnut Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211

Common Ground in Hampden is a worker-owned cafe of more than 25 years, pouring coffee and serving scratch sandwiches and baked goods just off The Avenue.

Koba Cafe ★ 4.0

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locust-point · 644 East Fort Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21230

Koba Cafe on Fort Avenue is a Locust Point coffee shop with bagels, sandwiches and a study lounge upstairs, a neighbourhood favourite near Latrobe Park.

Cafe Los Suenos ★ 4.7

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remington · 2740 Huntingdon Avenue, Unit B, Baltimore, MD 21211

Cafe Los Suenos is an immigrant-owned Remington roaster and cafe, owner Carlos Payes pulling Salvadoran-sourced espresso from beans he roasts in-house.

Pitango Bakery + Cafe ★ 4.2

Café · $

fells-point · 903 South Ann Street, Baltimore, MD 21231

Pitango Bakery + Cafe in Fells Point pairs careful espresso with its own breads, pastries and gelato, a bright corner cafe on South Ann Street.

Dooby's ★ 4.1

Café · $

mount-vernon · 802 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

Dooby's on Charles Street works as a daytime coffee bar in Mount Vernon, pulling espresso and plating breakfast sandwiches before Korean dinner service.

Ceremony Coffee ★ 4.5

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mount-vernon · 520 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201

Ceremony Coffee's Mount Vernon cafe sits in the Marketplace, a bright bar pulling single-origin espresso and filter from the Annapolis roaster's own beans.

Blue Moon Cafe ★ 4.2

Cafe · $$

fells-point · 1621 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore, MD 21231

Blue Moon Cafe in Fells Point runs around the clock on weekends, sending out its Cap'n Crunch French toast and big breakfasts to the late bar crowd.