9 editor picks in Baltimore.
9 cafe places 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 sits in a historic stone building on Union Avenue, a Hampden daytime cafe and bakery pouring careful coffee with breakfast and lunch.
TipIt started as a Woodberry Kitchen offshoot; the stone-mill setting makes it a destination, not just a coffee stop.
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.
TipIt doubles as a bookstore and pours wine and beer at night; the student crowd packs it midday.
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.
TipNow a worker-owned co-op, it pours Ceremony and Zeke's beans; the breakfast sandwiches draw regulars.
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.
TipThe upstairs lounge is the work-friendly seat; the bagels sell out on weekend mornings.
Cafe Los Suenos is an immigrant-owned Remington roaster and cafe, owner Carlos Payes pulling Salvadoran-sourced espresso from beans he roasts in-house.
TipIt is a daytime-only cafe and roastery; the counter seat is one of the city's best, and pastries come from Ovenbird.
Pitango Bakery + Cafe in Fells Point pairs careful espresso with its own breads, pastries and gelato, a bright corner cafe on South Ann Street.
TipSit-in for the espresso and a pastry early, then come back for the gelato in the afternoon.
Dooby's on Charles Street works as a daytime coffee bar in Mount Vernon, pulling espresso and plating breakfast sandwiches before Korean dinner service.
TipThe daytime cafe and evening bistro feel like two places; the morning coffee crowd is its own scene.
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.
TipIt is the busiest Ceremony in the city; the bar pulls a clean, modern espresso.
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.
OrderCap'n Crunch French toast
TipIt is open all night Friday and Saturday; the French toast is the famous late-night order.
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