Tipico Coffee ★ 4.6
Tipico Coffee on Elmwood Avenue is the Buffalo cafe and small-batch roaster's flagship in Elmwood Village, with a Diedrich IR-12 roasting wheel nearby.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Buffalo lingers in over a cortado.
Where to sit and slow down
SPoT Coffee (Delaware) ★ 4.2
SPoT Coffee on Delaware Avenue downtown is the flagship of the Buffalo-founded coffee chain (since 1996), with a long bar and a steady downtown crowd.
Signature drink: Mocha
Parkside Candy (Soda Fountain) ★ 4.4
Parkside Candy's soda fountain on Main Street is Buffalo's 1927 candy temple, with walnut counters, sundaes and phosphates in the Adam-period oval room.
Signature drink: Chocolate phosphate
Remedy House ★ 4.6
Remedy House on Rhode Island Street in the Five Points neighborhood is the Espresso-and-brunch cafe with a strong following from West Side regulars.
Signature drink: Cappuccino
Five Points Bakery and Toast Cafe ★ 4.5
Five Points Bakery's toast cafe on Brayton Street pairs the bakery's whole-grain breads with drip coffee, soup and a counter-seat West Side regular crowd.
Signature drink: Drip coffee