8 editor picks in Houston.
8 cafe places in Houston we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Houston | Cafe across every city.
Houston's cafe culture blends third-wave coffee with all-day European-style bistro cooking, much of it clustered along Westheimer Road and the streets around Montrose. Tiny Boxwoods on West Alabama Street and Common Bond Bistro and Bakery anchor the food-forward end, while Blacksmith, Tout Suite on Fannin Street, Agora, Campesino Coffee House, Antidote Coffee on Studewood Street and Siphon Coffee on West Alabama Street cover the coffee-bar spectrum.
Tiny Boxwoods in Houston is the garden-cafe on West Alabama in the Thompson + Hanson nursery, with a chocolate chip cookie that became a Houston object.
OrderThe chocolate chip cookie warm with milk. Whichever pizza is on. Salad of the day at lunch.
TipBrunch on weekends draws a 90-minute line. Weekday lunch is the move. Order an extra dozen cookies for home.
Blacksmith in Houston is the Montrose third-wave coffee bar on Westheimer from the Greenway Coffee team, with espresso, pour-overs and a Koffeteria pastry.
TipGet a cortado with the rotating single-origin. The Memorial City second location is the quieter alternative.
Common Bond Bistro & Bakery in Houston is the Montrose patisserie-cafe on Westheimer since 2014, with viennoiserie, brunch plates and a Joe Coffee program.
TipPre-order the kouign-amann on weekends; they sell out by 10am. The sandwich counter at lunch is the secret.
Tout Suite in Houston is the downtown cafe at Trebly Park on Fannin Street, with the Houston Fog vanilla London Fog, viennoiserie, brunch plates and a bright.
TipPark out front, not the side lot, for the quickest path in. Weekday mornings draw work-from-home crowds.
Agora in Houston is the Montrose Greek coffee house on Westheimer Road, with freddo espresso, sticky baklava, a side patio under oaks and a late-night study.
TipOpen until midnight, much later than most Houston cafes. The freddo cappuccino is the canonical order.
Campesino Coffee House in Houston is the Montrose Latin American specialty cafe on Waugh Drive, in a converted house with cafe de olla, horchata lattes.
TipOrder the cafe de olla, brewed with cinnamon and piloncillo in earthenware. The fireplace room is the working seat; the back rooms fill up Saturday mornings.
Antidote Coffee in Houston is the Heights cafe on Studewood Street, a long-standing third-wave spot with rotating beans, espresso drinks. At 729 Studewood St.
TipCash and card. The front porch is the seat. Closes early; aim before 4pm.
Siphon Coffee in Houston is the Montrose third-wave cafe on West Alabama, named for its siphon brewers, with pour-overs, a generous patio. Family-friendly.
TipOrder a siphon-brewed cup at the back bar. The patio is the seat in good weather; the indoor library is the working seat.
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