Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Louisville lingers in over a cortado.

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Where to sit and slow down

11 places

Day's Espresso and Coffee Bar

  • ★ 4.4
  • $

Order Espresso, drip coffee

Day's Espresso on Bardstown Road in Louisville has poured espresso, drip and pastries from an independent Highlands corner since 1994, the area's oldest.

Please and Thank You (Mark)

  • ★ 4.6
  • $

Order Latte, chocolate chip cookie

Please and Thank You on East Market in Louisville pulls espresso and slings warm chocolate chip cookies from a NuLu cafe, the city's most-photographed cookie.

Please and Thank You (Frank)

  • ★ 4.5
  • $

Order Latte, chocolate chip cookie

Please and Thank You on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville pours espresso and warm cookies from a Clifton storefront, the Frank outpost of the small-batch.

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Quills Coffee (Baxter Avenue)

  • ★ 4.5
  • $

Order Pour-over, espresso

Quills Coffee on Baxter Avenue in Louisville roasts and pours single-origin espresso and pour-overs from a Highlands cafe with hand-built wood counters.

Sunergos Coffee (Preston)

  • ★ 4.6
  • $

Order Espresso, vanilla latte

Sunergos Coffee and Roastery on South Preston in Louisville pours espresso and brews from in-house roasted beans, a Schnitzelburg cafe and bean-bag-stocked.

Vint Coffee (Frankfort Avenue)

  • ★ 4.1
  • $

Order Espresso, cortado

Vint Coffee on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville pours espresso and pastries from a Crescent Hill storefront, a long-running Louisville cafe with rotating.

Sunergos Coffee (Old Louisville)

  • ★ 4.4
  • $

Order Vanilla latte, drip coffee

Sunergos Coffee in Old Louisville pours the local roastery's house beans from a worker-friendly cafe corner, the chain's second oldest location with deep.

Quills Coffee (East Market)

  • ★ 4.4
  • $

Order Espresso, pour-over

Quills Coffee's NuLu location on East Market in Louisville pulls espresso and pour-overs in a slim downtown corner, the cafe arm of the in-house roastery.

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