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

Louisville has a deep independent coffee culture spread across its eastern neighborhoods. Heine Brothers Coffee and Quills Coffee both run multiple locations along Bardstown Road, Baxter Avenue and East Market, while Sunergos Coffee roasts for its Preston Street and Old Louisville cafes and Please and Thank You serves coffee from East Market and Frankfort Avenue.

Day's Espresso and Coffee Bar ★ 4.4

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1420 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40204

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

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800 East Market Street, Louisville, KY 40206

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

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2341 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206

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.

Heine Brothers Coffee (Bardstown and Longest) ★ 4.3

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1250 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40204

Heine Brothers Coffee on Bardstown Road in Louisville pours espresso from a Highlands drive-thru and cafe corner, the local roastery's busiest neighborhood.

Heine Brothers Coffee (Gardiner Lane) ★ 4.2

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3060 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40205

Heine Brothers Coffee on Bardstown Road at Gardiner Lane in Louisville pours espresso from a drive-thru and seated cafe, with all-day work-friendly seating.

Quills Coffee (Baxter Avenue) ★ 4.5

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930 Baxter Avenue, Louisville, KY 40204

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

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2122 South Preston Street, Louisville, KY 40217

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.

North Lime Coffee and Donuts (Herr Lane) ★ 4.4

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1301 Herr Lane, Louisville, KY 40222

North Lime Coffee and Donuts on Herr Lane in Louisville pulls espresso and fries fresh donuts daily from a Westport Village storefront, the suburban location.

Vint Coffee (Frankfort Avenue) ★ 4.1

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2309 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206

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

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306 West Woodlawn Avenue, Louisville, KY 40214

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

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640 East Market Street, Louisville, KY 40202

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.