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.
11 cafe places in Louisville we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Louisville · Cafe across every city.
Drink 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.
Drink 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.
Drink 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.
Drink Espresso, cold brew
Heine Brothers Coffee on Bardstown Road in Louisville pours espresso from a Highlands drive-thru and cafe corner, the local roastery's busiest neighborhood.
Drink Espresso, cold brew
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.
Drink 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.
Drink 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.
Drink Espresso, classic glazed donut
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.
Drink 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.
Drink 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.
Drink 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.
