Where to sit, sip and slow down in Memphis.
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Memphis lingers in over a cortado.
Otherlands Coffee Bar in Cooper-Young Memphis has run shabby-chic seating, full breakfast and bottomless drip coffee since 1995, with a side patio.
DrinkDrip coffee with Counter Culture beans
TipSundays the brunch line stretches; weekday mornings are the easy seat.
French Truck Coffee at Crosstown Concourse in Memphis is the New Orleans roaster's flagship, with single-origin espresso and a co-working seat on the atrium.
DrinkSingle-origin espresso
TipWeekend mornings fill fast; sit at the high counter facing the atrium.
City and State on Broad Avenue in Memphis is a hybrid coffee shop and small-goods store, with pour-over from rotating local roasters and a shortlisted retail.
DrinkPour-over single-origin
TipThe light back room is the work seat; the front counter is for grabbing and going.
Belltower Coffee on Highland Street near the University of Memphis is the flagship of the Memphis-grown roaster, with a sit-and-work room, attached studio.
DrinkHoneysuckle latte
TipOpen daily 7:00-18:00. Pet-friendly patio out back.
French Truck Coffee Highland is the second Memphis branch of the New Orleans roaster on Highland Row near the University of Memphis with espresso.
DrinkEspresso
TipCrowds run on student schedules; mid-mornings and afternoons are emptiest.
Sunrise Memphis on Jefferson Avenue downtown is a colourful quick-serve diner running Southern breakfast and lunch with a full bar daily 07:00-14:00.
DrinkDrip coffee with biscuits
TipThe shotgun building fills fast at 09:00. The Rooster biscuit sammy is the dark-horse order.
Brother Juniper's near the University of Memphis on Walker Avenue has run breakfasts in a tiny house behind a white picket fence since the Koplins took it.
DrinkDrip coffee with omelettes
TipTuesday to Sunday breakfast only; closes 13:00 weekdays, 12:30 Saturdays. Get there by 08:30.
Art Bar at Crosstown Arts in Memphis runs coffee by day and wine, beer and cocktails into the evening, doubling as a cafe and bar in the Crosstown Arts.
DrinkEspresso, wine by the glass
TipClosed Sundays. The afternoon switch from coffee to wine happens around 16:00.
Cxffeeblack in Memphis is Bartholomew Jones and Renata Henderson's coffee roaster and cafe with an Ethiopia-direct supply chain, serving single-origin.
DrinkEthiopia single-origin
TipThe roastery doubles as the retail cafe; weekend hours are limited so check the site.
Dr. Bean's Coffee and Tea Emporium tucks into the Stock and Belle retail loft on South Main, with a pour-over bar, cold brew on draft and a small-batch.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipSit at the pour-over bar and ask for the current single-origin; the cold brew on tap is the summer order.
Java Cabana on Young Avenue in Cooper-Young Memphis is the city's longest-running indie coffeehouse, open since 1992 with poetry slams, Elvis kitsch and big.
DrinkEspresso
TipOpen until 22:00 most nights; the late-evening crowd is regulars and writers.
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