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

Memphis coffee culture clusters in Cooper-Young, Crosstown and the eastern neighborhoods, mixing roasters, all-day cafes and arts-space coffee bars. Otherlands Coffee Bar and Java Cabana in Cooper-Young are long-running gathering rooms, while French Truck Coffee in Crosstown and Cxffeeblack in East Memphis represent the newer roasting wave. City and State on Broad Avenue and the Art Bar at Crosstown Arts show how the cafe and the gallery share space in this city.

Otherlands Coffee Bar ★ 4.4

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cooper-young · 641 S Cooper St, Memphis, TN 38104

Otherlands Coffee Bar in Cooper-Young Memphis has run shabby-chic seating, full breakfast and bottomless drip coffee since 1995, with a side patio.

French Truck Coffee ★ 4.6

Café · $

crosstown · 1350 Concourse Ave Ste 167, Memphis, TN 38104

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.

City and State ★ 4.6

Café · $

broad-avenue · 2625 Broad Ave, Memphis, TN 38112

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.

Belltower Coffee ★ 4.3

Café · $

east-memphis · 525 S Highland St, Memphis, TN 38111

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.

French Truck Coffee Highland ★ 4.2

Café · $

east-memphis · 395 S Highland St Ste 126, Memphis, TN 38111

French Truck Coffee Highland is the second Memphis branch of the New Orleans roaster on Highland Row near the University of Memphis with espresso.

Sunrise Memphis ★ 4.2

Café · $

downtown · 670 Jefferson Ave, Memphis, TN 38105

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.

Brother Juniper's ★ 4.8

Café · $

east-memphis · 3519 Walker Ave, Memphis, TN 38111

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.

Art Bar at Crosstown Arts ★ 4.1

Café · $

crosstown · 1350 Concourse Ave Ste 280, Memphis, TN 38104

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.

Cxffeeblack ★ 4.7

Café · $

east-memphis · 3386 Bowen Ave, Memphis, TN 38122

Cxffeeblack in Memphis is Bartholomew Jones and Renata Henderson's coffee roaster and cafe with an Ethiopia-direct supply chain, serving single-origin.

Dr. Bean's Coffee and Tea Emporium ★ 4.5

Café · $

south-main · 387 S Main St, Memphis, TN 38103

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.

Java Cabana ★ 4.0

Café · $

cooper-young · 2170 Young Ave, Memphis, TN 38104

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.

Java Cabana ★ 4.1

Cafe · $$

cooper-young · 2170 Young Ave, Memphis, TN 38104

Java Cabana on Young Avenue in Cooper-Young Memphis is the city's longest-running indie coffeehouse, with poetry slams, weddings on the patio and Elvis.