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Halcyon Southtown

Order Espresso by day, s'mores and cocktails by night

Halcyon Southtown flips from a coffee shop by day to a cocktail bar by night, where the patio s'mores are the after-dinner move on a Southtown evening.

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Press Coffee

Order Espresso and pour-over

Press Coffee pours espresso and locally roasted beans at the Boardwalk on Broadway near the Witte Museum, with a treehouse style interior and a patio.

Bird Bakery

Order Cappuccino with a cupcake

Bird Bakery on Broadway, founded by Elizabeth Chambers in 2012, is a cheerful bakery-cafe near Alamo Heights known for from-scratch cupcakes, layer cakes.

Barrio Barista

Order Horchata latte and cafe de olla

Barrio Barista on Culebra Road builds its menu around Mexican flavours, with horchata lattes and cafe de olla, a West Side cafe with its own identity.

The Spin Coffee & Vinyl

  • ★ 3.9
  • $
  • North Side

Order Espresso among the record bins

The Spin Coffee & Vinyl on the north side lets you flip through record bins while you sip, a fun, low-key alternative to the polished Pearl coffee bars.

Sip & Sit with ME

  • ★ 3.9
  • $
  • South Side

Order Lattes and house pastries

Sip & Sit with ME is a welcome South Side cafe near the Missions, good for lattes and house pastries on a coffee stop along a Mission Trail morning.

Estate Coffee Company

Order Small-batch espresso and pour-over

Estate Coffee roasts and brews in a Dignowity Hill storefront on East Houston Street, with the roaster in view of the bar; ask what they roasted that week.

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Merit Coffee

Order Espresso and seasonal lattes

Merit Coffee is a dependable Broadway stop in Alamo Heights with consistent espresso and seasonal lattes that rotate; ask the barista what is pouring.

Indy Coffee Club

  • ★ 4.1
  • $
  • North Side

Order House-roasted espresso

Indy Coffee Club near UTSA roasts in house and pulls precise espresso in a punk-leaning room, a north-side cafe that punches above its strip-mall setting.

Bakery Lorraine

Order Latte with a macaron

Bakery Lorraine at the Pearl is a patisserie-cafe that grew from a farmers-market stall, where the macarons and a latte make a classic Pearl morning.

The PigPen

Order Espresso and beer in one room

The PigPen near Brackenridge Park is a hybrid coffee bar and bar with a big shaded patio, pouring espresso in the morning and craft beer in the afternoon.

Qatra Specialty Coffee

  • ★ 4.2
  • $
  • North Side

Order Single-origin espresso and pour-over

Qatra Specialty Coffee on Louis Pasteur Drive is a Medical Center-area cafe focused on single-origin espresso and pour-over, open late for evening study.

Vida Mia

Order Cafe de olla with conchas

Vida Mia in Stone Oak is a solid option away from the chains, where Monterrey-style conchas and a cafe de olla are the breakfast move worth the drive north.

Mas Café

  • ★ 4.1
  • $
  • North Side

Order Hot abuelita latte and tres leches cold brew

Mas Café on Bandera Road is a Latina-owned cafe whose drinks lean Mexican, from abuelita lattes to tres leches cold brew, a far-north-west spot in Helotes.

Qargo Coffee

Order Espresso and drive-through lattes

Qargo Coffee on Culebra Road is a far-West Side cafe and drive-through with a broad espresso and latte menu, a handy modern coffee stop for the growing.