Blackhorse Espresso & Bakery is a cafe in Downtown, San Luis Obispo.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The Broad Street shop at 3590 Broad keeps the same daily hours if you are headed toward the Edna Valley wineries.
Address: 1065 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Buen Dia Coffee brings design-studio polish and Latin-accented drinks like Abuela's Coffee to the Creamery Marketplace in downtown San Luis Obispo.
Signature drink: Abuela's Coffee
Tip: Order the Fresa Fresca in summer; the courtyard seats belong to Bear & The Wren after 16:00.
Joebella Coffee SLO pours beans roasted at the company's Atascadero roastery from a bright corner shop on lower Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo.
Signature drink: Joebella house espresso
Tip: The roastery cafe sits at 3168 El Camino Real in Atascadero if you want to see where the beans are fired.
Scout Coffee has anchored Garden Street since 2014, pairing its own HoneyCo-roasted espresso with scratch pastries in San Luis Obispo's prettiest brick room.
Signature drink: Honey lavender latte
Tip: The Foothill Boulevard shop at 880 Foothill runs the same 06:30-18:30 hours with easier parking.
Kreuzberg California styles itself on a Berlin coffeehouse, serving espresso, sandwiches and cocktails until midnight on weekends in San Luis Obispo.
Signature drink: Spicy Mexican mocha
Tip: The back room hides couches and outlets; on Friday and Saturday it swings from study hall to bar.
Field Day Coffee pours precise pour-overs and espresso on Monterey Street, the light-flooded modern counterpoint to San Luis Obispo's older coffeehouses.
Signature drink: Seasonal single-origin pour-over
Tip: It holds the same 07:00-18:00 hours every day of the week, rare among the city's independents.
Buen Dia Coffee brings design-studio polish and Latin-accented drinks like Abuela's Coffee to the Creamery Marketplace in downtown San Luis Obispo.
Signature drink: Abuela's Coffee
Tip: Order the Fresa Fresca in summer; the courtyard seats belong to Bear & The Wren after 16:00.
Joebella Coffee SLO pours beans roasted at the company's Atascadero roastery from a bright corner shop on lower Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo.
Signature drink: Joebella house espresso
Tip: The roastery cafe sits at 3168 El Camino Real in Atascadero if you want to see where the beans are fired.
Scout Coffee has anchored Garden Street since 2014, pairing its own HoneyCo-roasted espresso with scratch pastries in San Luis Obispo's prettiest brick room.
Signature drink: Honey lavender latte
Tip: The Foothill Boulevard shop at 880 Foothill runs the same 06:30-18:30 hours with easier parking.
Kreuzberg California styles itself on a Berlin coffeehouse, serving espresso, sandwiches and cocktails until midnight on weekends in San Luis Obispo.
Signature drink: Spicy Mexican mocha
Tip: The back room hides couches and outlets; on Friday and Saturday it swings from study hall to bar.
Sally Loo's Wholesome Cafe has fed San Luis Obispo's Railroad District since 2009, baking in-house each morning inside a 1930s storefront by the depot.
Signature drink: Cacti Coffee pour-over
Tip: The walk-up window sells coffee and pastries without the queue; the breakfast burrito earns its following.
