
Cafes in San Luis Obispo
12 cafe places in San Luis Obispo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in San Luis Obispo · Cafe across every city.
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Scout Coffee
- ★ 4.6
- $$
- Downtown
Drink Honey lavender latte
Scout Coffee has anchored Garden Street since 2014, pairing its own HoneyCo-roasted espresso with scratch pastries in San Luis Obispo's prettiest brick room.
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Kreuzberg California
- ★ 4.3
- $$
- Downtown
Drink Spicy Mexican mocha
Kreuzberg California styles itself on a Berlin coffeehouse, serving espresso, sandwiches and cocktails until midnight on weekends in San Luis Obispo.
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Sally Loo's Wholesome Cafe
- ★ 4.5
- $$
- Railroad District
Drink Cacti Coffee pour-over
Sally Loo's Wholesome Cafe has fed San Luis Obispo's Railroad District since 2009, baking in-house each morning inside a 1930s storefront by the depot.
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Linnaea's Cafe
- ★ 4.2
- $
- Downtown
Drink Organic fair trade drip
Linnaea's Cafe is San Luis Obispo's bohemian living room on Garden Street, pouring organic coffee over a garden patio, art walls and evening music sets.
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The Nautical Bean
- ★ 3.9
- $
- Madonna Road
Drink House mochas
The Nautical Bean has run as a family coffee bistro in San Luis Obispo since 1998, cooking a full breakfast and lunch board behind its espresso bar.
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Blackhorse Espresso & Bakery
- ★ 3.9
- $
- Downtown
Drink Espresso with a house-baked pastry
Blackhorse Espresso & Bakery pairs espresso with its own pastry case on Higuera Street, a San Luis Obispo morning fixture open daily from 06:30.
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Field Day Coffee
- ★ 4.1
- $$
- Upper Monterey
Drink Seasonal single-origin pour-over
Field Day Coffee pours precise pour-overs and espresso on Monterey Street, the light-flooded modern counterpoint to San Luis Obispo's older coffeehouses.
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Buen Dia Coffee
- ★ 4.0
- $$
- Downtown
Drink Abuela's Coffee
Buen Dia Coffee brings design-studio polish and Latin-accented drinks like Abuela's Coffee to the Creamery Marketplace in downtown San Luis Obispo.
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Joebella Coffee SLO
- ★ 3.9
- $$
- Downtown
Drink Joebella house espresso
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.
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Nite Creamery
- ★ 3.9
- $$
- Downtown
Nite Creamery freezes dessert to order until 22:00 every night in the Creamery yard, San Luis Obispo's default stop between dinner and the bars.
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Mama Ganache Artisan Chocolates
- ★ 4.0
- $$
- Upper Monterey
Mama Ganache hand-rolls truffles from fairly traded chocolate in a small Monterey Street shopfront, San Luis Obispo's quiet chocolate workshop.
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Nite Creamery
- ★ 3.9
- $$
- Downtown
Nite Creamery freezes ice cream to order with clouds of liquid nitrogen in the Creamery Marketplace, San Luis Obispo's after-dinner science show.
More cuisines in San Luis Obispo
- Wine Bar10
- Bakery8
- Mexican8
- American6
- Brunch6
- Cocktail Bar6
- Brewery5
- Italian5
- American Bbq4
- Chinese4
- Jewish Deli4
- Pizzeria4
- Mediterranean3
- Street Food3
- Steakhouse2
- Vegan2
- Vietnamese2
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