Le Macaron Hyde Park ★ 4.2
Le Macaron in Hyde Park Village pulls French espresso with rotating macarons, a French-style pastry counter and a tiny patio. A Tampa table worth booking.
Signature drink: French macarons and espresso
Rook's Coffee is a cafe in Seminole Heights, Tampa.
Rook's in Seminole Heights runs a small-batch coffee bar with rotating single origins, a focused espresso menu and a quiet morning room from 7am.
Address: 5118 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33603
Le Macaron in Hyde Park Village pulls French espresso with rotating macarons, a French-style pastry counter and a tiny patio. A Tampa table worth booking.
Signature drink: French macarons and espresso
Mar Jaylis on West Hillsborough Avenue runs a working-class Cuban bakery and counter with cafecito, pastelitos and breakfast Cuban toast. Open year-round.
Signature drink: Cafecito and pastelito
Buddy Brew Coffee on Kennedy in Hyde Park opened in 2010 and now anchors Tampa's specialty coffee scene with locally roasted beans and espresso classics.
Signature drink: Cortado
The Oxford Exchange coffee bar is operated by Buddy Brew, pouring espresso classics alongside the TeBella Tea bar inside the Kennedy Boulevard bookstore.
Signature drink: Buddy Brew flat white
Foundation Coffee downtown runs specialty coffee with an industrial-chic Florida Avenue space and a brunch menu that pulls a daily downtown crowd.
Signature drink: Espresso tonic
Buddy Brew's Armature Works location pours specialty coffee inside Heights Public Market, with Riverwalk views and a constant Tampa Heights crowd.
Signature drink: Pour-over