"San Antonio’s coffee scene is cozy, creative, and full of flavor: art-filled cafés in historic buildings, modern espresso bars with serious craft, and tucked-away spots where the baristas know your name. It’s the kind of city where every cup tells a story—and I’m here for every sip."
I’ve got a cortado in one hand, sunlight filtering through leafy oaks, and the hum of downtown just beyond the patio—all while soaking in the soulful energy of San Antonio, Texas. Who knew the Alamo City brewed such rich, grounded charm?
"History, heart, and a double shot of delicious? San Antonio, I’m wide awake and loving it."
Unique San Antonio Coffee Shops:
1. Eat great muffins alongside your coffee at Barrio Barista
Barrio Barista is a rustic-chic café and West Side hangout that serves creative coffee drinks and delicious breakfast and lunch fare in a relaxed atmosphere. Once a meat market run by Jose De Hoyos in the 1960s, the historic café was once transformed into a coffee shop in 2014 and has been serving regular coffee drinks and signature specialties ever since.
In addition to the standard americanos, cappuccinos, and lattes, the café celebrates the rich and diverse flavors of the city in the Abuelitas chocolate mocha and the horchata latte.
Food-wise, you can tuck into a variety of toasts, sandwiches, and freshly baked pastries, muffins, and cakes.
Find it at this Address: Barrio Barista, 3735 Culebra Rd, San Antonio, TX 78228, Phone: 210-519-5403
2. Head to Berry to Bean Coffee House after visiting the Witte Museum
Berry to Bean Coffee House is a new coffeehouse on Broadway Street that focuses on custom-roasted beans, traditional drip, cold brews, and lattes along with unique signature coffee drinks. Located near the Witte Museum, Berry to Bean Coffee House features Colombian and Kenyan coffee blends and a selection of specialty drinks like a turmeric-infused latte, and the Beet Supreme latte, made with local Texas beetroot, clover honey, cinnamon, and strawberry.
Light bites on the food menu include seasonal pumpkin cream cheese cinnamon rolls, maple bacon, and mocha flavors, as well as a selection of vegan and sugar-free pastries.
Find it at this Address: Berry to Bean Coffee House, 3900 Broadway St, San Antonio, TX 78209, Phone: 210-549-2222
3. Order coffee made with locally roasted beans at Cafe Martinez
Established in the 1930s by the Martinez family, Cafe Martinez is a stylish, family-owned and operated Argentine café chain that has cafés around the world.
Café Martínez in San Antonio serves a variety of coffee drinks like Americanos, macchiatos, lattes, and macchiatos, along with blended frozen coffee drinks, and fresh juices, and freshly baked pastries, muffins, and other sweet treats. Signature drinks include drip coffee made with locally roasted beans from What’s Brewing?, chocolate mint cold brew, while the massive portions of German chocolate, tiramisu, and spinach with fruit cake are popular with the students from the nearby university.
Find it at this Address: 7302 Louis Pasteur Dr #101, San Antonio, TX 78229, Phone: 210-600-3998
4. Relax in modern setting at Estate Coffee Company
Estate Coffee Company is a modern 1,200-square-foot space on the city’s East Side with contemporary décor, a dark wood bar, and a few seats that serves craft coffee and espresso drinks in a sleek and stylish setting.
Opened in 2016 by Brian LaBarbera, the small-batch roaster and coffee shop roasts their own beans on an 11-kilo Toper machine and sells them by the bag, along with Alamo Outdoor Company t-shirts. Patrons can sip a pour-over, cortado, or macchiato while watching LaBerbera roasts the very beans they are drinking, and there is complimentary wireless in the café for digital nomads or web-surfers.
Find it at this Address: 1320 E Houston St A101, San Antonio, TX 78205, Phone: 210-267-8725
5. Check out Halcyon Southtown
Located in the Blue Star Arts Complex, Halcyon Southtown is a hip hangout, which is a coffee shop by day and a bar and elegant lounge by night.
Named for the word that describes being peaceful, carefree, untroubled, and prosperous, the Southtown café features plush forest green couches and a warm and welcoming ambiance. Patrons can relax over breakfast and lunch dishes ranging from fresh salads, sandwiches, toasts, tacos, and more with a variety of artisanal coffees and other hot drinks during the day and an array of craft beers, casual wines and creative cocktails in the evenings.
The café offers Happy Hour specials during the week and is open all day, seven days a week.
Find it at this Address: 1414 S Alamo St, San Antonio, TX 78210, Phone: 210-277-7045
📔 I get asked this a lot so I decided to include it:
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What is San Antonio's coffee scene like?
- San Antonio’s coffee scene is booming, and there are plenty of fantastic little places to head to for a light morning bite, lazy brunch, all-day breakfast, and excellent coffee. From popular chains brewing grab-and-go cups to independent artisans making great java, San Antonio is full of unique places to fuel the hardiest coffee addiction.
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What types of coffee can you find in San Antonio?
- Whether you prefer name brand coffee or ethically sourced and locally roasted labels, the city is full of coffee shops that cater to every taste, making it a coffee-lover’s dream.
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