The best local coffee shops in Raleigh–Durham, NC
46 independent shops. No chains. Picked and reviewed by people who actually go.
Most loved
- Black & White Coffee – Raleigh · Warehouse · Roasts their own
- Little Waves Coffee Roasters · Anderson St. / Wrightwood Park · Roasts their own
- Bean Traders · Crooked Creek · Roasts their own
- Crema Coffee Roaster & Bakery · Cary · Roasts their own
- Gray Squirrel Coffee Company · Downtown · Roasts their own
- Iris Coffee Lab · Forest Park
Best for getting work done
- Coffee Studio · Cary · Good for work
- Foster Street Coffee · Old North Durham · Good for work
- Narrative Coffee Company · Durham · Good for work
- Perennial · Downtown · Good for work
- Cloche Coffee · Old West Durham · Good for work
Quiet spots
- B3 Coffee · Coker Hills · Quiet
- Blackbird Books & Coffee · Warehouse · Quiet
- Coffee Studio · Cary · Good for work
- Perennial · Downtown · Good for work
- Caffè Driade · Chapel Hill · Patio
By neighborhood
Warehouse (8) · Downtown (6) · Downtown Durham (3) · Old West Durham (3) · Old North Durham (2) · Seaboard Station (2) · Anderson St. / Wrightwood Park (1) · Braggtown (1) · Coker Hills (1) · Crooked Creek (1) · Five Points (1) · Forest Park (1)