Located in Smyrna just outside the perimeter, Rev is known for naming coffee blends after local landmarks like the Silver Comet Trail and taking great pride in being part of a loyal community of java addicts. Free WiFi. Ask for the password.

Head over to Buzz Coffee and Winehouse on Cascade for nitro coffee on draft and macarons or a daily pastry (wine and wine cocktails are served later in the day, alongside sandwiches and sharable snacks).

With locations in Stockbridge and in College Park, the double-side drive-thru service at Drip-Thru makes grabbing coffee in the morning a quick and easy experience. Order everything from espresso, lattes, and smoothies to frappes, teas, and pastries from this drive-thru coffee shop.

Located inside the taproom at Wild Heaven-West End, this friendly little coffee shop has become an integral part of the community in the neighborhood, hosting a running club, open-mic nights, and drag bingo. As a queer-owned business, Finca to Filter also prioritizes partnering with LGBTQ+ and BIPOC local and Southern coffee brands as well as food businesses. The shop serves everything from drip coffee, flat whites, and lattes to espresso drinks and even a seasonal espresso spritzer. Grab coffee to go, or take a seat inside or outside on the patio flanking the Westside Beltline trail. A second location is now open in nearby Adair Park at co-working space Create ATL.

Charleston-based coffee shop and cafe the Daily opened in 2022 along Trabert Avenue in Berkeley Park, the same street as neighboring Floral Park Market and Monday Night Brewing. And it brings to the neighborhood a cafe serving whipped feta toast drizzled with honey and sprinkles of fresh chives on local sourdough from baker Sarah Dodge, its popular overstuffed breakfast burrito, and hearty salads filled with in-season vegetables. For those looking for creative coffee drinks, the Daily is the spot for that, with a rotating list of caffeinated beverages like the molasses spice latte or black sesame latte or the maple pecan cold brew with maple pecan syrup, Onyx Cold Brew, and a maple pecan cream cold foam. Take a seat at the counter beside the kitchen or grab a table in the airy dining room in back.

This longtime Marietta Street coffee shop opened in 2007 and has become a gathering spot for neighborhood residents and students of Georgia Tech and Georgia State. In addition to coffee and coffee drinks, Urban Grind also serves paninis, cakes, and pastries. Swing by for open mic nights featuring comedy, music, and poetry. Grab a seat on the patio to read or do a bit of work.

This Black-owned coffee shop in Castleberry Hill serves more than just coffee, espresso, and other caffeinated beverages, it’s also a gathering place for people to meet, where Atlanta artists display their work, and community events are hosted. Grab a BEC in the morning paired with a cortado, followed by drinks like the Affogato Martini in the evening with vodka, Bailey’s coffee liqueur, and Black Coffee ATL’s Six Bean espresso topped with a scoop of vanilla gelato.

While the downtown Atlanta location is now closed, Ebrik is still slinging its coffee beans from a roastery in Castleberry Hill. But a return of the shop to downtown Atlanta isn’t out of the question. There’s also a location at the Michael C. Carlos Museum on the Emory University campus. Order beans online for delivery.

Keep an eye on this coffee pop-up, soon to become a permanent shop in Inman Park. Owned and operated by John Noojin and Caitlin Hemme, Harbor serves coffee and coffee drinks using beans from Portland, Oregon, coffee company Heart Roasters. While they wait for construction on their new Elizabeth Street coffee shop to finish up, catch Harbor Coffee popping up around town alongside baker Sarah Dodge, who is also opening her first bakery, Colette Bread, on North Highland Avenue in 2023. Check Instagram for pop-up dates.

This Atlanta coffee shop quickly became a favorite among caffeine seekers since hitting the scene in 2017. The bright and airy shop offers plenty of seating, including a patio out front and floor-to-ceiling bleachers just beyond the doors in the lobby of the complex. East Pole also offers public tastings and cuppings. A second location is opening in the former San Francisco Coffee space on North Highland Avenue. Free WiFi.

Billed as an “industrial-modern espresso bar,” this Old Fourth Ward coffee shop also offer pastries from Proof Bakeshop in Inman Park and cocktails in the evenings. Free WiFi.

Part of Atlanta-based Batdorf and Bronson coffee roasters, this congenial coffee bar was the first business to open at Ponce City Market — first as a pop-up in 2012, followed by its present location two years later. The shop includes a screened-in porch overlooking North Avenue with plenty of seating. Dancing Goats also has locations in Buckhead and Decatur. Free WiFi.

Victory Brands, the group behind popular Atlanta restaurants like LLoyd’s and Victory Sandwich Bar, rebranded its Dekalb Athletic Club coffee shop to Victory Coffee and Calamity in 2020. Located next door to the group’s throwback restaurant LLoyd’s, Victory CC serves coffee and coffee drinks from Avondale Estates-based Radio Roasters along with “gas station” biscuits through the afternoon. There’s plenty of seating indoors and outside on the patio.

ParkGrounds in Reynoldstown offers up more than just coffee at its shop, it also serves food, adult beverages, and includes a newly opened beer garden and outdoor seating area where its dog park once stood. Don’t worry, dogs on leashes are still welcome outside as long as they are supervised.

After relocating from Irwin Street Market to Kinship Butchery and Sundries in Virginia-Highland, Connan Moody and Academy Coffee are back in action again. Look for Moody’s clever coffee and tea drinks here, including the Space Cadet iced butterfly flower tea drink with jasmine and lemon and the Thai Fighter, an iced latte made with Thai coconut and peanut caramel with a chili lime syrup. The Surprise Me on the menu offers an on-the-spot original creation from Moody and his team.

The petite Con Leche coffee bar opened on Flat Shoals Avenue in Reynoldstown in 2020. The 400-square-foot, grab-and-go shop serves coffee using Decatur-based Radio Roasters Coffee beans and baked goods and other coffee sundries from Root Baking Co., Georgia Grinders, Honey Next Door, Rockhouse Creamery, Condor Chocolates, and Blackberry Patch, Inc. Grab everything from regular drip and iced coffee to cortados and chai lattes here.

Hodgepodge in East Atlanta concocts specialty drinks with ingredients such as Ghirardelli chocolate and caramel. If that’s not enough of a pick-me-up, try the “kick in the pants,” a drip coffee with two shots of espresso. The shop brews Batdorf and Bronson beans and features an impressive ’zine library. Locations are now open in Reynoldstown and Decatur.

This beloved East Atlanta Village coffee shop has been serving residents there since 2002. Head in for a latte paired with local pastries and desserts, and a few colorful characters, too.

Bellwood Coffee teamed up with friends Cary Smith and Libby Hockenberry of Ponce City Market plant store the Victorian to open Bellwood coffee bar at the Victorian’s second location inside a century-old home near the Flatiron Bar in the heart of East Atlanta Village. Head in for coffee, espresso, mochas, and lattes and pick up some of Bellwood’s locally roasted beans.

A full-sized version of the Ponce City Market coffee kiosk is located in Toco Hills at the Toco Hill Shopping Center. Like its mini me, the Toco Hills neighborhood shop offers caffeine fiends fair trade blends from around the world as well as a light food menu dedicated to a variety of toast combos and local pastries. A third location is now open at the Publix-anchored Moores Mill Center in northwest Atlanta, with a fourth location headed to historic Hotel Row in downtown Atlanta in 2023.

Perc Coffee Roasters opened its first Atlanta-area coffee shop at the Hosea + 2nd development in East Lake in 2020. The Savannah-based shop resides in the second phase of the development, located at the corner of Hosea L. Williams Drive and 2nd Avenue. In addition to coffee, coffee drinks, and non-alcoholic cold brew coffee cocktails, grab sandwiches, biscuits, and pastries here, too. There’s a second location open in Virginia-Highland.

Located on the first floor of Southbound restaurant in Chamblee, Moonbird is owned and operated by Atlanta barista Kacee Hayes. The menu here includes everything from drip coffee and cappuccino, to cold brew and mocha lattes. Order a scone or breakfast burrito, set up the laptop, and sip coffee while doing a little work at this charming coffee shop or out on the patio.

The coffee house and live music venue is located just outside of Decatur. Waller’s Coffee Shop, owned by Jason Waller, is part-coffee house and part-events venue for local musicians, spoken word artists, poets, and other entertainers to perform. The family-friendly shop hosts live music three to four times a week as well as wellness events and support groups for those battling mental illness and addiction. Pop in for coffee, biscuits sandwiches, pastries, and wraps and sandwiches.

Pop by for coffee and coffee drinks daily at this Decatur roastery or order beans online for pick up at the shop or have those beans shipped. People can find Radio Roasters beans used and sold by several shops around Atlanta.

For those who love a great cold brew coffee, head to Banjo in Avondale Estates. The shop started as a cold brew coffee brand selling chilled, caffeinated elixirs at farmers markets. Banjo also sells hot coffee and espresso drinks, made from organic, fair trade beans. Grab a seat indoors or on the patio with a cup of coffee and avocado toast or a bagel sandwich. Banjo often parks its coffee trailer outside of Park Tavern in Midtown, too. Free WiFi.

Stone Mountain Village coffee shop Gilly Brew Bar, owned by Daniel Brown, is known for its innovative cocktail-like coffee and tea drinks, referred to as “elixirs” on the menu. Brown opened Gilly Brew Bar in 2018 after purchasing the oldest house in Stone Mountain Village five years earlier. Brown has now fitted his Stone Mountain Village shop with a kitchen called the Mayor’s House, which serves as an incubator featuring a rotating array of Atlanta-area restaurant and chef pop-ups.