Platform T

Somewhere between a coffee klatch and high tea is Denver-based Platform T, which turns the coffee-shop idea on its head by serving up piping-hot or even ice-cold cups of tea, coffee’s fancy cousin from the city. The T shops are simple, modern and serve a colorful variety of teas, from bagged to loose-leaf. Not an […]

Platform T

Somewhere between a coffee klatch and high tea is Denver-based Platform T, which turns the coffee-shop idea on its head by serving up piping-hot or even ice-cold cups of tea, coffee’s fancy cousin from the city. The T shops are simple, modern and serve a colorful variety of teas, from bagged to loose-leaf. Not an […]

Port Side

Port Side is a breakfast and coffee haven in the shipping containers that also house Topo Designs and Cart-Driver in RiNo. Since opening in 2016, it’s drawn fans for its coffee program, rotating breakfast sandwiches and Instagram-worthy vegan avocado toast. But the breakout star is the dark chocolate sea salt cookie. This sweet treat somehow […]

Prodigy Coffeehouse

The best coffeehouses are more than spots to grab coffee or plug into the wi-fi; they serve as community gathering spots, places where people get together and talk about real life. Prodigy is even more than that: It’s also a nonprofit workshop where paid youth apprentices looking for a foot up in the employment world […]

Queen City Collective Coffee

Queen City Collective Coffee, which shared a Baker neighborhood space with Novel Strand Brewing Company for years, relocated in spring of 2024 – but it didn’t go far. It set up shop inside nearby Town Hall Collective, where it now has its own space dedicated to turning out some of the best non-boozy brews in […]

Queensberry Coffee

Located in an old brick building on Navajo Street, Queensberry Coffee (formerly called Black Eye Coffee Shop) has somewhat of a chemistry-lab aesthetic. The shop uses a pour-over station – a minimalist operation for brewing single cups at a time – and offers a rotating selection of four types of beans at a time.

The Rolling Pin Bakeshop

If you thought the block that housed Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen couldn’t get any better, you’d be wrong. The Rolling Pin Bakeshop opened up just next door to the Denver favorite in fall 2016, upping the carbohydrate quotient of this stretch of Five Points exponentially. Our favorites are the croissants, stuffed with almond paste, chocolate, […]

Rooster & Moon Coffee Pub

It was a beautiful day in the Golden Triangle neighborhood when Rooster & Moon moved in. This is a coffeehouse that takes care with its beverages, creating lovely designs in the foam as the barista pours milk into the espresso. But coffee isn’t the only drink here; Rooster & Moon also has a full bar. […]

Sapor Coffee & Concepts

This Highland coffee shop opened in the summer of 2018 and has been serving the neighborhood coffee and tea (including seasonal “concept drinks” like sweet waffle-inspired lattes and chai apple cider) and pastries from Rebel Bread along with whole beans in a sleek, airy space since then.

St. Mark’s Coffeehouse

An army of hip, coffee-drinking twenty- and thirty-somethings sets up camp at the tables of St. Mark’s every day, sipping hot drinks while hacking away furiously on their laptops. No matter what time of day you show up at this spacious shop for a cup of joe, you might be hard-pressed to find a seat […]

Stella’s Coffee

Stella’s opened its doors in 1991, and today it fills several eclectic rooms in a house on South Pearl. Those rooms are almost always packed; students and telecommuters share mismatched tables in the quiet nooks during the day, couples and friends catch live music acts and chat on the front porch at night. And at […]