Memphis & Mid-South coffee shop guide
A latte from Comeback Coffee. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The Guides
Memphis Coffee Shop Guide: Downtown
As coffee shops have gotten more serious about these dark arts and home setups increasingly mimic what professional baristas can concoct, connoisseurship is definitely on the rise.
Memphis Coffee Shop Guide: Midtown
As we continue our three-part Coffee Shop Guide, we hit Midtown, where Memphis’ modern coffee shop scene all began.
Anti-Gentrification Coffee Club barista Bryshard Wheeler on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis Coffee Shop Guide: East Memphis and beyond
Today, we wrap up our local coffee shop guide by heading to East Memphis and beyond, from the University District to the Heights, from just beyond the loop to the Collierville Town Square. To Whitehaven and Southaven and Bartlett and Germantown.
Cup after cup: From Otherlands to Comeback to the Anti-Gentrification Coffee Club
The Daily Memphian’s resident coffee shop expert, Chris Herrington, looks at the way Memphis’ coffee culture has evolved.
One last cup: Final thoughts on a month-long Memphis coffee-shop tour
Chris Herrington ranks the Mid-South’s coffee shops by best atmosphere, best pastries, best outdoor seating and, with a humble asterisk, best coffee.
Read more about individual coffee shops
Taylor and Hannah Whiddon, the owners of JoJo's, opened their storefront in Germantown after running a food truck. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
JoJo’s Espresso brings local coffee to Germantown, and honors its namesake
Taylor and Hannah Whiddon know the name of their coffee shop will provoke a question — who’s JoJo? — and it’s one they’re eager to answer.
Through a unique arrangement, you can enjoy El Mero breakfast tacos and Team Car Cafe latte at the same time. (Chris Herrington/The Daily Memphian)
$10 Deal: El Mero breakfast tacos at Team Car Café
The sneaky, best place to find breakfast tacos in Memphis is in a coffee shop, inside a high-end bike shop, tucked back behind Germantown Parkway in Cordova.
$10 Deal: Large menu offers inspiration in Binghampton
Inspire Community Cafe is a locally focused eatery that offers a comfortable atmosphere and a community-driven mission.
Scooter’s Coffee closer to Midtown location, in former CK’s
The Memphis Landmarks Commission board approved plans for a Scooter’s Coffee drive-thru location at 1698 Poplar Ave.
At Kinfolk breakfast, big biscuits are only the beginning
The Kinfolk pop-up, occurring each weekend at Comeback Coffee, is from a young chef who has put in time at some notable Memphis kitchens, including Hog & Hominy and P.O. Press.
‘Upscale convenience store' opens for coffee, lunch, staples in South Main
There are still boxes being unpacked and no barista making coffee yet, but Big River Market has opened at the corner of G.E. Patterson and Tennessee Street.
Muggin’ Coffee House co-owner Mary Olds led a demonstration for employees in 2020. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Muggin' Coffeehouse to open new location this fall
Muggin’ Coffeehouse will its open second location near “game-changer” homes in Uptown.