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Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania

Specialty-only coffee shops in Pittsburgh, hand-picked for the coffee first and the room second.

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Allegheny Coffee & Tea Exchange

Strip District shop roasting small batches on site, with grind-your-own beans and nitro cold brew on tap.

Strip District · Pittsburgh, PA

Arriviste Coffee Roasters

Shadyside specialty café that roasts in house.

Shadyside · Pittsburgh, PA

Commonplace Coffee

Commonplace's Garfield café on Penn Avenue, from a roaster founded in 2003.

Garfield · Pittsburgh, PA

Commonplace Coffee

Commonplace's Northside café in the Mexican War Streets.

Mexican War Streets · Pittsburgh, PA

Commonplace Coffee

Commonplace's café at Rockwell Park.

Point Breeze North · Pittsburgh, PA

Commonplace Coffee

Commonplace's Shadyside café, sharing a roof with its bakery.

Shadyside · Pittsburgh, PA

Commonplace Coffee

Commonplace's Squirrel Hill café on Forbes Avenue.

Squirrel Hill · Pittsburgh, PA

Convive Coffee

Convive's Lawrenceville café on Butler Street, from a Pittsburgh roaster.

Lawrenceville · Pittsburgh, PA

Convive Coffee

Convive's North Shore café.

North Shore · Pittsburgh, PA

De Fer Coffee & Tea

Strip District flagship of a family- and employee-owned roaster, also pouring cocktails, beer and natural wine.

Strip District · Pittsburgh, PA

Espresso a Mano

Lawrenceville espresso bar that roasts for its own Pittsburgh cafés.

Lawrenceville · Pittsburgh, PA

Ghost Coffee Collab

Barista-owned roaster with a counter-service café that also roasts for wholesale partners.

Uptown / Bluff · Pittsburgh, PA

La Prima Espresso Company

Strip District espresso counter of a Pittsburgh roaster working since 1988.

Strip District · Pittsburgh, PA

Nicholas Coffee & Tea Co.

Long-standing Market Square roaster and grab-and-go coffee counter.

Downtown / Market Square · Pittsburgh, PA

Redhawk Coffee Roasters

Oakland roaster café near the universities.

Oakland · Pittsburgh, PA

Shibam Coffee Co.

Yemeni coffee house that roasts its own beans and stays open late.

North Oakland / Bloomfield · Pittsburgh, PA

Standing Wave Coffee Roasters

Family-run roaster's Lawrenceville café with drinks named for Pittsburgh's three rivers.

Lawrenceville · Pittsburgh, PA

Standing Wave Coffee Roasters

Standing Wave's South Side café on Sarah Street.

South Side Flats · Pittsburgh, PA