10 Best Coffee Shops in Denver for Your Caffeine Fix

Denver is definitely a coffee town, with great coffee shops on just about every corner.

With so many choices, it can be hard to pick where to grab your morning coffee.

For us, the vibe is just as important as the coffee, and all of our top picks nail both.

Here are the ten best coffee shops in metro Denver.

10. Queen City Collective Coffee

• Multiple locations
• queencitycollectivecoffee.com

Queen City Collective Coffee, founded by brothers Eric, Luke, and Scott Byington, started in the Baker neighborhood in 2018. Since then, it has grown to four locations, most of which are shared spaces.

The Byington brothers merged their love for coffee, community, and collaboration to offer unique coffee blends to Denver. They directly source their coffee through partnerships built while living in Africa, as well as through relationships with farmers around the world.

This new location offers ample seating in a 7,700 square foot area, plenty of parking, a great patio, and food options from Easy Vegan. You can also visit their outpost in Gold’s Marketplace in Wheat Ridge or their shop inside Dardano’s in Broomfield, which features a drive-thru.

9. The Weathervane Cafe

• 1725 East 17th Avenue
• weathervanecafe.com

Walking into The Weathervane Cafe feels like stepping into your grandmother’s house – cozy, welcoming, and filled with delightful aromas, lively conversation, and charming knickknacks. Open since 2012, this cafe is housed in a historic two-story carriage house built in 1896.

Though compact, the menu is impressive, offering a variety of breakfast and lunch options like fig-ginger or carrot cake oats, curry chicken and chickpea wraps, and a selection of pastries.

The upper level, once a small secondhand clothing store, now provides extra seating. There’s also a gift shop featuring an eclectic mix of local and small-batch products, including chocolates, jams, apparel, pins, stickers, zines, drinkware, and candles. The Weathervane maximizes its small space with unique seating arrangements and a handmade coffee bar.

8. Convivio Cafe

• 4935 West 38th Avenue
• conviviocafe.com

Convivio Cafe, inspired by Guatemalan culture, opened in November 2022 with strong community support and funds raised through markets and pop-ups. The cafe, adorned with hanging herbs and mosaic-tiled walls, evokes the charm of a Latin American cafe.

The name “Convivio” reflects the Guatemalan tradition of welcoming gatherings, and the cafe lives up to this by fostering a friendly and familiar atmosphere.

As Denver’s first woman-owned, Guatemalan-inspired bilingual cafe, Convivio offers farmer-roasted coffee and tea, along with simple yet inventive food prepared by self-taught chef and co-owner Vivi Lemus. Don’t miss the antojitos (street food snacks) like tostadas and pan con aguacate, or the champurradas — tasty scones perfect for dunking in your coffee.

7. Rivers and Roads

• 2539 East Bruce Randolph Avenue
• 303-321-3052
• 2960 Champa Street
• 303-343-3084
• riversandroadscoffee.com

Rivers and Roads’ original location in the Clayton neighborhood always feels bright and sunny. Housed in a former mechanic shop, the cafe retains the garage door, flooding the space with natural light. Owners Michael and Desiree Keen, a husband-and-wife team, opened the cafe after overcoming significant health challenges, guided by their mission of “love above all else.”

Michael handles the roasting, while Desiree, who is gluten-intolerant, leads the baking efforts. Pastry flavors change almost daily, but you can always count on staples like the breakfast sammie and hash, both available with vegetarian options.

They also sell take-home baking mixes for favorites like cheddar biscuits, waffles, and banana bread in-store and online. A second location opened in Curtis Park in 2022, followed by a food truck in 2023.