We Asked You To Tell Us Your Favorite San Diego Coffee Shop…Here’s What You Said.

One thing’s for sure: we love our coffee just as much as we love our sunshine here in San Diego! And just like our craft beer scene, we have so many amazing, unique local cafes to choose from.

favorite san diego coffee shops

(Communal Coffee South Park 📸: Zack Dowdy)

We asked our ‘Instagram Fam’ to tell us their favorite San Diego coffee shops to grab a cup of joe (or several) and enjoy the people-watching…this is what they told us:

Fan Favorite

Congrats to Lofty Coffee, who stood out as the fan favorite in our poll!

Lofty

https://www.instagram.com/p/B81bh18HCCK/

Coming in Hot!

We had a three-way tie for second place!

Brick and Bell / Holsem and Communal Coffee

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz8p5zNntIm/

We love them all!

All of these amazing coffee shops received votes in our poll – we love them all!

Krakatoa

The Forum Coffee Shop

Bird Rock

Lazy Eye

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cIdMSAyPX/

Copper top

Lofty

Brick and bell

Better Buzz

https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2-mxBHW1W/

Communal coffee

Holsem

Spill The Beans

West Bean

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7GyiBpF4rC/

Kings Craft

Mostra

Copa Vida

Por Vida

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Z62nKl-Z2/

Cafe Virtuoso

Tired Eyes

Revolution Roasters

Esco Gelato

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3lQPXknVXU/

Black Market Bakery

Moniker Coffee

Hawthorn

Captain Helms

https://www.instagram.com/p/BozZDWrnLTq/

S3

Parakeet Coffee

Young Hickory

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAu_BNhDpWl/

Twiggs

Deja Brew

Caffe Calabria

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAN7Ra2D3Hr/

All of our amazing local coffee shops can use our support – we suggest you try them all!

Stay healthy, San Diego!

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