Best Coffee Shops
Five Brickell coffee stops: local espresso, bakery coffee, lobby-friendly meetings, quick mall coffee, and a downtown cafe.
Vice City Bean is the local specialty-coffee pick, a Miami roaster with a Brickell location and a plain mission to pour good coffee. Go when you want a neighborhood espresso bar over a chain counter.
- Best when: local specialty coffee over a chain
- Area: Brickell
- Specific: Miami specialty roaster; Brickell location among several across the city
B Bistro doubles as a coffee-and-pastry stop, chef Henry Hané's bakery-cafe open daily through the afternoon. Go when coffee should come with a real bakery case and a place to sit.
- Best when: coffee with a chef's bakery case
- Area: Brickell, Miami 33131
- Specific: from chef Henry Hané; open daily 8am–5pm
Puroast is the low-acid coffeehouse option, built around low-acid, high-antioxidant coffee. Go when regular coffee is hard on your stomach and you want an easier cup.
- Best when: an easier-on-the-stomach low-acid cup
- Area: Brickell
- Specific: low-acid, high-antioxidant coffee
Cafe Bastille is the Parisian-cafe stop, with coffee, tea, and fresh-baked pastries all day. Go when you want espresso and a croissant in a French-bakery setting.
- Best when: espresso and a fresh pastry
- Area: Brickell
- Specific: French cafe and bakery; coffee, tea, fresh juices, and pastries all day
Rosetta is the Italian-bakery coffee stop, with espresso alongside focaccia, pastries, and sweets. Go when you want a quick Italian pastry-and-coffee pause.
- Best when: Italian coffee and a pastry
- Area: Brickell
- Specific: Italian bakery with coffee, focaccia, sandwiches, and sweets