Barrett's Coffee

"It’s easy to overlook Barrett’s when you’re driving through the Highland neighborhood. It’s right behind a busy shopping center, set in a building that still touts a large, faded sign from its previous life as a liquor store. But once you get past the barred windows and through the front door, you’ll find yourself in a large, cozy space, packed full of long shared tables. On the menu you’ll find all the coffee shop classics—like espresso, tea, cold brew—but it’s the house specialties you’ll want to focus on here, including a nitro “root beer float” that’s basically the all-liquid version of the dessert classic, but coffee. Once you manage to wrap your head around that, you can drink it to keep you energized for the rest of your work session." - nicolai mccrary

"There are a lot of reasons we like Barrett’s Coffee in the Highland neighborhood. For one, it’s small and cozy, but filled with enough tables to make it a great place to work. It always smells great, thanks largely to the roasting that takes place behind not-so-closed doors. But most importantly, Barrett’s makes some of our favorite specialty coffees in town, including a nitro root beer float that somehow manages to pack all the flavor and creaminess of its namesake beverage into something vaguely resembling a cup of cold brew." - nicolai mccrary, matthew jacobs

"The Crestview coffee shop and roastery serves up an array of espresso drinks, including a chocolate-orange blossom latte, iced coffees, matcha, and chai. Takeout orders can be placed in person; coffee bean/cold-brew growler deliveries can be ordered online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas." - Nadia Chaudhury, Erin Russell

"It’s easy to overlook Barrett’s when you’re driving through the Highland neighborhood. It’s right behind a busy shopping center, set in a building that still touts a large, faded sign from its previous life as a liquor store. But once you get past the barred windows and through the front door, you’ll find yourself in a large, cozy space, packed full of long shared tables. On the menu you’ll find all the coffee shop classics—like espresso, tea, cold brew—but it’s the house specialties you’ll want to focus on here, including a nitro “root beer float” that’s basically the all-liquid version of the dessert classic, but coffee. Once you manage to wrap your head around that, you can drink it to keep you energized for the rest of your work session. photo credit: Holly Dirks" - Nicolai McCrary

"This Highland neighborhood cafe roasts its own coffee, so if you’re more of a “sip in silence” kind of person, you can grab a half-gallon or gallon of its double-filtered, 24-hour-brewed cold brew for home. Or, you know, enjoy a cup at the coffee shop. Takeout orders can be placed in person; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas." - Eric Webb