The all-day coffee shop and bar from two Northside Social alums brought pour-overs, rotating art exhibits, and mixed drinks to downtown Takoma Park in 2017. The popular cafe has since doubled its seat count by growing into the space next door. A custom espresso machine built for the restaurant is fed a strict diet of Counter Culture Coffee, and a front counter with a white quartz top features a display case stocked with pastries and other impulse buys. Open daily from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. (and 10 p.m. on weekends) with cocktails, beer, and wine, too.

Lost Sock Roasters opened its first retail shop in 2021. It’s narrow, yet comfortable storefront in Takoma serves pour-overs showcasing beans from Ecuador and other South American countries as well as toasts, cheesy pan de yuca, and Argentine-style empanadas. The small-batch coffee company could be found long before opening its first shop, selling brewed coffee at Call Your Mother and A Baked Joint, among other places. View menu here.

Park View’s cool cafe, equipped with a heated patio up top, slings artsy espresso drinks and drip coffee, plus pour-over options from Small Planes. Fuel up on morning-to-midday sandwiches and pastries while taking advantage of its strong Wi-Fi from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. A small selection of cocktails and ping pong tables help reduce workday stresses. An in-house coffee club lets subscribers try beans from different local and national roasters each month.

Royal is one of the first shops to occupy the all-day cafe niche in the D.C. scene. In the morning, go for Counter Culture Coffee and matcha lattes, and don’t forget to add a breakfast sandwich or arepa. Sit and stay in the stylish corner cafe or order takeout or delivery.

Find an “on tap” brew selection in the morning at The Coffee Bar, and a pour-over menu in the afternoon. The coffee selection includes options from roasters like Ceremony, Bespoke, and Verve. Office workers in Farragut will be happy to know that The Coffee Bar also has a location at 17th and M Streets NW.

This Eritrean-owned coffee shop debuted at the busy Shaw intersection of Rhode Island Avenue and 11th Street NW in 2020. The nucleus of the sit-and-stay hangout, open daily 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., is a touch screen-enabled roaster that extracts flavor out of coffee beans from Guatemala, Colombia, Ethiopia, and Brazil. Local bakery Fresh Baguette supplies goods daily.

Downtown’s local and woman-owned Indonesian coffee shop has a devoted downtown following. Along with coffee and tea, signature drinks include a tonic and a bottled matcha with mango. There are fluffy toasts that bring milk bread to mind, and a crispy spring roll stuffed with banana and melted chocolate.

Erik Bruner-Yang’s versatile Taiwanese-Cambodian restaurant on H Street NE contains multitudes. Maketto sells streetwear, houses a record store, and has a cafe component that brews local roasts.

Arlington’s chic coffee shop with a welcoming patio out front has quickly become an all-day neighborhood favorite for seasonal drinks, matcha lattes, honey rooibos affogato, sandwiches built on homemade focaccia, and a curated selection of wine and beer. Retail shelves up front are stocked with bagged beans from Falls Church roaster Rarebird. A second location arrived last year in D.C.’s NoMa neighborhood.

Cameo was the first vendor to open inside the Roost, a Southeast food hall run by prolific Neighborhood Restaurant Group. Led by Kenia Euceda Canales, the modern coffee shop sells seasonal lattes using beans from Brooklyn roaster Parlor Coffee and switches things up monthly, so expect ambitious flavors. For sweet lovers, there’s also a menu of muffins, cupcakes and chocolate bars. Open daily 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Slipstream sells single-origin coffees that come in carafes accompanied by informative cards. The original in Logan Circle relocated earlier this month to a larger space in Studio Theatre just a block away. There are also sibling cafes in Navy Yard and downtown. Avocado toasts and light rice bowls here are some of the best in the city. Along with its house blend, coffee drinks and bagged beans come from roasters like Blanchard, Small Planes, and Onyx. Preorder for pickup here.

In 2016, Commonwealth Joe Coffee Roasters opened a sleek Pentagon City home base with nitro cold brew on tap, a pour-over station, glass-enclosed cupping room, and holiday-themed menus and decor. The Arlington roaster offers customizable orders of boxed cold brew or whole bean or ground-to-order coffee from its online shop.

With a D.C. history spanning more than a century, Swing’s Coffee Roasters boasts multiple locations: two downtown and a flagship roastery in a window-lined industrial space in Del Ray. The coffee bar in the Alexandria building hosts free cupping labs and offers growler refills of cold brew.