Salt Lake City, Utah
The best coffee in Salt Lake City
Eight Salt Lake City roasters and cafés, in a scene three decades in the making.
8 entries · verified August 2026
Salt Lake's coffee scene is better than outsiders expect, and it is genuinely local: La Barba, Three Pines, Blue Copper and The Rose Establishment all roast in-state, and Cupla and Loki roast their own beans in-house too. The independent roasting scene here has been building steadily for three decades, since well before the city had a national reputation for much beyond skiing.
The Granary District, anchored by Blue Copper, is the most interesting area to walk, and downtown, from Publik on West Temple to Three Pines near Temple Square, covers the rest within a short radius. caffe d'bolla is the one detour worth planning around rather than fitting into a walk: a single siphon takes half an hour, so it works better as its own stop than a quick add-on to a longer crawl.
Blue Copper Coffee Room
Granary District
Roastery and café in the district most worth exploring, in a small, intimate room reviewers describe as having a real supportive-community feel rather than a corporate one. Consistency across visits is the most-repeated praise; a few reviews flag prices as high for the portion.
179 W 900 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 · Website
La Barba Coffee
A local roaster with a real community around it, roasting since 2012 with the stated goal of being the best coffee in the state. The house Noche roast and a mocha made with real local chocolate from Solstice Chocolate are the two things reviewers name most; latte art and milk texture draw consistent praise. (La Barba has closed other Salt Lake locations over the years — this address is the one still operating.)
Order: a Noche latte or the Solstice mocha
155 E 900 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 · Website
Publik Coffee Roasters
Among the top specialty names in Salt Lake, in a two-story Nordic-style roastery with room to spread out and work upstairs. The avocado toast alongside a cortado gets called out often enough to be a real recommendation, not just a coffee-shop cliché, and the signature Honestly John latte is the house drink to try.
Order: the Honestly John latte
975 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 · Website
Three Pines Coffee
Small, in-state roaster that turns up on every serious local list, pouring Heart Roasters beans in a European-influenced, deliberately wifi-free room near Temple Square. House-made almond milk gets its own mentions, and multiple reviewers call it the best cup they've had in the city.
165 S Main St, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 · Website
caffe d'bolla
The city's first micro-roaster and siphon bar, run by husband-and-wife team John and Yiching Piquet since 2003. Siphon coffee here takes 20 to 30 minutes to brew, runs around $10 a cup, and reviewers frame it as an experience rather than a quick order. Order the siphon or you have missed the point of visiting; a few reviews note the owner's manner can run brusque alongside the expertise.
Order: a siphon-brewed single origin, and budget the half hour for it
299 S Main St Ste 130, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 · Website
The Rose Establishment
Roasting and serving in-state, in one of the better rooms downtown, and better known locally for brunch than for coffee alone. The Turkish Eggs and the "9 to 5" breakfast sandwich are the two dishes reviewers return to; coffee quality gets more mixed feedback than the kitchen does.
235 S 400 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 · Website
Cupla Coffee
Downtown
Locally owned near the Salt Palace Convention Center, roasting in-house daily, plus a second roastery café in Cottonwood Heights. The cinnamon donut is the specific pastry reviewers single out; a handful of reviews mention tables not getting bussed fast enough during conference-week rushes.
77 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 · Website
Loki Coffee
A small local roaster that outranks far larger sites on its own name, worth a stop for that alone. Seasonal matcha and hojicha drinks and house-made ham-and-Gruyère croissants are the recurring recommendations; it gets genuinely loud and hard to find a seat on weekends.
325 E 900 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 · Website