Cafés with outdoor seating in Austin
Terraces, courtyards, and pavement tables in Austin. Specialty coffee with a seat in the open air.
16 cafés · United States
Independent picks, never pay-to-list. How we choose.
Better Half Coffee and Cocktails
Better Half occupies a converted bungalow on Walsh Street just west of downtown and runs a full program from morning…
Cenote
Cenote has operated as an East Austin neighborhood patio cafe since 2012, serving specialty coffee alongside a full…
Cherrywood Coffeehouse
Cherrywood Coffeehouse on East 38th and a Half Street has served as the social center of the Cherrywood neighborhood…
Civil Goat Coffee (Manor Road)
Civil Goat expanded to Manor Road in East Austin in September 2025, bringing its house-roasted specialty coffee to a…
Cuvee Coffee Bar
Cuvee has been roasting in Austin since 1998 and the Rainey Street cafe at 48 East Ave brings that long-standing…
Figure 8 Coffee Purveyors (Chicon)
Figure 8 was founded in 2014 by Ryan Hall and Kathleen Carmichael and operates as both a roaster and a cafe, which…
Flat Track Coffee
Flat Track opened on East Cesar Chavez in 2014 and built a genuine dual identity around specialty coffee and cycling…
Fleet Coffee (Manor Road)
Fleet's second location on Manor Road expanded the brand's reach into the northern edge of East Austin. It carries…
Fleet Coffee (Webberville)
Fleet opened in March 2016 in a small East Austin building on Webberville Road and quickly became one of the city's…
Flightpath Coffeehouse
Flightpath sits at the corner of 51st and Duval at the northern edge of Hyde Park and has functioned as a…
Houndstooth Coffee (North Lamar)
Founded in 2010 by Sean Henry, Houndstooth helped raise the baseline for specialty coffee across Austin and the…
Medici Roasting (Springdale General)
Medici Roasting's Springdale General location in East Austin houses both the cafe and an open roasting facility,…
Mozart's Coffee Roasters
Mozart's has roasted coffee on-site on the shores of Lake Austin since 1993, and the 300-seat deck over the water…
Radio Coffee and Beer
Radio Coffee and Beer on Manchaca Road operates from 7am to midnight seven days a week, anchoring a large outdoor…
Spokesman Coffee (South Austin)
Spokesman Coffee Roasters operates out of South Austin on East St. Elmo Road and serves an expertly roasted lineup of…
Summer Moon Coffee (South First)
Summer Moon's original South First location opened in 2005 and introduced Austin to a genuinely singular roasting…
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