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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Richmond Magazine and Style Weekly. Updated August 2026.
Blanchard's Coffee Roasting Co. Coffee Vending Machine · Northside
Richmond Magazine's 2025 and 2024 Best Coffee Shop winner. Richmond's longest-running craft roaster, now with a Broad Street classroom outpost running weekly cuppings.
Perk! Coffee & Lunchbox · Bon Air
Richmond Magazine 2025 and 2024 runner-up for Best Coffee Shop. The Bon Air bakery-cafe run by Christophile Konstas.
Lamplighter Coffee Roasters - Addison St · The Fan
Richmond Magazine 2024 top-3 for Best Coffee Shop. The Fan roaster-cafe on South Addison Street, a longtime Richmond third-wave anchor.
Ironclad Coffee Roasters & Baking Co. · Shockoe Bottom
A Richmond coffee roaster with two cafes, named first for coffee shop in Style Weekly's June 2026 readers' poll. Its Shockoe Bottom cafe gives roasted-in-Richmond coffee a foothold near the historic district's restaurants and offices.
Afterglow Coffee Cooperative · Scott's Addition
A worker-owned coffee cooperative on Summit Avenue, placed second for coffee shop in Style Weekly's June 2026 readers' poll. It runs on a cooperative ownership model that sets it apart from Scott's Addition's other roasters and cafes.