Pond Coffee

Pond Coffee is a pandemic-era window operation tucked inside Small Mart, the vegetarian market at 2700 Chartres Street in the Bywater, launched by two furloughed baristas who turned a shutdown into a business. The menu exclusively uses oat milk and sources beans from local Louisiana roasters including Pretty Coffee Roasting and Exile Coffee Roasters, making it a hyper-local supply chain in a small footprint. The window format strips the experience to pure coffee and hospitality, with no seating and no fuss. Despite its compact scale, Pond is cited by coffee writers as one of the most technically serious espresso operations in the Bywater.