Cafés with outdoor seating in Nashville
Terraces, courtyards, and pavement tables in Nashville. Specialty coffee with a seat in the open air.
10 cafés · United States
Independent picks, never pay-to-list. How we choose.
8th and Roast (8th Avenue)
The flagship location of 8th and Roast occupies a handsome old brick building on 8th Avenue South, where an oversized…
Bongo Java (Belmont)
Open since 1993, Bongo Java on Belmont Boulevard is one of the oldest continuously operating independent cafes in the…
Deir Cafe
Deir Cafe is a Palestinian-inspired Mediterranean coffee bar on Hagan Street in Wedgewood-Houston, building a menu of…
Dose Coffee (East Nashville)
Dose Coffee sits at the corner of McGavock Pike and Riverside Drive in East Nashville, operating with a multi-roaster…
Elegy Coffee (Wedgewood-Houston)
Elegy's fourth Nashville location took over the former Dozen Bakery space on Hagan Street in late 2025, opening in…
Frothy Monkey (12 South)
The original Frothy Monkey opened in 12 South in 2004 and has never stopped feeling like the neighborhood's living…
Humphreys Street Coffee
Humphreys Street is a non-profit specialty coffee roaster in Nashville that employs youth from under-resourced…
OSA Coffee Roasters (Edgehill)
OSA Coffee Roasters operates a walk-up window on Edgehill Avenue where small-batch, direct-trade roasting happens in…
Steadfast Coffee
Founded in 2015 by veterans of Nashville's early specialty scene, Steadfast brings a Copenhagen-influenced…
Surefire Coffee Co. (Germantown)
Surefire Coffee Co. runs one of Germantown's most popular walk-up windows from its address at 1421B 2nd Avenue North,…
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