It’s all about the vibes in this little house in Richardson with a coffee shop inside. Staycation serves a simple coffee menu along with a selection of local pastries.

Houndstooth Coffee has been serving up simple, good coffee drinks in Texas for 22 years. Drinking in-store? Look for the little black Texas at the bottom of your cup.

White Rock Coffee has four locations in Dallas (plus a little one we found tucked into Tiki Loco in Deep Ellum), all serving up their brews made from beans they roast themselves right here in town. On hot summer days, we recommend the blended Adam Bomb, a strong vanilla-white chocolate latte flecked with cinnamon and coffee beans and named for a local radio personality.

Enjoy a quiet espresso, European-style — sitting down and chatting with a friend, that is. This mable-ladden spot on Greenville is a wonderful place to perk up your morning. And if you’d like to sit, eat, or just stay awhile, customers have access to the porch of Sister, next door.

Signature bright yellow sleeves and a truly admirable purpose make La La Land Kind Cafe unforgettable. The coffeeshop employs foster kids who have aged out of the system, to help them transition to post-school life. The coffee and matcha drinks served here are visually stunning, and boast tons of creative flavors.

This richly hued, chic coffee destination in the downtown Harwood District boasts beans from Avoca Coffee Roasters, ground and transformed into a perfect cup. Their distinctive favorites menu is best to order from if you want to be adventurous. Try the “Magnolias” with sweet notes of lavender, rose, vanilla, and elderflower, or the “Almond Joy” which...well, you can guess.

After 17 years in business, small and quirky Murray Street is a solid stop the neighborhood, offering sandwiches, soups and plenty of coffee drinks made with locally roasted, fair trade beans to keep Deep Ellum caffeinated.

Inside the Adolphus Hotel, Otto’s Coffee and Fine Foods serves Viennese-style coffee made with Full City Rooster beans, plus baked goods, and grab-and-go breakfasts and lunches, all via walk-up window or inside counter service.

A lot of chic fits inside the small space that is Xamán Café in Oak Cliff. Xamán is a daily cafe that serves Mexican brunch favorites alongside Mexican coffees roasted just for them. T

Black-owned Black Coffee in Fort Worth’s East Side boasts traditional pours, plus new classics like matcha and turmeric lattes. Add plenty of freshly baked pastries to the mix and an irresistible winged outdoor mural and it’s a recipe for the ideal coffee shop.