Coffee to go on a bosque walk
5 places
A hot cup in your hands and cold air off the river. Bike In Coffee is right by the trail; the rest are a short walk or a quick drive from a trail entrance. There’s no coffee shop within a mile of the Nature Center, Montaño or Paseo del Norte entrances, so get yours on the way.
A café you can walk or ride into from the bosque trail
Coffee about half a mile from a trail entrance
Café es Amor
Café de olla, horchata lattes and a mazapán latte, on Central about half a mile east of the river. Take one down to the bosque at the Central Avenue bridge. To-go cups come in a painted flower sleeve.
Closes at 3. A second Café es Amor is at 1024 4th St SW in Barelas.
Satellite Coffee
Get a Mexican latte, brown sugar and cinnamon, and a carne adovada burrito, then it’s about half a mile to Alameda Open Space at the north end of the trail.
1642 Alameda Blvd NW, open every day 7am to 4pm.
Coffee on the drive to a trailhead
Cutbow Coffee
A fly-fishing coffee roaster on Rio Grande. Get a latte with their house-made canela syrup, a few minutes’ drive south of the Rio Grande Nature Center.
Tuesday to Friday from 7:30, weekends from 8, closed Monday. They sell insulated travel mugs.
Whispering Bean Coffee Roasters
The earliest coffee near the river: 6am on weekdays at Coors and Alameda, where runners and cyclists stop in after a morning on the bosque.
Saturday from 7, Sunday 8 to 3. There’s a whole case of gluten-free pastries.