{"id":25870,"date":"2020-01-15T10:13:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T16:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/?p=25870"},"modified":"2022-08-17T23:02:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T04:02:50","slug":"cafe-crawl-scottsdale-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshcup.com\/cafe-crawl-scottsdale-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 Crawl: A Guide to Scottsdale, Arizona Coffee Shops and Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Arizona desert\u2014especially the chic resort town of Scottsdale\u2014has long brought to mind spas, pools, and golf courses, plus a place to score fine art or a pair of cowboy boots.<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

[I]n recent years, this stylish city east of Phoenix has morphed into an unlikely destination for cool caf\u00e9s and cutting-edge coffee roasters. In addition to coffee shops opening throughout Old Town Scottsdale, the waterfront, and shopping centers, the city of 250,000 residents has continued to welcome restaurants, winery tasting rooms, and boutiques selling apparel and other lifestyle goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, that mid-century modern design everyone who travels to Scottsdale falls in love with hasn\u2019t been compromised by the new crop of caf\u00e9s; several iconic resorts have implemented specialty coffee programs to appeal to visitors and locals alike. Last year, Hotel Valley Ho\u2014a reimagined 1956 property that once welcomed stars like Zsa Zsa Gabor and Janet Leigh\u2014opened a new caf\u00e9 concept: ZuZu serves bottomless cups of coffee, donut sundaes, and breakfast burritos against a backdrop of smooth rock walls and turquoise Danish-style dining chairs. And at Mountain Shadows, in Scottsdale\u2019s Paradise Valley, they craft coffee and espresso drinks from Press Coffee Roasters\u2019 beans, along with serving nitro cold-brew on tap, which helps guests contend with the desert heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from the boutique mid-century resorts, here are several noteworthy caf\u00e9s putting Scottsdale\u2019s coffee scene on the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cartel Coffee Lab’s Scottsdale location. Photo: @cartelcoffeelab<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cartel Coffee Lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Snug on East 5th Avenue in Old Town Scottsdale, this is one of the coffee roaster\u2019s eight locations. The storefront is marked by tomato-red paint trim, while its hand-painted lettering is in a soft gold. With communal-style seating born out of welded pipes and long wooden boards, the vibe is grungy-meets-glam at this caf\u00e9. The beer-on-tap menu is written in chalk on a chalkboard, while ceiling fans whiz beneath the rough-hewn wood ceiling. Given the desert climate, iced drinks are a popular order here. In fact, Cartel\u2019s Black Market cold-brew coffee is now available in cans, as of last summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cartel Coffee Lab’s Scottsdale location. Photos: <\/em>@cartelcoffeelab<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Since 2008, when Amy and Jason Silberschlag opened their first caf\u00e9 in Tempe, with a focus on single-origin coffee, they\u2019ve expanded to locations in Phoenix, Tucson, Palm Springs, and Austin, along with Scottsdale. Three years ago, they rolled out an online subscription for their roasted coffee beans, called Cartel Edition. To further help spread the word about the brand, Cartel Coffee Lab also hires brand advocates, rewarding them with free coffee and merchandise, plus a first look at new products, in exchange for promoting on social media accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honey lavender latte at Berndena’s. Photo: @berdenas<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Berdena’s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This cute and sunny\u2014not to mention tiny\u2014caf\u00e9 in Old Town Scottsdale gets raves for its Instagrammable blue Synesso espresso machine, floral patterned wallpaper, and funky black-and-white tile beneath the bar, above which black pendant lights help cultivate a Parisian feel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Berdena’s. Photos: <\/em>@berdenas<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Owner Jonathan Madrigal, a native of Costa Rica, opened Berdena\u2019s in 2017 to be a destination of \u201cfine coffee and food.\u201d With specialty lattes like cardamom rose and honey lavender providing nice detours from traditional flavors, Berdena\u2019s also elevates classic breakfast and brunch food: its smashed avocado toast was voted by Phoenix New Times<\/em> as the region\u2019s best in 2017 (no small feat, as health-conscious dining is the norm here), and the signature Berdena\u2019s Breakfast Sandwich piles hand-carved ham, a fried egg, cheddar, arugula, tomato, house-made chipotle aioli, and avocado on a brioche bun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Schmooze Workspace and Cafe. Photo: @schmoozescottsdale<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Schmooze Workspace and Cafe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This caf\u00e9 with a snarky name feeds right into the current trend of coworking spaces. Those who are self-employed or work remotely frequent the space for either meetings or solo work time. It\u2019s open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekends. Owner Steve Simonelli, who debuted Schmooze in 2018, wanted to create a place with not only communal opportunities but also grab-and-go drinks and food. Located in Old Town Scottsdale, it plays off of the neighborhood\u2019s growing energy that includes Art Walks on Thursday evenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Schmooze Workspace and Cafe. Photos: <\/em>@schmoozescottsdale<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Beverage options include a wet or dry cappuccino, Ethiopian espresso (with strawberry and chocolate flavor notes), or specialty coffee brewed on the Alpha Dominche Steampunk. A simple cup of coffee can be prepared drip, cold-brewed, or nitro. The food menus provide a wide array of options, including croque madame and croque monsieur sandwiches or the quirky named \u201cdivorced eggs\u201d (flour tortilla with eggs, black beans, pico de gallo, and red and green chili sauce) for breakfast, and salads, burgers, tacos, or a plethora of sandwiches, like the \u201cBodacious BLT\u201d or Reuben, for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Press Coffee Roasters<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Press Coffee Roasters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A favorite coffee for restaurant wholesale accounts in the greater Phoenix area, Press Coffee Roasters\u2019s eight caf\u00e9 locations include two in Scottsdale: on the waterfront and within Scottsdale Quarter, an outdoor shopping mall. With a continued focus on educating customers, Press offers \u201cCoffee 101\u201d classes at both Scottsdale locations. These one-hour classes ($20, advance registration encouraged) provide an interactive way for customers to learn more about coffee regions and flavors as they cup a variety of coffees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roasters at Press Coffee Roasters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Espresso Machine at Press Coffee Roasters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This past summer, the company opened The Roastery, a two-story, 5,600-square-foot flagship roastery caf\u00e9 in northeast Phoenix, to fulfill roasting orders of 250,000 pounds of coffee each year. At the old production facility, ready-to-drink cans of their cold-brewed coffee are packaged, a clear sign that cold brew is hot in Arizona. Press Coffee Roasters has also found success operating caf\u00e9s inside modernized, new-construction apartment buildings, including the Nexa Apartments and SkyWater Apartments in Tempe, and Muse Apartments in Phoenix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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