Ink! Coffee

Ink Coffee's 17th Street location sits at 621 17th in downtown Denver, a block from the 16th Street Mall and built for the surrounding tower commute. Beans come from Ink's RiNo roastery, the program two decades into its run between Denver and Aspen and now spanning sixteen locations. The bar runs a tight lineup of espresso, drip, and milk drinks for the morning rush, with a small food selection alongside. The room serves the financial and legal crowd from the surrounding buildings, with regulars who order the same drink every weekday and a steady tourist flow off the mall. Pace is brisk by design, the bar built for volume rather than long pour overs. Order a drip of a current Ink single origin if you came to taste what their RiNo roastery is doing this season. Order a cappuccino if you want the version of 17th Street most of downtown Denver drinks.