Check out our study breaking down the US and Canadian cities which are the best for coffee lovers.
Whether it’s to fuel them throughout the day or simply because they love the taste, people in the US and Canada are obsessed with their coffee. So, with this in mind, online casino Betway decided to identify which North American cities are the best for coffee drinkers.
To do this, we analysed cities on number of coffee shops, number of top-rated coffee shops, positive online sentiment towards coffee, online mentions of coffee per 100,000 residents, and the average price of a cappuccino.
Once cities were scored based on their performance in the metrics above, the best city for coffee was crowned, and perhaps shockingly, Seattle didn’t make the top 10!
According to the data, Toronto took top spot with an impressive total score of 95.07. The city scored big in multiple categories. Only New York City had more total coffee shops than Toronto’s 627 and only Montreal had more top-rated spots than Toronto’s 53. In addition to this, Toronto’s average cappuccino price of $3.88 was found to be the sixth cheapest.
Finishing narrowly behind Toronto with a score of 92.70 was fellow Canadian city Montreal. As mentioned, Montreal had the highest number of top-rated spots in our study (60) and they also had a total of 530 shops which was only bettered by New York City and Toronto.
Montreal also had a top four positive online sentiment towards coffee of 24%, and their cappuccino price of $3.76 was the third cheapest.
Despite one of the more expensive cappuccinos at $5.70, New York City rounded off the top three, scoring 87.52. The Big Apple is home to a huge 936 coffee shops, with 53 of these being top-rated. Out of all the coffee spots in New York City, Complete Café was found to be the highest rated.
The 10 best North American cities for coffee can be seen below.
City | Coffee shops | Top-rated coffee shops | Positive sentiment (%) | Coffee mentions Per 100,000 | Cappuccino price | Highest rated coffee shop | Total score |
Toronto, ON | 627 | 53 | 22 | 232 | 3.88 | Fahrenheit Coffee | 95.07 |
Montreal, QC | 530 | 60 | 24 | 83 | 3.76 | Insiders | 92.70 |
New York City, NY | 936 | 53 | 23 | 384 | 5.70 | Complete Café | 87.52 |
Savannah, GA | 62 | 5 | 77 | 651 | 5.00 | Goose Feathers | 73.88 |
Vancouver, BC | 395 | 24 | 19 | 416 | 3.90 | Am Coffee | 72.72 |
Miami, FL | 220 | 32 | 20 | 950 | 5.44 | Craft Midtown | 69.51 |
Los Angeles, CA | 518 | 47 | 21 | 359 | 5.74 | Javista Hollywood | 64.35 |
San Francisco, CA | 450 | 30 | 21 | 745 | 5.85 | Eagle Café | 64.24 |
Chicago, IL | 458 | 46 | 19 | 278 | 5.50 | Teapot Brew | 60.55 |
Calgary, AB | 256 | 21 | 21 | 95 | 3.75 | Y Not Today | 56.22 |
So, there are the best cities in the US and Canada for a cup of joe. If you’d like to see more content similar to this, such as the best cities for BBQs or the most wellness obsessed cities, please visit our blog page!
Methodology
We gathered the North American cities which are well known for being coffee hotspots and analysed them on the following metrics:
• Total coffee shops – the more options, the better!
• Top rated coffee shops – shops with a 4-star TripAdvisor rating or higher.
• The percentage of online posts towards coffee which included positive sentiment.
• Online mentions of coffee per 100,000 residents.
• Average price (USD) of a Cappuccino* – the cheaper, the better!
Each city was then given a normalised score based on how they performed in the metrics above and ranked from highest scoring to lowest.
Data correct as of November 2025.
*Sourced from Сoffeestics.
