Bluebeard Coffee Roasters

Bluebeard is the roaster most Tacoma coffee conversations start with, and its 6th Avenue cafe is where the roasting side of the business meets the counter. The location matters: 2201 6th Ave is at the downtown end of the strip, close enough to walk from the Stadium District or the top of Division and squarely on the route between downtown and the 6th Avenue business district. The room is a working cafe rather than a lounge — espresso, filter and retail bags of the house roasts — and it keeps the same hours seven days a week, which makes it one of the few dependable early stops in this part of the city. For visitors, it is the natural first stop on a 6th Avenue walk, with breakfast at the far end of the strip and the Wright Park and Stadium District walking routes a few blocks north.

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What to know

• This is a roaster's cafe, so retail bags of the house coffee are available alongside the drinks menu.
• The cafe closes at 5pm, so it is a morning and afternoon stop rather than an evening one.

Editor's tips

• Start a 6th Avenue walk here and finish it further west — the strip runs downhill away from downtown.
• The same opening hours apply every day, which is unusual locally and useful for early Sunday planning.

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