Looking for the best coffee in Casper? Don’t just look at who has the fanciest menu or the newest building. Look for the coffee shop locals actually use. Great local coffee shops become part of the community. They have regulars, personality, consistently good drinks, good food, a comfortable atmosphere, and people who keep coming back.
Metro Coffee Company has been serving Casper since 2002. More than two decades later, locals still meet here, work here, grab breakfast here, bring their friends here, and tell visitors to stop here.
Turns out, sticking around for 20-plus years is a pretty decent review.
So, Who Actually Has the Best Coffee in Casper?
Type coffee near me into your phone and you’re going to get options.
Casper has national chains, drive-thrus, newer coffee shops and longtime local favorites. More choices are good. We’re coffee people. We’re not going to complain about a town having too much coffee.
But how do you figure out which place is actually worth trying?
Our suggestion is pretty simple. Watch the locals.
Locals know where to get a great espresso. They know which place has the breakfast worth getting out of bed for. They know where they can sit for an hour without feeling rushed. They know which drive-thru gets them moving in the morning.
Most importantly, they know where they keep going back.
That matters.
Great Coffee Is Kind of Important
Let’s start with the obvious. If you want to be considered among the best coffee in Casper, the coffee better be good.
At Metro, we source quality coffee from a local roaster and take what happens after that seriously. Espresso needs to be dialed in. Lattes need to be smooth. Iced coffee needs to hit. Your regular order should taste like your regular order.
But not everyone walking into Metro wants the same thing.
Some people want a straight espresso.
Some want a Metro Mud.
Some want a Bullitt.
Some want a Strawberry Napalm.
Some people walk into a coffee shop and order a smoothie. We’ve learned to accept these people.
That’s why a great coffee shop needs options.
Look for the Regulars
Marketers sometimes talk about buyer personas, which is basically a fancy way of saying different kinds of people want different things.
We figured that out without the PowerPoint. Metro is for everybody.
Students. Artists. Cowboys. Moms. Business owners. Travelers. Kids. Bankers. Musicians. Remote workers. People running late. People with nowhere they need to be.
A good local coffee shop shouldn’t make you feel like you need the right laptop, outfit or vocabulary to belong there. Come in. Order what you like. Hang out. Pretty simple.
Food Counts Too
If we’re judging local coffee shops, we need to talk about food.
Metro bakes its own bagels using a recipe with deep roots in Casper’s local bakery history. We also make Breakfast Bites, bagel sandwiches, scones and other food for people who have wisely decided caffeine alone isn’t technically breakfast.
Grab a bagel with cream cheese.
Go big with sausage, egg and cheese on a jalapeño cheddar bagel.
Grab a couple Breakfast Bites.
Coffee is great. Coffee with breakfast is better.
We don’t make the rules.
Atmosphere Matters More Than People Think
A coffee shop can make an incredible latte and still be somewhere you don’t really want to hang out. The best shops have personality.
Metro has always been a little different. We’re not trying to recreate some trendy coffee shop from Los Angeles or Portland. We’re also not interested in looking like a corporate chain.
We like local art. Music. Comfortable spaces. Interesting people. A little weirdness.
People come to Metro to work, study, meet friends, have business meetings, read, hang out or stare silently into a cup of coffee until they’re ready to deal with the world again. All are acceptable.
Come Find Out for Yourself
We could sit here and tell you Metro has the best coffee in Casper.
But that’s a little awkward coming from us.
So don’t take our word for it.
Come grab a coffee. Try a fresh bagel. Order something you’ve never had before. Find a seat and hang out for a while.
Then decide for yourself.
We’ve been here since 2002.
We’ll keep the coffee hot and a seat open.