The Left Hook Coffee Roasters at College Park

The Left Hook Coffee Roasters sits on Hill Street in Raleigh’s College Park neighborhood, just east of downtown. The beans are roasted right in Raleigh, and they are sold by the bag as well as poured across the counter.

The shop is built around conversation and community as much as coffee, and the owner talks openly about how much the people around it have mattered. Friends and neighbors lined up to be there on the first day, and the owner has thanked them publicly for it.

What to know

• Roasted beans can be ordered through the shop’s online store.
• Vendor events are held at the shop alongside the regular menu.
• The owner has run the business for around five and a half years.
• Coffee, conversation and community are how the shop sums itself up.