Coffee shops, ranked by how long you can sit

Coffee quality is table stakes. This ranks the town’s coffee shops by the thing that actually matters on a Tuesday: whether you can open a laptop and stay.

All day

Brooks Street Roasters, upstairs. Outlets at every table, nobody checks.

A couple of hours

Wake Forest Coffee Co. Friendly, busy, you’ll feel it by 11.

Get it to go

Sugar Magnolia. Great coffee, six seats, a line.