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Gray Squirrel Coffee Company

4.3 ★★★★☆ 554 Google reviews · Coffee shop · Bakery · Coffee roastery

Roasts in-house Wholesale Espresso great espressofresh pastries

Coffee shop serving a pared-down menu of single-origin coffees & house blends plus local pastries.

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360 E Main St #100
Carrboro, NC 27510

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Hours

Monday 7 am–7:30 pm
Tuesday 7 am–7:30 pm
Wednesday 7 am–7:30 pm
Thursday 7 am–7:30 pm
Friday 7 am–7:30 pm
Saturday 7 am–6 pm
Sunday 7 am–6 pm

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What's in the cup

What Gray Squirrel Coffee Company is pouring and bagging — straight from customers' own reviews, not our guesswork.

Espresso 7 mentions

“We both thought the espresso was very high quality and milk was frothed perfectly!”

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What regulars say again and again

The things that keep coming up across 554 Google reviews — with a reviewer's own words as proof.

great espresso 4 mentions

“We both thought the espresso was very high quality and milk was frothed perfectly!”

🥐 fresh pastries 4 mentions

“Oh and we bought doggie biscuits (house made) like all of their pastries.”

What customers say

My first impression was that they have a lot of seating and plenty of space. The baristas and FOH staff were friendly and well-informed about the menu. I got a flat white and my friend got a decaf latte. We both thought the espresso was very high quality and milk was frothed perfectly! I will come back!

★★★★★ — Erika, 2022-10

Best espresso on the continent. Maybe the world I happened upon this place, for the first time, a few years ago. It has the smoothest, best pulled espresso that I've ever had. And I lived in Europe for 3 years searching for good coffee. I even own a few of their mugs, which isn't my thing.

★★★★★ — Tony, 2024-05

Overall Gray Squirrel is a great coffee shop with plenty of space to do work. The beans are roasted locally in carrboro and they serve multiple blends for drip and for purchase. The servers were super nice too. Mocha Java blend was below exceptions, but not saying it’s bad.

★★★★★ — Dhruv, 2022-12

The latte here deserves 10 stars. The frothed milk gets its own stars. When we are in CH, I go here twice in a day. Coffee is smooth and nutty and without that burned, bitter taste you often find. Nice indoor and outdoor seating area.

★★★★★ — Julie, 2023-08

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