East Austin, Texas Since 1974 No headphones

Slow down.
Stay a while.

Coffee roasted in small batches, records played all the way through, and a room for people who are in no particular rush.

See what's brewing Tonight's record
Roasted Tuesdays Records only, no shuffle Dogs & children welcome
A warm record café with wooden tables, shelves and a turntable.
The room, 5.42pm
Now spinning

Bill Withers — Live at Carnegie Hall

Side B · 1973 · track 4

01 / The coffee

Beans with
somewhere to be.

We roast every Tuesday, rest the beans for a week, and grind them by the cup. Nothing sits around getting tired.

A short menu, done properly. Coffee first; everything else follows.

Two espresso options, one filter, and a rotating single origin for people who like to know what the mountain was doing that year. Oat and whole milk, always. No syrups, no secret menu.

Golden Hour blend

$4 / $5

Espresso or flat white · cocoa, blood orange, brown sugar

This week's filter

$4.5

Ethiopia, Guji · peach, jasmine, a little licorice

Cold brew, 18 hours

$5.5

Slow-steeped · molasses, plum, very smooth

Cardamom latte

$6

Our house syrup, steamed milk, cardamom on top

Roasted coffee beans in warm light, ready for the grinder.
02 / The listening room

Sit down.
Listen properly.

The room is for listening, not for background. From 6pm the lights go amber and the records go on, all the way through.

A pour-over coffee bar with a gooseneck kettle and warm light.
The bar, before the first recordPh. L. Hart

One record at a time. One side, then the next. We have a small collection of jazz, soul and the kind of folk records that make you stay for one more cup. Requests are welcome, skipping is not.

Late autumn soulSelected by June — record club host

Listening

Blue Note, side AA four-record evening · doors at 5

Listening

Bring your ownThree songs, one story · limited seats

Open deck
From 6pm · no ticket, just attentionSeats are first come
A wall of vinyl records in a warm, lived-in room.
03 / The story

Half a century
of taking our time.

My mother opened this place with one roaster, one table, and an alarmingly good record collection.

We've changed the chairs, the mill, and the sign — twice. We have not changed the rule: if you want it to go, it has to be worth slowing down for. Roasting happens on Tuesdays. The music starts at six. The last cup is whenever the last person is ready.

The record wall is hers. You're welcome to look. You're not welcome to touch the Tom Waits, and that is a family matter.

1974Opened on East 6th
2Roasts a week
1Record player
04 / The record club

One record,
every season.

Four times a year: a record we love, a bag of beans roasted to match it, and a short note on why both belong in your Sunday morning. $64 a season.

First record ships in December. No commitment.

Add your address later. Shipping is free in the US.

05 / Visit

The door is on
the corner.

Look for the gold sun above the door. If it's lit, we're open. If it isn't, come back tomorrow — we'll be here.

Where

East Austin

1410 E 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702 · free street parking after 6

Hours

Daily

7am — 6pm (coffee) · 6pm — late (records, Thursday to Saturday)

Getting here

10 min

Bike parking out front · CapMetro 300 stops one block away

Good to know

Always

Step-free entrance, dogs welcome, small humans welcome too.

Get directions hello@goldenhour.coffee
Two cups of coffee on a table, steam rising in warm light.