Houndstooth Coffee

there's something about walking into houndstooth coffee on north lamar that feels intentional. not calculated, just careful. the kind of place where someone actually tastes your cortado before it hits the counter, where the barista remembers you ordered oat milk last tuesday. austin has plenty of coffee shops that look the part. fewer that nail the fundamentals. houndstooth does both, which explains why 721 google reviewers gave it 4.5 stars and why the same faces show up most mornings. the espresso pulls clean and bright. the tea selection runs deeper than most spots bother with. it's the sort of independent shop that makes you forget chain coffee exists. solo laptop sessions feel natural here, breakfast tastes better than it should, and their dessert game quietly competes with dedicated bakeries. nothing flashy about the approach. just coffee people making good coffee for other coffee people. sometimes that's exactly what a neighborhood…