Sips Espresso Bar

good espresso in a town like abilene, kansas takes some intention to find. sips espresso bar on north buckeye avenue is where that intention pays off. the place has built a genuinely loyal following, the kind that keeps coming back not out of habit but out of preference, and that says more than any passing endorsement could. you're not going to stumble in here by accident and feel neutral about it. the focus is espresso, which means the people behind the counter are thinking about extraction and concentration in a way that a more generalist menu would dilute. abilene is a quiet stretch of central kansas, and this spot on buckeye holds its own against that quietness. start with a straight shot.