Baba Boudan's Espresso

fayetteville has built a genuine specialty coffee culture, partly because the university of arkansas pulls in people who care about what's in their cup, and partly because the city has enough independent momentum to sustain places that take the work seriously. baba boudan's espresso on n college ave sits right in that current. the regulars here are vocal about it, and that kind of loyalty doesn't accumulate around somewhere mediocre. if you're moving through fayetteville and espresso is your metric for reading a city's coffee scene, this is a sensible place to take that temperature. the focus is tight, the standing is strong, and n college ave is exactly the kind of street where a place like this makes sense. start with a straight espresso.