Boutique Espresso La Pointe-Rouge Marseille

you're on avenue de montredon, out in the 13008, where marseille stops performing for tourists and gets on with itself. the pointe-rouge end of the city has that quality: fishing boats, old money, locals who've been eating at the same place on sundays since before you were born. a specialty roaster here isn't a surprise, exactly, but it does feel earned by the neighborhood. boutique espresso la pointe-rouge roasts in-house, which means what ends up in your cup started as green beans in their own space, not a bag from some anonymous supplier. the regulars here are committed in that quiet, undemonstrative marseillais way, which is its own kind of endorsement. if you're making the trip from the centre-ville, do it on a weekday morning, and stay for a second espresso.