La Catrina Coffee

good coffee in mcallen doesn't always announce itself loudly, and la catrina on north 10th street is proof of that. the address puts you in a straightforward stretch of the city, nothing precious about the location, which feels right for a roaster that clearly lets the coffee do the talking. this is an independent operation with a serious following, the kind of place where regulars keep coming back not out of habit but because the standard holds. if you haven't made it out to that part of mcallen yet, the drive is short and the reason to go is solid. start with whatever's on the single-origin rotation, if they're pouring one that day.