Ironclad Coffee Roasters & Baking Co.

Ironclad Coffee Roasters & Baking Co. is in an old firehouse in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond. It has brick, high ceilings, couches, marble tables, an upstairs nook, plants and a piano. Jazz plays. Weekends get busy. Prices run high.

They roast single origins and blends, and bags show roast dates. Try the house-smoked coffee or a lavender sage tea latte. Pastries are house-made. Get a butter or chocolate croissant, a seasonal scone or a breakfast sandwich. They ship, with subscriptions.