Red Bicycle Roasting Co.

Red Bicycle roasts its own beans on the public square in downtown Murfreesboro and tries to run a full breakfast kitchen at the same time. The coffee side still earns repeat praise. The kitchen and service side is where things have been slipping. Recent customer accounts flag cleanliness issues in the dining room and consistent understaffing, especially Saturday mornings when overflow from the adjacent farmers market hits. Both things are real and both are worth knowing before you build a routine here.

The space itself stays appealing. Warm and light-filled with spaced tables, couches, art on the walls, cozy chairs, and a quiet enough feel for conversation. The food program is more ambitious than most coffee bars. Crepes through Berries & Cream, Nutella Banana, B.A.T., and Berry. Breakfast burritos in Greek and OG forms. Bagel sandwiches built on fresh local bagels, the Avocado Turkey and the Mushroom Lovers among them. Cuban coffee is the signature drink. The butterbeer latte and the honey lavender latte are the named lattes. The in-house roast program is what gives all of it a baseline that survives the kitchen's bad days.

For locals meeting friends on the square for a late breakfast, this still works if you accept the trade-offs. The wifi has been reported unreliable, which knocks it out of the remote-work category. The Saturday market rush is not the time to come in expecting fast service. If cleanliness in a dining room is a deal-breaker, this is the moment to check current accounts before you commit. The coffee is still good. The room is still pretty. The execution around it is uneven, and there's no point pretending otherwise. Order the Greek burrito with pesto, the Cuban coffee, and pick a weekday off-peak slot if you want the room at its best. The Nutella banana crepe is the move for the sweet side. The honey lavender latte for the people who want flavored without the syrup-bomb feel.