Best Espresso Bar in Flagstaff · Flagstaff, AZ
Late for the Train has roasted and poured coffee in downtown Flagstaff since the early 1990s, a husband-and-wife shop that helped define the town's coffee culture. It's known for dark, small-batch roasts, house-made syrups, and from-scratch breakfast burritos and croissants for the grab-and-go crowd.
Locally owned and operated by its founders across the decades, Late for the Train is the kind of independent café Flagstaff regulars organize their mornings around.
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Selection is by the published criteria, evaluated on public evidence. Late for the Train cleared every one.
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This is a dated award record, published by The Centurion Awards after Late for the Train cleared the 2025 evaluation for its market and category. It was not bought, voted on, or sponsored — the criteria are public, only winners are published, and an award that stops holding up is revoked, not quietly removed. Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. For everything else — hours, bookings, live reviews — go straight to the business itself.
A Route 66 espresso bar since 1995, Late for the Train has been Flagstaff's beloved stop for independent coffee on the old highway.
Yes — Late for the Train is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Espresso Bar in Flagstaff, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best espresso bar in Flagstaff for 2025 for three decades on Route 66 serving espresso to everyone from Route 66 travelers to ponderosa-bound hikers.
Late for the Train is in Flagstaff, AZ.
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