Open Eye Cafe

Dubbed as Carrboro's living room, Open Eye Cafe specializes in traditional, skillfully prepared espresso-based drinks, coffee, whole-leaf tea, wine and beer, plus baked goods & more. Their coffee is directly sourced from small farmers and producers, & roasted on site by Carrboro Coffee Roasters, for the freshest & highest quality brew.

Open Eye Cafe is one of the coffee shops listed in Carrboro, North Carolina. The business is registered at 101 S Greensboro St, Carrboro, NC 27510; use this page to check its hours, phone number and Google rating before you make the trip. Besides its main category, the business also describes itself as espresso bar, tea house, wine bar, so it may cover more than the name suggests.

Coffee in the United States is served by three kinds of places: national chains with drive-thrus and mobile ordering, independent neighborhood cafes that double as a workspace or a meeting spot, and specialty shops that roast their own beans or buy single-origin lots and brew them by pour-over, espresso or cold brew. Most open between 6 and 7 a.m. on weekdays, slightly later on weekends, and the busiest hour is the commute rush before 9. A drip coffee runs a few dollars, espresso drinks and specialty pours more, and tipping a dollar or a percentage on the card reader is customary but not required. Nearly every cafe offers free Wi-Fi, though some limit laptop seating at peak times or on weekends, and outlets are often the scarce resource.

The business lists hours on 7 days of the week. Typical hours are 7 am–6 pm. As with most places, expect changes around holidays; the phone number below is the fastest way to confirm. The listed phone number is (919) 968-9410. Many businesses also reply to text messages on the same number if it is a cell phone. More information is available on its website, openeyecafe.com.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.4 out of 5 from 850 reviews, which is a strong result for a coffee shop in Carrboro and suggests consistent service.

Carrboro is in North Carolina, in the Southeast, where summers are long, hot and humid, winters are mild, and afternoon thunderstorms and the hurricane season from June to November can change plans at short notice. Getting around Carrboro is easiest by car; street parking is metered in busy downtown areas, and most suburban businesses have their own lot. Ride-share apps such as Uber and Lyft operate across North Carolina's larger cities, and public transit varies from extensive to minimal.

See the other coffee shops in Carrboro listed below to compare ratings, hours and locations before you decide. Details on this page come from public sources and may change; confirm anything important by phone before relying on it. Business owners can claim the listing to keep it up to date.