Barismo — Restaurant in Arlington

Before you read the 2- or 3-star reviews of this place, take the following into consideration: Barismo is not a coffee shop, it is a coffee roaster. They're not in the business of giving you smiley face service and grabbing chocolate croissants with little metal tongs or laying out out couches for Tuesday poetry nights or setting up free wifi to entice 29 year old Harvard APs to sit around and discuss Faulkner.

These guys are in the business of roasting serious, no compromise coffee. The inside looks like a factory. The primary reason to come here is to purchase fresh roasted coffee beans. Order a cup of drip or espresso if you want to try out a new roast before committing to a whole bag of it. You may want to do this as their selection changes with the seasons - they only offer the best, freshest beans available. This is the coffee roaster you've been trying to find, offering the complexity and variety to live up to the hipster cred you're purchasing with it. Call ahead to order a 2.5lb or 5lb bag roasted for next day pickup. They accept credit through the mobile...

Normally, I like it here. The coffee is great, amazing really. But the other day I walked in and as I was perusing the beans the employee behind the register said "Oh my god, you are so soft spoken. Please look at me when you are speaking."

I know service is a difficult job from my own experience, but you cannot treat people (not just customers) that way. This person seriously affected my day and ruined an experience I was looking forward to. I am soft spoken but I was not speaking to her, and to be called out like that in an extremely loud, condescending way about one of my real anxieties was way over the line.

Also, the baristas here always forget my order. This doesn't bother me nearly as much as that comment.

I've spent probably hundreds of dollars at Barismo but damn you sure found a...

Great local roasters serving great coffee roasted en premise.

This store does not have a ton of room inside, and would be a great place for a shorter stop for a top notch coffee.

There is outdoor seating available, which makes it a great place for a work from a cafe day!

They brew pour over, and have a few single origin drip and espressos available.

This is certainly one of my favorite coffeeshops and I’ll be certainly back.

This place is not too far away from Minuteman bike trail, which makes it a nice coffee stop spot if you’d not mind biking a little off on Mass Ave...