La Prima Espresso Company

"My favorite!!! La Prima has my heart — especially the Strip District location ☕️ This is the very first La Prima Espresso shop, located at 21st & Penn. It’s also a veteran-owned small business, which makes supporting it even better. With the warmer weather coming, I love seeing people outside playing cards, sipping lattes, and bringing their dogs along. You can grab fresh beans to make at home, enjoy local pastries in the morning (until they sell out), and the baristas are incredibly talented. Such a special spot full of history, community, and really great coffee."

"This is the OG coffee spot in pittsburgh and for a good reason. The cafe itself is pretty simple, looking with some chairs and tables on the outside for you to enjoy the coffee. Their coffee is top notch, and in fact for my coffee at home, I only get coffee from La Prima. Got the vanilla latte and as expected, it was very good. Just the right amount of syrup. It was little pricey though. They don’t carry a lot of food, but then you can just go next door and get amazing pastries and pies and pizzas. Whenever I want a good reliable coffee to go, this is my spot."

"My family and I love La Prima! Everytime we are in Pittsburgh we always stop to grab our favorite Caramel latte and mocha drink! Highly recommend this place. They are a true authentic Italian establishment. I love when my family is there we get to experience the local Italian community come together where they grab a coffee play cards and we get to listen while they talk in Italian. It's like we transformed from Pennsylvanian yinzer community into the streets of Italy. We love everything about this place, it's a must if you are ever in Pittsburgh PA."

"As soon as I walked in and saw the simple coffee menu & small cup sizes, I knew we were in the right spot. After ordering coffee from other local places where it seems like you just get a cup of 90% steamed milk, the difference here was like night and day. For us, it was absolutely worth the wait in line, which didn’t feel that long. I got a 4 oz. cappuccino which was delicious - not too sweet but not too bitter, as it should be. My husband took one sip of his drink as we were walking out and he said, “THAT’S how you make a cortado.”"

"Got a coffee and sat outside with a group of 4 at two small tables that were already set up with chairs around it. The owner (?) was extremely rude and came over and told us to pick up our items and let us know he was taking one of our tables and that four people don’t need two tables. We would have been happy to accommodate if asked, but he was extremely rude and disrespectful off the bat demanding we pick up our stuff. Won’t be back. Do better to treat customers with basic respect."