“Sippin’ and rippin'” is the skate park-inspired motto coined by Indy Coffee Co. in San Antonio. Launched as a latte-slinging truck by four close friends (Jake Scott, Alex Lee, Andrew Kim, and Henry Shi) in the summer of 2014, it’s now the pillar of a close-knit, Parlor-fueled community 20 minutes north of downtown and directly below the University of Texas San Antonio campus. While it didn’t take long for them to make the jump to a brick-and-mortar location, Scott and Lee were quick to credit their last gig—pulling shots behind the bar at Local Coffee‘s Sonterra Boulevard location—for sharpening their third-wave skills. That’s the thing about San Antonio, though; everyone’s in it together, determined to get the area’s growing food-and-drink scene the national attention it deserves. So go for the coffee, go to work, go to admire the arty decks nailed to wall, but really, go for the community.

7114 UTSA Blvd., #103, San Antonio, TX; 210-233-9203.