Artessence Coffee Shop

Artessence Coffee Shop is a coffee shop in Jacksonville, FL, that blends specialty coffee with Mexican-inspired flavors and operates as a gallery space for local artists. The menu covers hand-brewed coffee, espresso drinks, lattes, pour overs, matcha, smoothies, and a breakfast lineup built around house-made chorizo, including breakfast tacos, a chorizo breakfast bowl or burrito, and an egg and cheese quesadilla. Beans are roasted locally by 360F Coffee in Coral Springs, FL, and the food menu features fresh guacamole and avocado toast alongside the breakfast plates. The shop holds a 4.90 rating from customers.

Founder Soner Acar built Artessence around craft coffee, community, and creativity, bringing a hands-on approach to everything from dialing in espresso to shaping the space itself. His partner Gina shapes the kitchen and the atmosphere through her cooking and artistic background, drawing on Mexican flavors and home-style traditions to create dishes that turn a coffee stop into a full meal. The cafe functions as a rotating gallery, with walls dedicated to local artists whose work changes on a regular basis. Hours run Monday through Tuesday from 7am to 3pm and Friday through Sunday from 8am to 4pm.

The shop sits on North Main Street in the Springfield neighborhood, just 0.1 miles from Mattie V. Rutherford Middle School and a short walk from Duval County Fire Station Number 2. Hogan's Creek and the Karpeles Manuscript Library are both about 0.4 miles away.

Customers consistently point to the quality of the coffee, the scratch-made food, and the warmth of the welcome as reasons to return, and the rating reflects that strong local response. For Jacksonville, Artessence offers a neighborhood gathering place where Mexican-inspired cooking, single-source coffee, and rotating local art come together under one roof.