The Spot
A family-run coffee shop and market in a converted Main Street home.
Selah Café Coffee + Market is the Coffee Shop of the Month: a family-owned coffee shop, bagel counter, and small market run from a converted home at 616 North Main Street in Boerne, a short walk north of the Hill Country Mile's main shopfronts. It opened in March 2026, the City of Boerne's own profile describes it as a neighborhood gathering place, and one visit makes the case: a warm front room, a counter behind the door, and the deliberate pace of a home rather than a chain.
The owners describe the shop as family-run and rooted in faith, and that character shows in the details: house-made syrups at the espresso bar, a market shelf of books and take-home goods, and a kitchen turning out bagels with schmear, sandwiches, and small-batch baked goods. It is the kind of place where the morning commute stops being a commute, which is exactly the point of a Main Street coffee house in the Hill Country.
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Order the maple-vanilla latte.
The signature drink is the maple-vanilla latte, the house special that the shop's own pages and its listings lead with before anything else on the board. Espresso drinks are built on house-made syrups, so the sweeteners taste like something a kitchen made, not something a truck delivered. The counter also pours drip coffee, tea, and chai, all hot or iced.
Order the maple-vanilla hot on a cool Hill Country morning and it drinks like the room looks: warm wood, soft light, and a sweetness that never overpowers the coffee. On an afternoon, the same latte over ice is the version to take through the market shelf on the way to a table.
Fair Housing Note
This feature describes the place, the decor, the drinks, and the experience, never the kind of people who are supposed to enjoy it. Along the corridor and everywhere else, we introduce places by what they offer, not by who lives or visits there.
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Is it good for working or meeting? Yes, with one honest caveat.
For a meeting, Selah is a natural fit: seating is the home itself, with tables inside the converted rooms and more outdoors, far from the lane noise of a drive-through. A conversation here is the unhurried kind, the sort of sit-down that Boerne's Main Street was built for, and the market shelf gives a first-time visitor something to browse while the coffee cools.
For laptop work, the honest answer comes with a caveat: the shop's own pages do not advertise a Wi-Fi connection, so if your work session depends on one, ask at the counter when you arrive. With a hot maple-vanilla latte and a bagel with schmear, an afternoon with a book or a notebook needs nothing else.
Selah sits a short walk from the rest of Boerne's Main Street scene on the Hill Country Mile, so a coffee here pairs easily with an errand through the shops, galleries, and bakeries a few minutes down the street.
Good to Know
- Address
- 616 North Main Street, Boerne, TX 78006
- Phone
- (830) 510-1969
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; closed Saturday; Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Posted on the shop's own pages; confirm before you go.
- Also inside
- Bagels with schmear, sandwiches, small-batch baked goods, and a small market of books and take-home goods.
Official profile: City of Boerne
Selah Café questions, answered
Where is Selah Café Coffee + Market?
Selah sits at 616 North Main Street in Boerne, run from a converted home on the Main Street stretch just north of the Hill Country Mile's shopfronts. Boerne anchors the northern end of the corridor, reached from I-10 West, and the house is easy to spot by its home-like front porch and tables.
What hours does Selah keep?
The shop's posted hours are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; closed Saturday; and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The schedule appears on the shop's own pages and its listings, and new shops fine-tune hours, so confirm before you go.
What is the signature drink?
The maple-vanilla latte is the house special, made with the cafe's house-made syrups and called out on the shop's pages before anything else. The counter also pours drip coffee, afternoon tea, and chai, each available hot or iced.
What else does Selah serve?
Beyond the coffee bar, Selah serves bagels with schmear, sandwiches, and small-batch baked goods from its kitchen, plus a small market of books and take-home goods. It reads as a coffee shop, a bakery, and a general store sharing one converted home.
Is Selah good for working or meeting?
For meeting, yes. Selah offers tables inside the home and outdoors, with none of the lane noise of a drive-through. For laptop work, the shop's own pages do not advertise a Wi-Fi connection, so ask at the counter whether one is available when you arrive.
When did Selah open?
Selah opened March 9, 2026, per Community Impact's report on its arrival on Main Street, making it a recent addition to Boerne's gathering places. The coverage grouped it with other independent coffee shops and markets opening along the corridor this spring.
Sources
Where this feature's facts come from
- Re-verified November 3, 2026: the café remains open with the posted hours above, including the closed-Saturday schedule.
- The shop's own Facebook page for posted hours including the closed-Saturday schedule, dine-in and outdoor seating, the maple-vanilla house special, house-made syrups, and the market and menu notes, verified October 2026.
- City of Boerne, Selah Café Coffee & Market profile for the family-run coffee shop and market in a home on Main Street, its menu of craft coffee, tea, chai, bagels with schmear, and small-batch goods, and its role as a gathering place, verified October 2026.
- Community Impact, "New coffee shop, market now open on Main Street in Boerne," March 2026, for the March 9 opening date and the shop's menu and market description.
- Hoodline, "Selah Café Opens on Boerne Main With Bagels and Market," March 2026, for the converted-home character, bagels, and seating.
- The site's own Boerne area overview for where Selah sits along the corridor.
Advisory
Planning your next morning out along the corridor?
The Coffee Shop of the Month is one way Tami Price keeps a finger on daily life along the corridor. Two decades of working from Leon Springs to Boerne have built the local knowledge that comes with the territory, and a consultation is the direct way to ask her anything about buying or selling here.
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