Swing's Coffee

About Swing's Coffee

Swing's Coffee is a coffee shop located at 501 E Monroe Ave in Alexandria, Virginia. It's part of our guide to 579 restaurants, cafes and bars in Alexandria.

Swing's Coffee is open 7 days a week, usually 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Early risers are covered too: doors open at 7:00 AM most days.

Guests can choose from 81 menu items across 13 sections, including Espresso Beverages, Coffee, Summer 'Mocktails', Pour Over, and Espresso. Listed prices range from $2.25 to $21.95, with a typical item around $10.00. Menu highlights include Shot, Colombia Madre Laura, and Pourover.

You can visit for outdoor seating, onsite services, takeout, dine-in, and delivery. Visitors describe the atmosphere as casual, cozy, and trendy, and it is a good fit for groups and tourists. The place is family-friendly and LGBTQ+ friendly. It is especially popular for breakfast, solo dining, and good for working on laptop. Offerings include coffee and quick bite.

Accessibility features: wheelchair accessible entrance, wheelchair accessible parking lot, wheelchair accessible restroom, and wheelchair accessible seating. Payment methods accepted: credit cards, debit cards, and NFC mobile payments. Parking: free parking lot and free street parking. Reservations are accepted; call (703) 370-5050 to book a table.

Quick facts

Category

Coffee Shop

Address

501 E Monroe Ave, Alexandria, VA 22301

Phone

(703) 370-5050

Price range

$1 to $10 per person

Hours

Open 7 days a week, usually 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Menu

81 items · $2.25–$21.95

Listing updated

June 2026 · Suggest an edit

How the hours compare

We compared Swing's Coffee’s weekday schedule with 17 other coffee shops in Alexandria. On a typical weekday it opens at 7:00 AM, close to the local norm of 7:00 AM and closes at 4:00 PM, earlier than most (typical closing time: 7:00 PM).

In total it is open about 59 hours a week, 24 hours fewer than the local median of 83. 94% of coffee shops in Alexandria open on Sundays, and Swing's Coffee is one of them.

Compared with 17 other coffee shops in Alexandria that list their hours in our guide.

• Shot$2.75

  Pure & potent

• Colombia Madre Laura$3.25

  Sugar cane, chocolate, caramel

• Mesco$12.00
• Brazil Sertão$13.00
• Hot Chocolate$3.50
• Pourover

  12 oz see menu

• The Leslie

  Inspired by the manhattan cocktail, we shake together cold brew, apple syrup, orange bitters & mango puree…

• Four Mile

  Our four mile espresso is especially suited for lattes, cappuccinos and americanos

• Iced Coffee
• Ethiopia Natural

Typical prices for coffee shops in Virginia

Based on 35 menus with 1,242 priced items from coffee shops in Virginia, the median menu item costs $6.35, and half of all items are priced between $4.50 and $9.00.

At Swing's Coffee the median listed price is $10.00, higher than the typical $6.35 for coffee shops in Virginia.

Calculated from 35 menus in our guide. Prices vary by location and change over time.

Features & amenities

The neighborhood

Within a 10-minute walk (half a mile) of Swing's Coffee there are 24 other places to eat and drink in our guide, and 79 within one mile. By type, the places within a mile include Cafes & Coffee (10), Pizza (9), American (8), and Mexican & Tex-Mex (5).

Competition is healthy: 6 other coffee shops are within a mile and 35 within three miles. The closest is Gustave Boulangerie & Brasserie, 0.5 mi away.

30 places within a mile stay open until 10 PM or later on at least one night a week, so this is a good area for a late meal.

Nearest places of other kinds

• AmericanMatt and Tony's0.3 mi
• SteakhousesAl's Steak0.3 mi
• PizzaBenny Diforza's Pizza0.3 mi
• Mediterranean & Middle EasternVaso's Kitchen0.3 mi
• ItalianBella Napoli Italian Restaurant0.3 mi

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