The easiest way to drink Arsaga's is to go do something else. Cary and Cindy Arsaga began roasting in Fayetteville in 1992, and three decades later the family's coffee is poured where the town already spends its day — a cafe in the Fayetteville Public Library, a counter in the U of A law library, a bar in the art school's Windgate studios — plus Carsaga's, their drive-thru on MLK, and a corner toast bar of their own at Church & Center. The landmark rooms are the part that didn't last: the Depot and then the Mill District, the full-service restaurants the family built for itself, are gone, the Mill District signing off in October 2025 with "closed forever." What survived is the counter — still the Arsagas', narrowed back to the thing it started as. Come for coffee in the middle of your errand; the destination is the building around it.
Carsaga's is Arsaga's first and only drive-thru, on MLK, pouring the full menu without leaving the car: rotating single-origin espresso, seasonal drinks, nitro. Thirty years of independent roasting at a window.
→FayettevilleA corner toast-and-coffee bar a block off the downtown Fayetteville square. Toast on local Ozark Natural Breads sourdough is the thing to order, served until two, seven days a week.
→FayettevilleAn Arsaga's counter on the third floor of the Fayetteville Public Library, off the Mountain Street lobby: coffee, specialty drinks, and a light pastry case from the city's own independent roaster, a few steps from your reading table.
→FayettevilleInside the Young Law Library in Waterman Hall, the Arsaga family — Fayetteville’s independent roasters since 1992 — runs a coffee counter open to anyone who walks in: espresso, snacks, and a wall of windows on campus. It keeps the school’s clock, dark Saturday and Sunday. The cafe and the library post different weekday windows, so aim for a weekday morning, out by one.
→Carsaga's is the one Arsaga's window you drink from without leaving the car, the family's first and only drive-thru, in the old Rally's building on MLK. The full menu comes through it: rotating single-origin espresso, seasonal drinks, nitro. Thirty years of independent roasting, now handed out a window.
The Arsaga family has roasted in Fayetteville since 1992 and pours where the town already goes — the public library, the U of A law library, the art school — plus a drive-thru and a Church & Center toast bar. Their full-service restaurants are gone; the coffee counter is what has lasted thirty years.
The everyday Arsaga's: a corner toast-and-coffee bar a block off the downtown Fayetteville square, where the thing to get isn't the house roast but toast on Ozark Natural Breads sourdough, served until two. Open seven days, the one Arsaga's counter that stands on its own corner instead of tucking inside the library or the art school.
The Arsaga family has roasted in Fayetteville since 1992 and pours where the town already goes — the public library, the U of A law library, the art school — plus a drive-thru and a Church & Center toast bar. Their full-service restaurants are gone; the coffee counter is what has lasted thirty years.
On the third floor of the Fayetteville Public Library, off the Mountain Street lobby, Arsaga's keeps a counter going: coffee, specialty drinks, and a light pastry case, close enough that you never have to leave your book to find a good cup. It's the city's own independent roaster holding down the room where Fayetteville reads. Open Mon–Sat from 8, Sundays from noon.
The Arsaga family has roasted in Fayetteville since 1992 and pours where the town already goes — the public library, the U of A law library, the art school — plus a drive-thru and a Church & Center toast bar. Their full-service restaurants are gone; the coffee counter is what has lasted thirty years.
A law library reads like a closed room, a door you assume you need an ID for. This one holds a coffee counter, and it belongs to the Arsaga family — Fayetteville’s independent roasters since 1992. Anyone can walk into the Young Law Library in Waterman Hall and order espresso and snacks against a wall of windows looking out on campus. It runs on the school’s clock, dark Saturday and Sunday. The cafe and the library post different weekday windows, so the safe call is a weekday morning, out by one.
The Arsaga family has roasted in Fayetteville since 1992 and pours where the town already goes — the public library, the U of A law library, the art school — plus a drive-thru and a Church & Center toast bar. Their full-service restaurants are gone; the coffee counter is what has lasted thirty years.