The newest music venue in Birmingham opens tonight. But it's Saturn's sister coffee shop Satellite that has Birmingham coffee fans buzzing this morning.

You could chalk it up to the hipster mentality of being enamored by something new and hip in a changing neighborhood--and you wouldn't be wrong to do so. By 9:30 a.m. on the shop's opening day, it was filled with coffee-swilling enthusiasts. But there's more to this story.

Satellite is Birmingham's first coffee shop to serve Portland-based Stumptown Coffee, a darling and behemoth of the third-wave coffee movement. That's a trend that focuses on an artisan product, and roasters who often have relationships with coffee farmers. Organic and fair trade are common designations among third-wave roasters.

The coffee may travel hundreds of miles to reach Birmingham, but Satellite's pastries traverse only a block. They come from Baking Bandits, also located on 41st Street, which in 2014 won REV Birmingham's Big Pitch competition.

With coffee service beginning at 7 a.m. daily, a bar managed by Birmingham cocktail maven Steva Casey and regularly scheduled shows at Saturn, it's likely this corner of Avondale's 41st Street will be hopping throughout the week.

DETAILS

Satellite

200 41st St. S.

205-703-9545