Coffee shop independent inns

Tucked into a historic building on Broad Street, at the heart of Charleston's old commercial spine, 19 Broad pairs a handful of guest rooms with a street-level coffee shop and sandwich counter — the kind of place where your morning cup is a flight of stairs away. The address itself is logged as a historical landmark, so the walls come with provenance, and the rest of the peninsula's cobbled blocks begin right outside the door. Reviews are few and opinions mixed, which suits a small, idiosyncratic operation more than a polished hotel.

Set on Wentworth Street in the heart of historic downtown Charleston, The Restoration is a suite-style hotel where rooms come with full kitchens and breakfast delivered to your door. The ground floor doubles as a neighborhood hub — a coffee bar, cafe and restaurant, plus a small shop stocked with clothing and provisions — while a rooftop terrace opens up over the rooftops of the old city. Guests rate it 4.5 across more than 650 reviews, and it also hosts events.

Set on Patton Avenue in the thick of downtown Asheville, The Restoration folds a good deal of the city into one address — a coffee counter and café by morning, a bar with live music after dark, and a restaurant and event space that doubles as a wedding venue. Guests rate it 4.5 across more than 350 reviews, a sign that the property's many moving parts hold together. It's a hotel for people who'd rather walk downstairs than across town.