The nine months of cold weather make Grand Rapids perfect for also sampling coffee brews at one of the many cafés, coffee shops, and craft stores around town. Head to one of these spots for an unrivaled steaming cup of java while exploring everything Grand Rapids has to offer.
Bagel Beanery
Bagel Beanery is a well-established bakery and coffee-shop chain that serves fresh, house-made bagels, espresso-based drinks, and other light bites in a casual café-style setting. Open for breakfast and lunch, the café serves Spring Lake Magnum Coffee Roastery blends ranging from americanos and espresso shots to cappuccinos and macchiatos. Breakfast bites include signature breakfast bagel sandwiches, while lunch items include homemade soups, gourmet sandwiches, bagels with various toppings, such as house-made blends of cream cheese.
Address: 455 Michigan St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, Phone: 616-235-7500
Common Ground
Common Ground is a small, laid-back coffee shop and local neighborhood favorite for its variety of fair-trade organic coffee and espresso drinks, and other unusually named drinks like the Glip-Glop and Dirty Dragon. The quaint coffee shop serves espresso-based drinks, a variety of teas, and healthy smoothies, along with gourmet breakfast and lunch sandwiches and mouth-watering pastries in a bright, modern space. The coffee shop has plenty of space with high-speed Internet making it an ideal spot for catching up on some work.
Address: 1319 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, Phone: 616-459-2999
Corridor Coffee
Located on Stocking Avenue, Corridor Coffee is a sweet little neighborhood café set in a stand-alone house that features a cozy coffee shop and gathering space on the first floor and a professional co-working space on the second floor. The space is decorated with warm décor, dark wood floors and fixtures, white walls, and warm lighting, creating a comfortable, homey atmosphere. Corridor Coffee serves a variety of coffee and espresso drinks made with Chicago-based Intelligensia coffee, along with gluten-free baked goods from Rise. The café offers a no-contract monthly membership for individuals using the dedicated co-working space, which includes free unlimited batch brew coffee, discounts on espresso drinks and snacks, and high-powered wireless Internet.
Address: 637 Stocking Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504, Phone: 616-288-2700
Jam ‘n Bean Coffee Company - Grand Rapids
Jam ‘n Bean Coffee Company - Grand Rapids is a local coffee chain and roastery that roasts beans in-house daily and offers a coffee subscription program for home delivery. The local roaster sourced high-quality beans from all over the world and creates four signature blends for sipping and selling and offers a variety of packages through a coffee subscription program. Cafés have coffee and hot chocolate bars and offer cupping sessions with private, professionally trained baristas.
Address: 6860 Cascade Rd SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, 616-432-6683
Kava Kasa
Set on Cherry Street, Kava Kasa is a local café that is dedicated to the Pacific Island root drink known as kava. Owners Riccardo Schinina and Karen Salenno swear by the health benefits of this drink and opened the café to share their passion for the drink and its health benefits with the community. Kava is famous for its calming effects on both mind and body and is drunk around the world as an anti-anxiety and anti-stress remedy, as well as a muscle relaxant. The café serves kava, as well as loose-leaf teas, and healthy smoothies in a variety of flavors and has a laid-back, relaxed atmosphere in which customers can enjoy the soothing effects of the kava.
Address: 962 Cherry St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506, Phone: 616-649-0177
Lantern Coffee Bar and Lounge
Nestled in the old Grand Central Engineering Building on Commerce Avenue, Lantern Coffee Bar and Lounge is a comfortable, welcoming café and lounge with two levels where visitors can relax over fresh brews from Bay City-based specialty roaster Populace Coffee. The eco-friendly café is committed to a waste-free service environment and serves coffee in compostable cups with no packaged sugars or creams, and customers can bring reusable mugs if preferred. The first floor of the café has a bar with a La Marzocco Strada coffee machine and few tables and chairs, while the basement offers a quiet, inviting brick-walled space with wooden beams and plenty of comfortable seating.
Address: 100 Commerce Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, Phone: 616-920-0209
Lyon Street Cafe
Located in the historic Hill-Midtown neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Lyon Street Cafe is a stylish contemporary eatery and cozy neighborhood gathering spot for college students and freelancers. Named after the street in which it is situated, the café has a distinctive French feel with white-painted brick walls, comfy booth seating, and a few high-top tables for those wanting to people watch. The café serves Madcap Coffee blends ranging from smooth espresso drinks to pour-overs and offers a selection of sweet treats from the nearby Nantucket Bakery.
Address: 617 Lyon St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, Phone: 616-635-2194, 617 Lyon St NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503
Outside Coffee Co.
Located in a public garden off the Woosah Outdoor and Lifestyle shop, Outside Coffee Co., is a unique and aptly named café that serves coffee from a vintage camper. Open year-round in all sorts of weather, the little café serves a range of coffee drinks made with Ferris Coffee & Nut. beans, hot chocolate, teas, and other drinks, as well as a small selection of handmade fare like toasts with gluten-free options, freshly baked pastries, and ice-cream. Outside Coffee Co. is dog-friendly and open daily.
Address: 734 Wealthy St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
PaLatte Coffee & Art
Art meets coffee at PaLatte Coffee & Art, part coffee shop, part art gallery in the downtown Heartside district. Boasting a cozy, art-adorned space with indoor and outdoor seating, and a gallery of artworks, PaLatte Coffee and Art serves handcrafted espresso drinks and specialty coffee beverages, along with delicious pastries and other freshly baked goods. Situated just down the street from the Grand Rapids Art Museum, the family-owned and operated café is the perfect spot to enjoy a great cup of coffee and peruse local artwork, including paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures.
Address: 150 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, Phone: 616-802-2626
Roots Brew Shop
Roots Brew Shop is a locally-owned, community-focused coffee shop with mismatched furniture and an old-school vibe that serves premium coffee and tea, and freshly made bagels and pastries in a warm and laid-back atmosphere. Owners Mallory Root and Austin Radebaugh have created a space for the local community to come together over great coffee, food, and conversation and sometimes host special events and functions like local art competitions.
Address: 600 7th St NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504, Phone: 616-608-4391
Rowster Coffee - Wealthy Street
Rowster Coffee - Wealthy Street is an established coffee shop and roastery with three locations in the city. The flagship shop on Wealthy Street roasts a wide range of beans ethically sourced from a range of countries such as Burundi and Guatemala and serves an array of standard and specialty coffee drinks. Surrounded by a hip and happening neighborhood, the café features stylish décor with subdued color palette, minimal seating, and large storefront window which offers great street views. The counter-serve café offers espresso drinks, draught cold brews, and kombucha, along with fresh pastries and other light fare.
Address: 632 Wealthy St. SE, Grand Rapids / 410 Ada Dr. SE, Ada
Schuil Coffee Company
The Schuil Coffee Company is a small, family-owned company that was started by Garry Schuil after his travels in the 1970s and became the first coffee roaster in Michigan to roast and serve premium coffees. The company imports and roasts the world’s best Arabica coffee beans in a variety of blends, packages and sells them to retailers around the country. The Schuil Coffee Company also has a retail coffee shop near the roasting facility in Kentwood that serves a variety of premium house-roasted coffee, teas from around the world, and a selection of drip drinks. The cozy café also has a gift shop selling coffee-related items and merchandise.
Address: 3679 29th St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49512, Phone: 616-956-1881
Squibb Coffee & Wine Bar
Squibb Coffee & Wine Bar is a bright and cheery café with an easy-going ambiance that serves standard and specialty coffee drinks, along with fresh baked goods. Located in the East Hills neighborhood, Squibb Coffee & Wine Bar serves high-quality coffee using Michigan-based Populace coffee beans and an extensive tea selection from Rishi Tea. The café transforms into a chic wine bar with an industrial setting in the evening, serving casual wines from around the world, along with cheese platters, toasts, and small sharing plates.
Address: 955 Wealthy St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506, Phone: 616-350-9545
Stovetop Coffee Roasters
Stovetop Coffee Roasters is a locally owned coffee shop with a commercial roastery and café in Ann Arbor and a second café in Grand Rapids. The café ethically and sustainably sources coffee beans from around the world and roasts the own beans in-house before highly skilled, professional baristas create one-of-a-kind coffees and specialty drinks. The company is named after founder and owner Steve Holm’s attempts at roasting coffee beans with a popcorn popper in the kitchen of his dorm during his college days.
Address: 944 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, Phone: 616-855-5353
That Early Bird
Located on Lake Drive, That Early Bird is a contemporary café with natural décor and a warm and welcoming atmosphere that serves all-day brunch and lunch in a laid-back and relaxed setting. The friendly coffee shop serves a variety of traditional and specialty coffee drinks, including americano, cappuccino, macchiato, and espresso-baked sips, as well as pour-overs, cold brews, and brewed teas. Brunch dishes range from omelets and egg scrambles to healthy bowls, fresh salads, homemade soups, and gourmet sandwiches. Freshly baked pastries, cakes, cookies, and other sweet treats are delivered daily and offer the perfect accompaniment to a steaming mug of coffee.
Address: 1445 Lake Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506, Phone: 616-258-8350
The Bitter End Coffee House
Housed in a century-old bank building in the university district on the West Side, The Bitter End Coffee House is an old-world café with an original Neo-Classical façade and beautifully renovated interiors with early 20th century elements. The café has porcelain tile floors, high tin ceilings, intricate woodwork, art-adorned walls, and leaded glass windows and exudes a distinctly European ambiance. The quiet, cozy coffeehouse serves exceptional espresso and espresso-based beverages using hand-roasted Fair Trade and organic beans sourced from South and Central America and the Caribbean. Signature drinks include slow-steeped cold brews, healthy smoothies, bubble tea, and North Beach Italian soda, and a selection of bagels and baked goods are delivered fresh daily.
Address: 752 Fulton St W, Grand Rapids, MI 49504, Phone: 616-451-6061
The Sparrows Coffee & Tea & Newsstand
The Sparrows Coffee & Tea & Newsstand is a small and friendly landmark coffee spot in the East Hills neighborhood that been in business for more than 10 years. Housed in a standalone former hardware store on Wealthy Street, the flagship café has rustic wooden floors, tables with high-backed armchairs, and a large front window that lets in light. The menu features classic coffee drinks, along with creative specialty and seasonal drinks, and an eclectic collection of newspapers, magazines, and periodicals offers something to read while relaxing over your brew.
Address: 1035 Wealthy St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506, Phone: 616-608-3375
