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Minneapolis–St. Paul

Minnesota · Wisconsin

Specialty-only coffee shops in Minneapolis–St. Paul, hand-picked for the coffee first and the room second.

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Backstory Coffee Roasters

St. Paul roaster whose coffee bar sits inside its roastery, with a patio.

West Side · St. Paul, MN

Backstory Coffee Roasters

Backstory Coffee Roasters – Bloomington Central Station

Bloomington Central Station coffee bar of St. Paul roaster Backstory, opened in 2024.

Bloomington, MN

Dogwood Coffee

Dogwood's East Lake Street café with a dog-friendly patio.

Longfellow / East Lake · Minneapolis, MN

Dogwood Coffee

Dogwood's Northeast café, with the roastery visible behind a glass wall.

Northeast · Minneapolis, MN

Dogwood Coffee

Dogwood's St. Paul café on University Avenue.

St. Anthony Park · St. Paul, MN

J&S Bean Factory

Randolph Avenue café roasting on site on a 25 kg Probat, with a backyard patio.

Highland Park / Macalester-Groveland · St. Paul, MN

Karol Coffee Co.

Small-batch roaster café on Hamline Avenue with a private event space.

Como · St. Paul, MN

Kingdom Coffee

Kingdom Coffee – Brooklyn Park

Brooklyn Park café of Kingdom Coffee.

Brooklyn Park, MN

Kingdom Coffee

Kingdom Coffee – Maple Grove

Maple Grove café of a Minnesota roaster focused on craft roasting and brewing.

Maple Grove, MN

Lux Coffee Company

Roasted in New Richmond, Wisconsin.

New Richmond, WI

Mike & Kat's Other Place

North Hill coffee shop that calls itself a roastery first; the owner roasts every bean served.

North Hill · Stillwater, MN

Misfit Coffee

Minneapolis roaster whose café shares an address with its roastery; its coffee trailer often parks near Gold Medal Park.

Bryn Mawr / Harrison · Minneapolis, MN

Northern Coffeeworks

South Minneapolis micro-roaster café that roasts Thursdays and Fridays and names its coffees for Minnesota.

Longfellow · Minneapolis, MN

Roots Roasting

St. Clair Avenue coffee shop that roasts its own beans and sells them by subscription.

Macalester-Groveland · St. Paul, MN

Shortwave Coffee

Shortwave Coffee – Minneapolis

West 50th Street café of Shortwave Coffee, whose Columbia hub roasts for Minnesota.

Minneapolis, MN

SK Coffee

SK's St. Paul coffee bar and roastery in the Vandalia Tower.

Creative Enterprise Zone · St. Paul, MN

SK Coffee

Single-origin-focused Whittier coffee bar from a Twin Cities roaster.

Whittier · Minneapolis, MN

Spyhouse Coffee Roasters

Spyhouse Coffee

Spyhouse's North Loop café on Washington Avenue.

North Loop · Minneapolis, MN

Spyhouse Coffee Roasters

Spyhouse Coffee

Spyhouse's Northeast café in a converted mattress factory that also houses its roaster.

Northeast · Minneapolis, MN

Spyhouse Coffee Roasters

Spyhouse Coffee

Spyhouse's St. Paul café on Snelling Avenue.

Macalester-Groveland · St. Paul, MN

Spyhouse Coffee Roasters

Spyhouse Coffee

Spyhouse's Uptown café in a 1909 brownstone on Hennepin Avenue.

Uptown · Minneapolis, MN

Spyhouse Coffee Roasters

Spyhouse Coffee

The original Spyhouse café, in a 1926 brownstone on Nicollet Avenue.

Whittier · Minneapolis, MN

Vitality Roasting

Como café of Vitality, a Minneapolis small-batch roaster since 2017.

Southeast Como · Minneapolis, MN

Wildflyer Coffee

Nonprofit café and roaster on West Seventh that provides jobs for young people.

West Seventh · St. Paul, MN