Brothers Jason and James Edwards tapped their love of coffee, experiences managing cafes, and dream of owning a business together to found Public Square. The opening, at the former location of Always Brewing and Town Hall Caffé, means Grandmont Rosedale once again has a coffee shop, complete with WiFi. Pastries and baked goods are sourced from Avalon Bakery, and Clawson-based Sabbath Coffee Roasters provides the coffee.

This roomy cafe in Bagley offers ample seating and a comfortable, bright space to get some work or studying done. Alongside Detroit-themed espresso and coffee drinks, Detroit Sip keeps customers fed with assorted locally made snacks including cakes, brownies, doughnuts, soup, and chips.

Nestled in the heart of downtown Hamtramck, this understated cafe serves all the coffee and espresso standard bearers as well as a selection of paninis and French-style pastries from Golden Wheat Bakery. In warmer weather, the shop features outdoor seating on a secluded patio out back.

Unluckily this cafe, bar, and community space landed just around the time the pandemic hit in 2020. Luckily, this didn’t seem to matter much to locals in Boston Edison and Virginia Park who came out to support the business in droves, enjoying the expansive patio and deck area and the roomy, high-ceilinged space inside a restored 1920s church. The Congregation is an any-occasion type spot where you can get a charcuterie board and a bottle of Beaujolais with friends or a veggie sandwich and a cold brew while reading a book.

Another Milwaukee Junction edition, the Gathering Coffee Co. is a neighborhood cafe with a soft spot for film photographers. Emily Steffen, a Bay City Populace Coffee alum, combined both her passions with the opening of her espresso bar in the summer of 2020. In addition to the usual suspects, the menu features options like the Bee Sting, an ice espresso with tonic water, honey, and cayenne. Purchase some film from the fridge.

Woodbridge has its very own coffee house hangout in Bikes and Coffee. As its name implies the shop caters to cyclists in need of repairs and new builds, but there’s also plenty of coffee and espresso made with Hyperion beans from Ypsilanti. In addition to the drinks, the cafe carries pastries, bagels, and other snacks for fueling up.

Tucked on the second story of Detroit Barbers in Corktown, Lucky Detroit features views of Michigan Avenue and brews using Populace Coffee beans. The interior has a saloon feel with a mirrored back bar, antique metal light fixtures, and a mounted moose head on the wall. Windows let in lots of light and customers have their choice of seating from long communal tables to leather couches to bar stools.

Located in a spot literally “down under” a building in downtown’s Financial District, Coffee Down Under is pouring coffee brewed with Australian roaster Proud Mary’s beans. Walter Pat’s Bakery supplies snacks including hand pies. In the evening, the cafe space is a false entrance to modern speakeasy Shelby.

The coffee experts from Grand Rapids-based roaster Madcap Coffee provide a full-service experience on the Farmer Street side of the Shinola Hotel complex. The primarily standing room cafe serves the typical coffee and espresso drinks as well as some rotating drink specials that mix coffee with unconventional ingredients like cola and bitters. Don’t miss Madcap’s silky smooth nitro cold brew.

A pandemic closure made way for Cafe Alto in Brush Park during spring 2021. Cafe Alto has a similar bright, polished feel to its predecessor New Order, but dials in the menu with seasonal flavors such as a five spice latte. In addition to the drinks, there are breakfast burritos and pastries.

Germack is known for two things: pistachios and coffee. The Eastern Market roastery offers a wide selection of wholesale beans as well as smaller packaged coffees for home brewing needs. The shop also houses a popular cafe ready to fix up a latte or hot tea.

Cairo Coffee owner Monica Isaac brews beans from a rotating selection of respected roasters inside Spot Lite Detroit, a new bar, cafe, and arts venue on the east side. Drop in and grab a pour over or an espresso drink and a seat. The shop also offers cookies and other vegan treats from Fig Baking Co.

This east side cafe was designed as a community space with plenty of room for coffee, lattes, and community collaboration. The Commons even features a laundromat for the neighborhood.

There’s a reason this drive-thru cafe in Jefferson-Chalmers always seems to have a line snaking out onto the street. Two words: Frozen coffee. Throw in a cake doughnut and a fried chicken biscuit sandwich and you’re setting yourself up for a very good morning.