13 coffee shops, hand-picked
13 coffee shops in Indianapolis, with hours and addresses
Thirteen Indianapolis coffee shops with addresses and October 2026 hours, from Coat Check and Quills to roasters Calvin Fletcher's, Blue Mind and Brickhouse.
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Indianapolis has a small but serious coffee scene, much of it roasted in town. Calvin Fletcher’s, Blue Mind and Brickhouse roast their own coffee, Coat Check is known for its signature lattes in the historic Athenaeum, and Quills brings its Louisville roastery to Meridian Street. A few cafés here do something extra: Commissary is also a barbershop, Hitherto has a library of board games, and Coffeehouse Five funds counseling. Two of the thirteen are in the suburbs, Greenwood and Greenfield.
The photos are Sasha’s own, taken on her trip to Indianapolis. Addresses, hours, roasters and drinks come from each café’s own website, checked in October 2026; where a café has no working website, we name the source we used. We haven’t added tasting notes we can’t stand behind.
Updated October 2026: removed Bee Coffee Roasters, which closed its cafés and now only roasts, and The Missing Brick, which is a pizzeria. Rechecked every café’s address and hours, corrected Bovaconti’s and Calvin Fletcher’s stories, and flagged four cafés we couldn’t confirm are still open.
The short version
- Calvin Fletcher’s, Blue Mind and Brickhouse roast their own coffee, and Quills roasts in Louisville.
- For a later coffee, Bovaconti in Fountain Square is open every day until 19:00, and Quills until 19:00 on weekends.
- Fountain Square has two on Virginia Avenue: Calvin Fletcher’s and Bovaconti.
- Coffeehouse Five (Greenwood) and Hitherto (Greenfield) are a drive outside the city.
The numbers are for finding your way, not a ranking. The list keeps the cafés from the first version of this guide that still serve coffee, in the same order. Hours are as each café published them in October 2026; where a café doesn’t publish them, we say so.
1. Coat Check Coffee
- 401 E Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Coat Check started in 2017 in the historic Athenaeum on Mass Ave, and it’s built around signature lattes, rotating coffees and baked goods made all day, according to Coat Check.
The lattes are its own: butterscotch with piloncillo and orange, ginger with turmeric, chili de árbol and hibiscus, and pistachio with lemon and rosewater. There’s also a Coat Check Cola made with espresso, orange, orgeat and cherry juice. Milk drinks use grass-fed Jersey milk from a local dairy, and the kitchen bakes its own biscuits for breakfast sandwiches.
- Hours: Monday to Friday 7:00 to 16:00, weekends 8:00 to 17:00 (as of October 2026, per Coat Check)
- Known for: signature lattes
2. PROVIDER
- 1101 E 16th St, Indianapolis, IN 46202
PROVIDER is a café in the Kennedy-King neighborhood, on the ground floor of a brick building on East 16th Street with a patio under string lights. Downtown Indy’s directory describes it simply: “Distinctive filter coffees. Vibrant espresso.”
It doesn’t have a website, so we couldn’t check its menu or hours. Look at its Instagram before you go.
- Status: We couldn’t confirm in October 2026 that it’s still open: it has no website; check @providerindy
3. Kaffeine Coffee
- 707 Fulton St, Suite B, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Kaffeine is a café on Fulton Street, a few blocks from Mass Ave, according to Downtown Indy. Inside there’s a long dark bar under a wooden ceiling and a large map mural on the wall.
Its website no longer loads, so we couldn’t check its menu or hours. Look at its Instagram before you go.
- Status: We couldn’t confirm in October 2026 that it’s still open: its website is offline
4. Quills Coffee
- 941 N Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Quills is a Louisville roaster. Founder Nathan opened the first Quills in 2007 in an old building in Louisville’s Germantown neighborhood, and it still roasts in small batches there, according to Quills.
The Indianapolis café on North Meridian Street is its only one outside Louisville. It serves a seasonal espresso menu, single origins and baked goods, and sells bags of its coffee; in October 2026 that included Ommagourd, a fall blend of Kenya, Nicaragua and Ethiopia.
- Coffee: Quills’ own roasts, from Louisville
- Hours: Monday to Friday 6:00 to 18:00, weekends 7:00 to 19:00 (as of October 2026, per Quills)
5. Calvin Fletcher’s Coffee Company
- 647 Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46203
Calvin Fletcher’s opened in Fountain Square in September 2009, to bring good coffee to a neighborhood that had none. In 2016 it bought a roaster and started roasting in-house, according to Calvin Fletcher’s.
Its motto is “Drink coffee. Consider your neighbor,” and it runs a charitable foundation alongside the café. Besides its own café, you’ll find its coffee at local markets, offices and cafés with rotating roasters. The space is available for after-hours events.
- Coffee: Calvin Fletcher’s own roasts
- Hours: Monday to Saturday 7:00 to 17:00, closed Sunday (as of October 2026, per Calvin Fletcher’s)
6. Foundry Provisions
- 236 E 16th St, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Foundry Provisions serves coffee, breakfast and lunch from “the little red building on the corner” of 16th and Alabama, in the historic Herron-Morton Place neighborhood, according to Downtown Indy. An earlier version of this guide placed it in the Old Northside.
Its online ordering page didn’t load for us, so we couldn’t check its menu or hours. Check a current listing before you go.
- Status: We couldn’t confirm in October 2026 that it’s still open: its website didn’t load
7. Blue Mind Coffee
- 646 E 38th St, Indianapolis, IN 46205
Blue Mind is an Indianapolis roaster whose motto is “we love coffee + we love Indianapolis”, according to Blue Mind. Its café on East 38th Street serves espresso and drip coffee from its own roasts.
Espresso and cortados come with sparkling water and a demitasse spoon. The house lattes include butterscotch, honeycomb with local honey and lavender, and ube. The café is closed on Sundays.
- Coffee: Blue Mind’s own roasts
- Hours: Monday to Friday 7:00 to 15:00, Saturday 8:00 to 15:00, closed Sunday (as of October 2026, per Blue Mind)
8. Bovaconti Coffee
- 1042 Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46203
Bovaconti opened in Fountain Square in fall 2019, in an 1850s building that was Bovaconti Jewelers for decades. Its diamond-shaped logo and brass and copper details are a nod to that past, according to Bovaconti. It serves coffee from local roasters.
Since 2022 its Artist Series has printed work by local artists on its cups. A second Bovaconti opened in Carmel in 2025. An earlier version of this guide called it Italian-inspired; the name comes from the jewelry store.
- Also at: 2 W Main St, Carmel
- Coffee: local roasters
- Hours: every day, 7:00 to 19:00 (as of October 2026, per Bovaconti)
9. Brickhouse Coffee
- 9771 Fall Creek Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46256
Brickhouse began in an old Victorian brick house and grew into a coffeehouse and roastery on Fall Creek Road, on the northeast side. Its founders served as missionaries before going into coffee, according to Brickhouse.
It roasts on a gas-fired roaster and buys its beans directly from farmers, from Sumatra to Ethiopia and Brazil. You can buy its coffee by the bag at the café or online.
- Coffee: Brickhouse’s own roasts
- Hours: not listed on its website; check brickhouseroasters.com before you go
10. Coffeehouse Five
- 323 Market Plaza, Greenwood, IN 46142
Coffeehouse Five is in Greenwood, a suburb south of Indianapolis. It opened in Old Town Greenwood in July 2014 as a “for-benefit” coffeehouse: its net revenue funds its community work, according to Coffeehouse Five.
Owners Brian and Michelle Peters also offer marriage and addiction counseling at the coffeehouse. The Greenwood café has a small conference room you can book, and there are newer cafés in Franklin and Bargersville.
- Also at: Franklin and Bargersville
- Hours: Greenwood: Monday to Friday 7:00 to 15:00, Saturday 7:00 to 13:00 (as of October 2026, per Coffeehouse Five)
11. Commissary Barber & Barista
- 304 E New York St, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Commissary is a barbershop and a café in one: you can have a coffee while you get a haircut or a beard trim, and it serves beer as well as coffee, according to Visit Indy.
Its website loads only a title page, so we couldn’t check its current menu or hours. Look at its Instagram before you go.
- Status: We couldn’t confirm in October 2026 that it’s still open: its website shows no details
12. Dry Bones Mud House
- 525 S Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN 46225
Dry Bones Mud House is a weekday café downtown, in the Union 525 building on South Meridian Street. Its coffee and tea are roasted and sourced in Indiana, and its food menu is made-to-order English muffin sandwiches, according to Dry Bones.
It says it exists “to unveil the story of coffee and stoke the flame for community,” and it uses reusable, recyclable and biodegradable products where it can. It closes at 14:00 and is closed on weekends.
- Coffee: Indiana roasters
- Hours: weekdays 7:00 to 14:00 (as of October 2026, per Dry Bones)
13. Hitherto Coffee & Gaming Parlour
- 1558 N State St, Greenfield, IN 46140
Hitherto is in Greenfield, a town east of Indianapolis. It’s a coffee shop with a board game library: you can order coffee, espresso, pastries or ice cream and play a game from its collection, according to Hitherto.
You can reserve a game table in advance, and it runs game events. Its website doesn’t list opening hours, so check before you drive out.
- Hours: not listed on its website; check @hithertocoffee before you go
Tips before you go
- Most of these cafés close in the afternoon. For a later coffee, go to Bovaconti in Fountain Square, open until 19:00.
- Blue Mind and Calvin Fletcher’s are closed on Sundays, and Dry Bones on weekends.
- Mass Ave and downtown have the most within walking distance: Coat Check, Kaffeine, Quills and Commissary.
- Before visiting PROVIDER, Kaffeine, Foundry Provisions or Commissary, check that they’re open; we couldn’t confirm it.
- To brew the beans you bring home, see our pour over guide or our cold brew guide.
Indianapolis coffee shops FAQ
Of the cafés in this guide, Calvin Fletcher’s, Blue Mind and Brickhouse roast their own in Indianapolis. Quills roasts in Louisville and serves its coffee at its Meridian Street café.
Bovaconti in Fountain Square is open every day until 19:00, and Quills on Meridian Street until 19:00 on weekends, as of October 2026. Most others close in the afternoon.
No. Bee Coffee Roasters closed its two cafés after the Covid years and now focuses on roasting, selling online and to wholesale partners.
Hitherto Coffee & Gaming Parlour in Greenfield has a board game library and takes table reservations.
Calvin Fletcher’s Coffee Company and Bovaconti Coffee are both on Virginia Avenue in Fountain Square.
Sources
- Coat Check Coffee
- Downtown Indy directory: PROVIDER, Kaffeine Coffee Company and Foundry Provisions
- Quills Coffee: About us and Our cafés
- Calvin Fletcher’s Coffee Company and Contact
- Blue Mind Coffee: Visit
- Bovaconti Coffee: Our story
- Brickhouse Coffee Co.: About us
- Coffeehouse Five: Our locations and Our story
- Visit Indy: Indy barbershops breaking barriers
- Dry Bones Mud House
- Hitherto Coffee & Gaming Parlour
- Bee Coffee Roasters: About, on closing its cafés
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