8 best coffee shops in Minneapolis, with hours and addresses

Lee Carter and Caleb Garn opened Five Watt in 2014 at 38th Street and Nicollet Avenue in Kingfield, a neighborhood that had no coffeehouse then. They took a 1,100-square-foot (102 m²) space in a 1909 building, restored its hardwood floors, brick wall and tin ceiling, and added a garage door, according to The Line. The name comes from Five Watt Studios, a record label Garn used to own.

Five Watt now has three cafés: the original in Kingfield, one on East Hennepin Avenue in Northeast and one on Lyndale Avenue. Its old website is no longer online, so check its Instagram for the current menu and hours.

• Also at: 861 E Hennepin Ave (Northeast) and 3350 Lyndale Ave S
• Hours: not published on a website; check @fivewattcoffee before you go

Dogwood is a Minneapolis roaster that has worked with its coffee growers since 2010. Its motto is “Coffee for Others”: the idea is to value everyone along the way, from the farmer to the driver delivering the beans to the people in the café, according to Dogwood. It describes washed coffees as its favorites.

The Northeast café on Tyler Street has a rotating pour-over and tea menu at the register, and a fridge with sandwiches, salads and parfaits. Dogwood also has cafés on East Lake Street and in St. Paul, and a fourth, on Cleveland Avenue in St. Paul, is coming soon.

• Also at: 4021 E Lake St; 2700 University Ave W, St. Paul
• Coffee: Dogwood’s own roasts
• Hours: Northeast: Monday to Friday 7:00 to 19:00, weekends 8:00 to 18:00 (as of October 2026, per Dogwood)

Spyhouse is a Twin Cities roaster that focuses on buying directly from farms, according to its own story. The Northeast café is where its original roaster lives: a restored turn-of-the-century brick and timber warehouse, the old Land O’ Nod mattress factory, in an arts district where more than 400 artists live and work.

It’s the one on this list that stays open into the evening every day. Spyhouse now has seven cafés: Whittier, Uptown, Northeast, North Loop, downtown in the Emery, St. Paul and Rochester. The Northeast café notes construction around the building and a paid lot behind it, with free parking for customers in the Broadway Building lot.

• Also at: Whittier, Uptown, North Loop, downtown (Emery), St. Paul and Rochester
• Coffee: Spyhouse’s own roasts
• Hours: Northeast: every day, 7:00 to 19:00 (as of October 2026, per Spyhouse)

Northern Coffeeworks grew out of a bike shop in 2017 and is now a micro-roaster and café in south Minneapolis. It roasts each coffee to its own medium-light profile, and its coffees carry Minnesota names such as Boundary Waters, Cabin Vibes and Lady’s Slipper, according to Northern Coffeeworks.

The house drinks follow the same theme: the Northshore latte with brown sugar and cardamom, the North Woods cold brew with maple and oat milk, and a smoked sea salt mocha. There’s a pour-over menu, and pastries come from Honey & Rye, Sift and Front Porch Pies. An earlier version of this guide placed the café in the North Loop; it’s in south Minneapolis.

• Coffee: Northern Coffeeworks’ own roasts
• Hours: every day, 7:00 to 16:00 (as of October 2026, per Northern Coffeeworks)
• House drinks: Northshore latte, North Woods cold brew, smoked sea salt mocha

Uncommon Grounds calls itself the Twin Cities’ oldest coffeehouse, and the house it’s in is older still: a Victorian built in 1877 as a country home for a family who lived downtown, according to Uncommon Grounds. Inside there are plush booths and candlelight, a mirrored back bar with gold leaf and a brass espresso machine.

It’s built for lingering rather than a quick espresso. The menu leans on its chai, which it calls award-winning, and on desserts such as cheesecake and fudge cake. In warm months there’s seating on the wraparound porch.

• Hours: not published on its website; check before you go
• Known for: its chai

Pow Wow Grounds has been “caffeinating and feeding the American Indian community in Minneapolis” since 2011, according to its own site. It’s owned by Robert Rice, who is White Earth Ojibwe, and sits on the American Indian Cultural Corridor next to All My Relations Gallery, across the street from where the American Indian Movement was founded in 1968.

Its windows advertise espresso, wild rice soup, smoothies and sweets. In January 2026 the café and the gallery became a base for volunteers in the neighborhood, serving 600 gallons of free coffee a week, Native News Online reported.

• Hours: Monday to Friday 7:00 to 17:00, Saturday 9:00 to 16:00, closed Sunday (as of October 2026, per Pow Wow Grounds)

7 Corners sits on the West Bank, near the University of Minnesota, and sets itself up for students, faculty and anyone who needs a place to study or meet. It works with roasters and farmers around the world and says every coffee it serves can be traced to the farmer who grew it, according to 7 Corners.

There’s a walk-up window for coffee to go, and pastries come from Twin Cities bakeries. A second Minneapolis café, on the East Bank at 720 Washington Avenue SE, was announced as coming this fall; there’s also one in Eden Prairie.

• Coffee: rotating partner roasters
• Hours: every day, 7:00 to 17:00 (as of October 2026, per 7 Corners)

Wildflyer is a nonprofit café with one goal: to end youth homelessness. Its Work and Life Skills program hires people aged 16 to 24 who have experienced homelessness or housing instability for four months, 20 hours a week at $16.37 an hour plus tips, with on-the-job training and weekly workshops, according to Wildflyer.

The Minneapolis café is on Minnehaha Avenue, and it rents out a meeting space for parties and community events. A second Wildflyer is in St. Paul, on West 7th Street.

• Also at: 1362 7th St W, St. Paul
• Hours: every day, 7:00 to 17:00 (as of October 2026, per Wildflyer)