Stella’s Coffee

Stella’s opened its doors in 1991, and today it fills several eclectic rooms in a house on South Pearl. Those rooms are almost always packed; students and telecommuters share mismatched tables in the quiet nooks during the day, couples and friends catch live music acts and chat on the front porch at night. And at […]

Urbanistic Tea and Bike Shop

At Queen City Cycles, you can get your bike repaired while you enjoy a cup of tea in a great Highland hangout. Brother-sister team Ethan and Michelle Bontrager run Queen City, formerly known as Urbanistic Tea and Bike Shop, in Highlands Square. Ethan is the master mechanic who can also fix wagons and strollers, while […]

Weathervane Cafe

Everything about the Weathervane Cafe is as cute as can be. Situated in the bottom floor of a small house on Seventeenth Avenue, the interior seats a mere nineteen people; there are eye-catching flower arrangements, vases and ornamental items (some of them for sale) artfully placed on assorted surfaces, and pictures drawn by local schoolkids […]

Whittier Cafe

There’s no place quite like Whittier Cafe, whose eclectic calendar features such community events as weekly Ethiopian coffee ceremonies. An expansive lineup of fresh-roasted coffees, along with teas, ice cream and sandwich options, comes out of the small but mighty kitchen at this neighborhood hangout. More than a coffee shop, Whittier Cafe is a true […]