Coffee shops in Des Moines, IA
Every shop here is open and doing something right, so treat it like a coffee crawl through Des Moines, in person or virtually: study how each bar is laid out, read the menu, and get a feel for the brand from their own site and the photos customers tag. Shops that roast their own beans are marked.
Listings, ratings, and links come from Google Places and can change over time. This isn't a ranking; every shop is worth a look. The Google link opens each business's listing, where customers post their own photos.
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Coffee shops & roasters
Crawl these cafes and roasters for bar layout, menu, and brand ideas.
- 4.5(7,080)machineshed.com
- Fleet FarmCafe4.4(6,823)fleetfarm.com
- 4.5(2,738)smokeyrow.com
- 4.7(2,140)mainstreetcafeandbakery.com
- Gateway MarketCafe4.4(1,936)gatewaymarket.com
- 4.1(1,453)cozycafe-johnston.com
- McDonald'sCafe3.1(1,374)mcdonalds.com
- 4.7(1,039)homegrownkitchen.com
- PerKup CafeCafe4.6(1,035)perkup-cafe.com
- 4.6(915)ambrosroadhouse.com
- 4.9(830)horizonlinecoffee.com
- 4.5(821)scenicroutebakerydsm.com
- 5 Borough BagelsCafe4.5(754)5boroughbagels.com
- Cafe DiemCafe4.6(651)cafediem.com
- 4.8(640)porchlightcoffeehouse.com
- 4.5(638)collective.stkildadsm.com
- 4.7(630)zanzibarscoffee.com
- 4.7(567)twistedbean.com
- 4.8(437)theslowdowndsm.com
Coffee carts
Coffee carts, trucks, and trailers working this market — a lower-overhead way in.
- Iowa Coffee Cup LLC. Mobile Coffee BusinessMobile cart5.0(7)
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