Spyhouse Coffee Bar & Gallery
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Coffee shop/gallery
They have soy milk and vegan chocolate for their coffee drinks. Food options include at least one vegan baked good (usually vegan raspberry chocolate bars) as well as snacks like pita bread with hummus and chips with salsa. Great coffee from a local roaster (MorningStar) and a vast array of teas (from TeaSource in Highland Park).
The 'gallery' part is actual honest-to-goodness-art. There's a waiting list to put up a show (what with MCAD just around the corner), and there is always a supply of interesting artworks to peruse while enjoying your coffee.
Now with free airport net access! Bring your laptop for wireless web work.
On the corner of 25th St E. and Nicollet Ave S.
- Wireless (free)
Added by Missy on Feb 28 03 (updated Oct 17 08)
Reviews
I really like the atmosphere, but they could stand to have some more vegan options. The hummus and pita was good, but I would have loved to have had a vegan sandwich option, or maybe a baked item besides the blasted French Meadow Raspberry chocolate bars that every coffee shop and it's brother carries as the token vegan item in their case.
Spy house has been my favourite coffee shop for a while now. The drinks, atmosphere, collected furnitures, lighting fixtures, music, and the crowd (all ages, races, sexual orientation, and all types of interesting people) all make this a very cozy place to be with friends, read a book, do schoolwork, or just surf the net (wireless internet provided by the Spyhouse of course). Ah, I almost forgot to mention that I love the fact that Spyhouse recently co-sponsored the screening of the movie "A Home at The End of The World" which I enjoyed very much. Thank you.
Spyhouse makes great coffee drinks, the tea choices are wonderful. A great place to spend the afternoon being social with friends or solitary with a book.
two dollars for nehi soda! i used to buy them for a quarter! this is still the only place i know of to buy them outside of the south. use peach flavor for blessing boats.
Spyhouse is in a nice location and has good atmosphere with plenty of space to study or read or check out local artwork. I like that they have some pre-packaged vegan cookies, but their drinks are mediocre and the same as any other place---just the same old liquid Oregon chai mix added to some soy milk. Every cafe in Minneapolis does that. If you want fresh, home-made chai brews, go to Namaste Cafe, Common Roots or Butter Bakery. If you're just looking for a place to hang out and drink a cup of coffee or tea, Spyhouse serves the purpose.