Vibrant places & low-key spaces — wrap your hands around delicious experiences! Breathe in the aroma of locally roasted coffee beans or order a cup of tea — hearty black Earl Grey with breakfast, or a pick-me-up afternoon bubble tea?
With full menus to small plates for savoring, baked goods & pastries made fresh daily, and java jolts to mellow-mood teas at the ready, enjoy tasting your way through these cozy coffee shops & tea lounges when you Go Great Lakes Bay in Michigan!
With locations in Uptown Bay City, Midtown Midland, Saginaw, and Freeland, experience Live Oak Coffeehouse — spaces for those who value authenticity & inspiration while sipping locally roasted specialty coffee, tea, and other handcrafted beverages. Lattes & espresso, matcha & Kombucha, indulge in flavors crafted with care. Explore house-made syrups, sugar-free included, and enjoy No-Nonsense (house-made granola) Bars and Traditional or Crustless Quiche.
Read More +Discover three unique locations and the mission of Creation Coffee: To create meaningful relationships and a better world. Order Creation Espresso or Ten Generation coffee — or a Brown Sugar Roasted Hazelnut or Caramel Brûlée Latte — and know that Creation Coffee serves sustainably grown, responsibly sourced, meticulously roasted beans. Tasty bagels, cinnamon rolls, and scones complete the coffee experience!
Read More +Drink in the welcoming aroma of hand-poured comfort at Harless + Hugh Coffee. Serving natural wine, beer, and hard cider alongside coffee, espresso, and tea — complete with Kombucha on tap — order a Charcuterie Board or House Waffle to accompany your specialty drink (like the Orange Cardamom Latte). Enjoy house-made syrups and an atmosphere where community comes together for conversation, coffee, and a light bite to eat — by the warmth of the wood-burning fireplace or bundled up on the beautifully inviting patio.
Read More +Gather ‘round at Grove Tea Lounge, a space that's “not your grandma’s tea house — but she’ll love it, too!” Relax and enjoy responsibly sourced teas and Michigan-roasted coffees with your breakfast, lunch, and bakery selections — from scones to scratch-made pop-tarts and donuts — all handcrafted in-house! Sip a warming Cinnamon Plum Tea Latte or Masala Chai Tea Latte — or cold Mermaid Tea — or order yourself a Nitro Cold Brew coffee, served on tap!
Read More +Enjoy your cuppa with John, Paul, Ringo, and George at Espresso Express Coffee House Presents Beatles and Beans Coffee Emporium! Beatles-themed from ceiling to scones, drink in “Bean-A-Mania” memorabilia, taste the infamous #13 Espresso Shake, and “Imagine” bulk beans, teas, biscotti, bagels, smoothies, and more.
Warm & welcoming, coffee purists will appreciate Red Eye Coffee + Tea for their five drip coffees available everyday. Others will enjoy more than 30 Torani syrups or Ghirardelli chocolate whipped into specialty drinks, alongside a wide variety of teas.
Bounce back at Boomerang Coffee Lounge! Choose from flavored lattes, cappuccinos, and Americanos — and Chai Tea, Boba Tea, or even a Tea Latte — and balance your caffeine buzz with a full brunch menu, available any time of the day.
Belly up at MI Element Grains & Grounds, the neighborhood hangout for microbrews, specialty coffee options, and home-baked goods. Combine your house-made Masala Chai Tea or cappuccino with fresh-baked breads & croissants, and taste the reasons locals gather here!
Come in to wind down at LoLoBee’s Lounge, open noon to midnight. Enjoy an afternoon or after-dinner Traditional Brew, sample Vietnamese-Inspired Iced Coffee, and savor local entertainment, poetry & prose readings, and board games.
Have a Kaffeeklatsch at Frankenmuth Kaffee Haus, or a Bavarian social gathering among friends over amazing coffee and great conversations! Include fresh baked goods, soups, and sandwiches with your espresso or tea for a delicious experience!
Cozy up on comfortable leather couches with cuppa in-hand, or pick up your selection from the drive-thru at Coffee Chaos! Either way, every brew, iced or hot, is made fresh when you order — and pairs perfectly with preservative-free muffins & cookies, baked fresh daily.
Meet up at the precise point where M-47 and M-46 converge — Sips 476 in Saginaw! Taste hot teas & steamers, frappes & freezers, or indulge in signature espresso drinks like the L-Shep, a Dirty Chai Latte.
Explore your palate at Espresso Milano, an old-school, firstwave-style coffee house that brews single-origin Arabica drip coffee. Discover mochas made with Ghirardelli, specialties including the Caramel Kiss, and seasonal Chai Scream — or Chai-flavored ice cream!
Discover the origin of coffee, via legend & goat lore, alongside local Creation Coffee at Excited Goat Coffee Company! Order in-house or online where you can “Build Your Own Drink,” select from frappes, lattes, and cold brew, and pick your pleasure from muffins to specialty cinnamon rolls.
Enter the warm atmosphere of Iron Grind Coffee House, where you’re welcomed to enjoy a cup of coffee and encouraged to build one another up. Named after Proverbs 27:17, “As iron sharpens iron, one man sharpens another," enjoy high-quality coffee & baked goods.
Cozy up with a cup of coffee or tea, a ball of yarn, and a notion to create something new at Stranded Yarn & Coffee. Lose track of time in the best of ways inside this yarn-filled nook, the culmination of a dream between two friends who hoped to someday have “a little shop of their own!”
Hold the handcuffs at Cops & Doughnuts - Sutherland Precinct — the “most wanted” around here is coffee & fresh donuts! Sip drip “Cops Coffee” with your Felony Fritter (apple fritter) or pastries, pies, and breads all made fresh in this 100% cop-owned bakery.
Indulge in European-style breads & pastries — with your cup of Illy specialty coffee — by the roaring fireside at Café Zinc, inside The H Hotel. Experience comfortable luxury and a bistro setting, perfect for breakfast, brunch, or lunch.
Experience Old Town Saginaw and scrumptious, handmade simplicity at The Bread Gal. Order from an ever-changing menu of sweet, savory, and melt-in-your-mouth artisan breads, pastries, quiche, muffins, and more, all made from locally sourced ingredients — and do try the Cardamom Bun.
Pay homage to global inspiration at Crepes et Amis. Try the Good Morning Paris crepe with brown sugar and ham, or a savory Italian Caprese crepe. Explore sweet options, too, including the Strawberry Cheesecrepe with fresh berries and drizzled Nutella.
With French music playing and a Parisian patio setting, experience a taste of Paris in Michigan's Little Bavaria at La Crepe du Jour. Enjoy made-to-order French-style crepes, sweet & savory, along with coffee or espresso.
Bite into flavor from the French Quarter at N’Orlins Beignets & Coffee or N’Orlins on Main Street! Hot and fresh, beignets are fritter-style donuts topped with powdered sugar — perfect with coffee for breakfast, as a midday snack, or dessert after dinner!
Taste delicious, health-conscious dishes inside K's Cafe. Relax over a cup of java or tea — or a fresh-pressed juice or smoothie — while you enjoy healthy comfort foods with creative twists, from the menu that changes with each week.
Step into Water Street Nutrition smoothie & juice bar to discover, down to the carbs & calories, delicious, healthy options! With smoothies, specialty juices, protein shakes (dairy-free, too), and an Energizing Tea Menu — try the Wonder Woman for a “pomegranate liftoff kiwi strawberry tea” or the Oreo Sweet Cream Post-Workout Shake.
Read More +By: Jen W. O'Deay | Updates: Go Great Lakes Bay | Jen is a Saginaw native and owner of Feel These Words, an independent copywriting studio & home to the free "5 Day Website MiniBoost". Jen specializes in writing that connects, delivered through website copy, branded content articles, and WingWoman writing services. You'll find Jen camping with her family, laughing, and at feelthesewords.com