Joe Sippers Cafe

Good vibes all around! From the inviting aloe plants to the delicious fresh ingredients and fun personalities making your order, there is always time for Joe!!!
Study place for the student, laid back vibe for the casual lunch need in the middle of a work day.
Known for tasty salsa and fresh chips.
Just an all around good, wholesome, local cafe!

Great to find an independent who roasts their own in a small(ish) town. Cool vibe inside as well. Ditch the mermaid monopoly.

Stopped here traveling thru on i70.. bout 2 miles off the interstate but worth it if you have time…they have a awesome variety of lite food and of course lots of specialty drinks! Very good.

The coffee and drinks are wonderful. Can't speak for their food, but if it's anything like their coffee it'll be great.

Quick stop in on a Saturday and had a great rum and maple latte and my wife got a simile vanilla. We were both very impressed with the texture and flavor. They have a ton of space and lots of neat local art, especially for a smaller town like Effingham.

The service was poor. Employee keeped looking at us when we went up to the counter, but never greeted us. I had the turkey and cheese sandwich. There was plenty of turkey and cheese. It had 3 soggy pieces of spinach on the entire sandwich, the tomatoes and cucumbers were soggy as well. It came with chips that we're very stale. Not worth 10.00. they didn't not even ask if I wanted anything to drink. My husband had the tuna pita and said it had too much garlic, but my daughter enjoyed her grilled cheese. I would not recommend this place.

What the actual issue with the work hours of this place? We had no chance to try their coffee because restaurant was closed on Tuesday at 7:40pm.
Why is it closed if you supposed to work till 9pm except Sundays according to your schedule?!
We were planing trip beforehand and needed coffee very much. It’s very unpleasant when you are left freeway for a particular place for nothing.

Updated: the owner contacted me saying they fixed the work hours issue so I changed my review to 4 stars. Unfortunately, I won’t be in the area soon to try the coffee.

Fresh good quality salads and well made lattes. We are driving from Austin to Chicago area and we're SO tired of truck stop food & coffee. Joe Sippers Cafe was a welcome break and only about a mile off the highway. Friendly staff too!! Also, it's not every cafe that can meet our dairy free and wheat free dietary restrictions, but they can here.

Beat chicken salad ever, also love their smoothies. It's a great place to get some work done since the Starbucks in town is so small. Great way to spend money locally

Stumbled upon this cafe on a long road trip. I ordered the gourmet grilled cheese. It was tiny and had one very thin slice of cheese with a tomato slice. The bread was delicious though. The grilled cheese was served with tortilla chips and nothing to dip them in!
The girls behind the counter were less then thrilled to wait on us. I was not impressed and would not come back.