Park Avenue Coffee - Lafayette Square

This is a great place to get coffee and hang out. In addition to all your favorite coffee and tea drinks, Park Avenue is one of the city's foremost producers of gooey butter cake in all its flavors and forms. Staff is excellent and always friendly.

I went here specifically to try the gooey butter cake. Having attended university near St. Louis, I'd just recently learned of this local treat. During my visit to St. Louis, I decided to give it a try. If I had to describe this "cake" I'd say it reminiscent of a much richer, soft butter cookie. If you've never had gooey butter cake, go to Park Avenue Coffee, get an original and visit again when you're next in town.

Awesome coffee, some of the best banana bread I've had in awhile and the gooey butter cake is fantastic. It was a great add to my anniversary.

Great gooey bars. Bought one of every flavor they had. Wish they had more variety because I would have spent even more. Wish I had taken photos.

Came in last week and ordered a Carmel Macchiato and it was so good! Ava who took my order was really nice and helpful with what to get. Will be coming back for the great customer service. Thanks!

Before visiting St. Louis, I ran a search on Butter Cake and this came up as one of the top recommendations. The store is quite cute, located across the street from Lafayette Park, and in a neighborhood of brick buildings. (I'm from the West Coast where Brick construction is a rarity) I ordered a slice of the Red Velvet and Original butter cake to go. Price was not too bad, and the portion sizes were about 2.5"x3". The Red Velvet butter cake was a little disappointing as there was no crunchy buttery crust, but instead some thick and gooey chocolate fudge bottom and didn't taste much like anything, except maybe an undercooked chocolate brownie. The original butter cake was much better, and had the flavor balance between the tangy cream cheese and richness of butter. However, I do wish it had a longer time to bake, to get the edges really crunchy in texture. Service was just okay, the two baristas might have just been totally drained since I did visit on one of the hottest days of the year in the middle of a drought and heat wave. Overall, would definitely visit this place again. Next time, I'll order a beverage with my butter cake and have it in their back courtyard area, which had nice seating arrangements and looked like a great place to catch up with a friend, or bring a date to after seeing a movie. They also have gooey butter cake mix for sale.

Their turtle coffee is my favorite with a piece of their amazing banana bread! It’s in such a cute area, too.

Will my first time at Park Avenue the coffee was okay the muffins were okay 1 barista basically ignored me took my money but no social skills the other Barista was awesome she spoke up and engaged and said nice to you come here for the first time and hope to see you again hope the other one has a better day

It's okay for a chain but it's not any better quality than Starbucks. If you want really good coffee go elsewhere. It was just okay inside and the staff at this location weren't particularly pleasant. I don't plan to return.

Local coffee shop with great cold brew. Located in Lafayette Square, it’s a great place to pick up a drink or snack and enjoy a peaceful morning. After, be sure to take a walk in beautiful Lafayette Square Park!