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I get my latte, my dog gets her treat. Everybody’s happy whenever we come here!
Great spot with friendly staff, love the chocolate chip cookies
The atmosphere here is really friendly and warm. If you’re like me, seeing a bunch of healthy potted plants throughout the store makes it feel like home. Their staff is friendly and greet you with a smile. Their coffee is great and their pastries are amazing. If they have them when you go, you should definitely try the fruity pebble macrons! Grab some coffee and pop into some of the other great local shops around Maplewood.
Man, I really want to like this place (used to love it when it was Foundation Grounds), I believe it's family owned now. Some of the family seems to be working together. It's a local place with pride, it would be GREAT for it to do well. But geeze, there were some major things wrong. It might explain why it was fairly dead on a Tuesday morning. 1) Food quality: I ordered the avocado toast with scrambled eggs. The toast was the best part, great bread! Avocado was fine...but insipid chopped tomatoes (if it's not tomato season, just don't use them), really pungent raw onion, that's about what I tasted. And the scrambled eggs...man, either they were cooked fresh and REALLY overdone or they're using powdered eggs (tasted like the latter for sure). Either way they were not good at all. Just not good. I give the benefit of the doubt though...maybe they didn't get a shipment of produce? Maybe they're in between eggs? IDK...just hope it's not like that all the time. 2) Service/atmosphere: this might be my bigger critique, for a couple of reasons. First, the man working the register was nice enough, but just extremely unprofessional. Was using chewing tobacco while working behind the counter which is, disgusting (and I would imagine some sort of health code violation?) At one point the woman behind the counter (whom I believe is the owner, and seems to be the "mom") asked the counter guy to make himself useful and maybe go wipe some tables/shelves. He jokingly responded, "ha, that's funny. Wipe down some shelves and tables, that's a good one." Cool if it was joking between family or whatever, but it was so loud...I was sitting in the dining room and heard it clearly. She was cussing it up and they were just being so flippant. At one point they were basically having a business meeting behind the counter, for all to hear. Talking about their struggles...talking about how the Living Room (down the street) was probably packed right now while they were not. Basically just setti
Small and intimate. Perfect location for studying. Good coffee. The food is decent, however, the bakery items are awesome and many options are vegan. It's quietest in the morning and after the lunch rush through closing, which are my favorite times to go study. There are also multiple outlets for phones and laptops. One of my favorite local spots.
My go-to for coffee meetings. I like to surprise my lady with a blueberry muffin from there. Those muffins make it impossible to leave me. Highly recommend.
Love love love this uniquely cozy, friendly, and personable coffe shop with great food and drinks. The owner and staff are helpful and fun! Will be back many times and I don't live close!!
Love this place. Love the owner and nice staff and how much care they put into their food.
Great cafe, good food options, cozy interior.
Busy coffee shop could also pass for a hangout spot! Lots of 20-30 somethings at work on laptops. Nice location in Maplewood. Reasonable prices and solid food. Oh...and they have macarons too!
Lovely little place :) . Only my second time here and the people recognize my face! (And my love for hot chocolate) the hot chocolate is amazing, it isn't all chemically and incredibly stripping as the stuff from stores. It's really subtle and I enjoy it alot. Their food is really good too, the grilled cheese panini has a more unique taste. Love this place- I plan on becoming a regular :)
This place is amazing! The whole experience was wonderful and the owner is very personable and funny. I WILL DEFINITELY BE BACK!!!1😁😁😁
Fun, funky, hip, bohemian. Heart of purple hair Maplewood. Good cookies. I would prefer they bring the drinks to the table after ordering because I get a little self conscious when they call out my order in front of everyone.
One of my absolute favorite coffeehouses in the region. I've tried several different lattes and they are all great. Not bitter or overly sweet like some other places. My go to Lavendar latte never disappoints, the peanut butter blonde and macaroons are also amazing. The owner and staff are friendly and genuine. You should give it a try, you won't be disappointed.
This place is great- super sweet staff and delicious drinks. The coffee shop IS open- Google has messed up their info.
This is my second time visiting Maplewood Deli and Coffeehouse (formerly known as Foundation Grounds). The staff has been SO welcoming and friendly each time. Their latte's are top-notch (seasonal honey cinnamon pictured), and their food is great as well! It's such a warm and inviting environment to sit and work or visit with friends. There are several neat touches throughout the space, but my favorite is the "Pay it Forward" coffee board where you can purchase a coffee for someone, for instance, having a bad day. They can redeem it using the sticky notes (pictured below). Definitely one of my favorite coffee spots I've visited in STL so far!
We stopped by this place for our quick Morning coffee and breakfast. It was Sunday morning, and the place was fully packed. We got a table and the coffee was served on the table l. The coffee was very basic and nothing fancy. I ordered a bagel with cream cheese. I requested the bagel to be toasted, however on arrival I discovered that it was not toasted. Anyways, the place was packed, and maybe they were on running on a shortage of staff. Even we found the service to be slow. My partner ordered some vegan burrito with butternut squash and spinach. It was also very basic and underwhelming.
I think they went down in service. Customer service is not what it used to be. Not as friendly and the lattes taste too much like milk and way too much froth! I used to order smoothies all the time here as well Not so much anymore There liquid. No where near being a smoothie and too much juice! For what they charge you would think service would be better and there drinks would be awesome! If you want awesome service and great coffee or smoothie go somewhere else b/c it's not here!
I go here for a Dirty Chai and whatever scones or assorted baked goods they have in their pastry case. The staff there is always friendly and helpful. The place itself is small but very inviting and comfortable. They typically do biscuits and gravy on the weekends.
Went for the coffee. Not bad, but probably not my first choice. They do keep track of tables that need to be cleaned - very nice!