Tenn Street Coffee & Books — Restaurant in Denver

Husband and I have been trying small batch coffee shops for about 2 years now. We live in Aurora but our chiropractor is in Arvada so we travel the I-70 corridor quite a bit. For some reason, Tenn St has NEVER come up in my searches until this morning! What?! Husband used to attend networking meetings down the street at the Cozy Cottage and did not know the coffee shop was there! So crazy. But I fell in love the minute we walked in the door! As a book lover, how could you not?! It’s so cozy and welcoming and charming and…. You get my point. The vinyl station is just 🫶🏻 How unique! It’s clean and the baristas were friendly. We did not utilize the restroom or have food so I can’t comment on those. The parking seems to be all street and when I say all, that makes it sound like there’s more/easy parking. I would not say that. 😄 And the coffee is ok. It’s not great but it’s not bad by any means. Just not as flavorful as expected. We got vanilla lattes and they prob’ly just needed more vanilla but they were busy so we didn’t want to bother. It wasn’t that serious. Coffee for us can’t taste like coffee so…. 😁 The coffee wasn’t bitter tasting or super strong or anything so it was fine. And we had the best conversation with another customer! I love that! I think we’ll come back in two weeks on the way to...

Arrived around 3 pm on a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon and found a cozy table to work at.

I ordered a spicy iced chai, which didn't have much spice unfortunately. The service, though, was friendly and it came with a paper (not plastic) straw, which is always nice to see in local stores.

The place has a bookstore on one side and some folks reading, while I stayed on the side with the coffee and some art. I got about 2 hours of work done without issue, and wifi was fine.

There are some other coffee shops in the area I'm looking forward to trying, yet overall enjoyed this one enough...

Customer service is in a sorry state these days. I am so tired of unfriendly baristas that make you feel like an inconvenience for walking in the door. Additionally, we came to have a nice cup of coffee AT the coffee shop. We did not order our drinks to go, and do not like to use disposable cups if not needed. Our drinks came out to-go anyways. A cappuccino is much more enjoyable in a nice wide ceramic cup than a half-full, narrow disposable one. These may seem like small picky details, but they are ones that would make me walk past this place next time instead...