Spaceship Earth Coffee — Restaurant in McAlester

Like many others, I stopped in here on a road trip that happened to take me through McAlester. Aside from McAlester having a cool little downtown area (get away from the truck stop/hotel part right off the highway and you'll see what I'm talking about), this place in particular had a really cool atmosphere and looked like a great spot for live music. The staff member I talked to was friendly, knowledgeable, and served a cup of good coffee. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the location was formerly Prairie Artisan Ales homebase and that these people still roast the coffee for the "Bomb" imperial stout from that brewery. It was about 9am, so I didn't catch any of the stuff on their beer tap wall, but I appreciated that there was one, and that you could see a small crowd of local blue collar and other people sitting at the bar enjoying coffee and conversation....

Manager here is aparently fueding with Jade next door. All he did was ask if we could back our van up a couple feet because he had a dump truck coming and he didn't want our car getting messed up by mistake. No problem with us, we were glad for the heads up. But before I could even cross the threshold the manager for the coffee place was demanding to know what Jade had said and eouldn't leave me alone untill I answered. And the coffee definitly isn't worth that kind of treatment. It's bad when the business next door is better to your customers than you are. First and last time I'll be in there. I watch the dump truck pull in a few minutes later, did a great job parking and left plenty of room for the...

This was a nice surprise! Draft beer and coffee in the same area. They have a modest coffee menu with the essentials, coffee and non-coffee. Their syrups are homemade in house. I ordered the latte and it was great. My hubby ordered an Americano and said it was good. Their coffee is also used in some of the beer. There are several tables within. Nice comfy clean environment within. They have shelving in the very back with a modest collection of games. We went after 2pm and it was not busy. They do not have food there, but that is fine because they encourage you to bring in their own. If I am in McAlester again I will...