Junction Coffee — Restaurant in Oklahoma City

(Junction Coffee)

Location: 611 N Broadway, OKC, 73102, between NW 5th & NW 6th Streets, close to 5th Ave Lofts.

Company: Junction Coffee (JC) started their coffee business in a 1974 double decker bus in 2014, and named her Maebelle. Then in 2018 got a mobile home larger than a coffee truck, a tiny house, and named it "Tiny Tess." Both the bus and the mobile home went to most of the parks in OKC and surrounding areas to offer drinks to those at events or just out exercising at the parks.

JC named the company "Junction" as they liked the definition, a place or point of meeting. Many of their earnings go towards supporting the community and numerous charities and causes.

JC recently opened a permanent location, "brick and mortar" as we say, in Automobile Alley, and their grand opening was Tuesday, 12 Oct 2021. They wanted to offer a more permanent, definite location, for their coffee fans to be able to go get their favorites.

They still have Maebelle, the bus, and in a few weeks will have it out again a few times a week or month. Tiny Tess was sold and is no longer a part of JC.

Hours: Mon-Fri 630am-6pm Sat: 8am-6pm Sun: closed

Coffee: They use Prelude Coffee Roasters coffee.

JC offers typical coffee and tea drinks like lattés, espressos, cappuccinos, americanos, cortados, drips, chai, green and English teas, and seasonal drinks, with their flavored syrups you choose, and milk options you want. They make their own syrups as well. They offer almond, and oat milk alternatives. They have hot chocolate as well.

Sizes: They offer anywhere from 2-4oz in espresso shots to typical 8oz, 12oz, and 16oz.

Food: They offer bakery items and breakfast sandwiches and croissants.

Bldg: They are in a medium grey brick building with four vertical glass windows, in between two other businesses, across from the glass building which Heartland occupies a space.

Decor: inside has light red, red, and creme brick. There are four white tables with four brown leather chairs at each one. The chairs are very soft and comfortable. The coffee bar countertop is wood with black metal chairs to sit on. They have two small tables with two chairs.

JC has a mosaic hanging in the back, made by a local artist, with 500 coffee mugs, depicting 2 coffee mugs with steam coming out of them.

My experience: I first experienced their coffee from mobile Tiny Tess, in Midtown back in March 2020 during a morning caffeine crawl, before Covid19 mayhem and madness shut the mighty world down. Yes too many M words in that sentence. I got the cold brew called "Cold Fashioned" with orange syrup, bitters, maraschino cherry and an orange slice in it which was amazing, mildly sweet, and like a caffeine dessert you want more of.

My second experience was at the new permanent shop the 4th day of their grand opening. I got the fall seasonal Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Latté with almond milk. It's nice and creamy without too much sugar.

Owners/Staff: The owners, Nick and Lori, manage and make the coffee, drinks, most pastries, etc.. Jordan also manages and I met Alex and she started as a customer then worked on the bus Maebelle for 4-5 months before they opened the brick shop. They and the rest of the staff were all nice and friendly, just like what I experienced back in 2020 in Tiny Tess.

Takeaway: I’ll definitely be coming here for my Lattés and Coffees a Latté, especially to try all of their seasonal drinks.

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I've been stopping by Mabel for a while, and was jazzed about there being a brick and mortar location. Since I'm cycling more often than not, it's dope to not have to sit outside with my cup of Joe. Not that it's bad, just that sometimes the weather doesn't play nice.

Anyway, if you've been to the bus you already know what's up. There are plenty of options for hot and cold drinks, as well as some snacks to help fill the tank. I'm working my way through the drink menu, although I'm partial to that cappuccino. On the food side, my go-to is the coffee cake. It's always moist and pairs well with every beverage you can get here.

As for the staff, they're warm and friendly. I don't particularly need to have an "experience" when I go out. As long as I get what I'm after and it doesn't cost me a pint of my own blood then I'm happy. However there's always a kind word to be had here. It's a welcoming environment. Even when they're busy I don't feel like I'm being given the bum's rush.

I could go on forever, but you'll just have to stop in and see for yourself.

Update: They've added a bike rack out front, and patio out back. I wish I could...

We came after reading reviews on the homemade syrups. Honestly- it was disappointing and I was sad I chose this one over the others in the same neighborhood. The decor is super cute with a cool vibe. The negatives are the price- $10.75 for a 16 oz. Wall doesn’t have a size and list 5.75 for a latte- I guess for the 12 oz? Somehow size and oat milk makes it the 10.75? My drink tasted awful- I just threw it away. The two other friend’s coffees tasted ok so it may be the oat milk they use or the decaf roast. Either way- it was a double whammy to pay that much for a drink I couldn’t drink. Service- they just seemed irritated by my questions on the syrups so I then didn’t want to complain about the drink. Again- maybe it was because of the decaf or milk option. Either way- be aware...