White Pine Market — Restaurant in Two Harbors

I drink a lot of coffee and my favorite places in a 50 mile radius are White Pine Market and 190 Degree Coffee in Duluth. Both are top tier in my opinion, with trade-offs to each but no clear winner.

I have been to White Pine Market well over 100 times, and have been greatly impressed by the coffee and by a few employees customer service. As such, I wanted to write a short book about how great they, and one employee in particular, are.

In particular, I want to give a shout out to Lilly, who is an absolute rockstar. She is fast, makes amazing drinks, and has top-tier customer service. She's consistently impressed my wife and I, and I'm sure everyone else she interacts with.

I manage a hotel and I greatly appreciate good customer service - and Lilly has some of the most outstanding customer service that I have ever seen. She is extremely friendly, genuine, and makes you feel like a welcomed guest every single time - even when they are backed up and struggling.

Onto the drinks:

The coffee here is a bit sweeter than how I usually like it, but I simply ask for extra shots of espresso and my drinks turn out perfect every time. I have had very very few instances of burnt or bad tasting coffee in all the times I've been here over the years, and the issues have been corrected immediately any time that I've mentioned it.

Additionally, it's worth noting that most coffee shops develop a stale coffee taste over time due to subpar cleanliness and equipment maintenance and White Pine Market does NOT have any issues what-so-ever with this.

All of the employees are quite nice, and never make me feel unwelcome - even when they are extremely busy. Overall, no complaints at all. As a long-time customer, I would give White Pine Market 10/10 and would recommend to everyone.

Oh, check out the shop inside! I'm not big of shopping, but they have a lot of cool things in there and it's a good way to pass the time while they make the drinks! The atmosphere is quite...

This is my favorite little coffee shop on the north shore! ❤️ Not over-hyped like other coffee shops (from what I've seen anyways). *First (and most importantly), the coffee was delicious and cheaper than some places I've been to around here (see menu pic). They have a variety of flavor options and good non-coffee menu options. I ordered the iced Havana 😍 and my husband ordered a shaken raspberry lemonade. *The gal working there was super friendly and we had a pleasant conversation. She was also very patient while we took forever to decide what we wanted (honestly, how do I pick just one?) and answered any questions we had. *I was not expecting to love the little boutique section as much as I did! ❤️ It is slightly expensive, but it's all locally sold items (to my knowledge?) and it's very cute stuff! I went home with a few child clothing items. *Just so you know, there's not really anywhere to just sit and enjoy your coffee/food if that's the experience you're looking for. It's more of a grab and go place or (my recommendation) order drinks/food and shop around a little. Overall, White Pine Market is 5 out of 5 stars for me. 🌟 I'll...

This place is an amazing find! We tried the Traverse City espresso drinks which were tasty. We got our child a hot chocolate and I really appreciated the barista verifying what size we wanted and the "kid's temp" of the drink. We've been to other coffee shops in Duluth that have served scalding got kids drinks. The items in the store were incredible!!! Gorgeous baby clothes including beautiful printed dresses, children's books for all ages(!), home decor including woven, wooden and ceramic dishes and trays, linens including throw blankets in gorgeous fall colors and hand woven rugs, kitchen tools and accessories, beautiful hand crafted mugs, bath items, small bags of candy, and even thrifted women's clothing (a jcrew jacket!) and shoes near the back. The selection was amazing. We will...