Attention Indianapolis coffee lovers (that’s anyone in Indy who loves coffee, as well as anyone who loves coffee from Indianapolis). There’s a new way to find Indianapolis coffee shops online: www.indyindiecoffee.com. This is a Google interactive map that lists all of the independent coffee shops in the Indianapolis metro area. Special thanks to Doug Karr for helping me with this project. (He even created the cool logo.)
The map lists all independent and small chain coffee houses, and leaves out all Big Chain coffee shops. It even shows you which shops have free WiFi (green markers), and which ones don’t (blue markers).
Eventually, we hope to add a community blog similar to I Choose Indy’s, which is where this map first found voice. On our blog, people can write about their favorite coffee houses, an owners’ section, where the different house owners can give out important information to their patrons, such as the price of a latte, whether they have live music, their hours, etc.
If you know of a coffee house that has closed, or if we missed one on the map, or if a place offers WiFi, but I missed it, let me know. We’ll fix the problem as soon as possible.
Remember, if you support your local merchants, $.40 of every dollar you spend stays in the community. But if you support national merchants, like Big Chain Coffee, only $.13 of every dollar stays. So support your local coffee shops and help support your community.
(Originally posted at my humor blog.)
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Erik Deckers
6 responses so far ↓
Sia Sookhteh // Feb 22nd 2008 at 1:30 pm
I also made a Independent Coffee shops listing site at http://www.cafehunt.com
I’m still trying to add coffee shops there to make it better, but I’ve made the site open to everyone to contribute.
harrietfly // Aug 6th 2008 at 2:29 pm
Hello! Any new links for Indpls. coffee shops? *for some reason my computer won’t show the google map for the list. . . .
Any other local resources or websites available that you could share?
Sheri // Sep 26th 2008 at 5:05 pm
Hey guys, I can’t pull up the Indy map. Do you have an updated link? I’m the organizer for a Coffee Meetup group, and this info would by tremendously helpful!!!
Thanks!!!!
Erik Deckers // Sep 29th 2008 at 1:41 pm
If you can’t get Indy Indie Coffee to come up, try this one.
Independent coffee shops in Indianapolis area
Steve Gilbert // Oct 29th 2008 at 3:30 pm
I am relocating from Detroit to Indianapolis in November. As a singer/guitarist, I am interested in identifying the coffee houses that have acoustic jam sessions and performance opportunities.
Thank you.
Steve Gilbert
Erik Deckers // Oct 30th 2008 at 11:36 am
@Steve,
I think your best bet will be to contact some of the places. The ones that I know of off the top of my head are:
- Bean Cup - Greenwood
- B’Java - 56th & Lafayette (only rarely)
- Eagle Creek Coffee - Zionsville or 56th on east side, near Lawrence)
- Lazy Daze - 10 S. Johnson St. (few miles east of downtown, right off Washington)
Those are the only ones I know of. There may be others, but I just don’t know them.
And when you get here, join Smaller Indiana as a great way to network with your new home and neighbors.
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