Grateful Roast Cafe and Coffee Roaster

Brian and Sarah are the owners. Their names come up constantly in conversations with regulars, which is usually a sign that an owner-run cafe is being run the right way and that the people behind the counter are visible enough to become part of the place. They roast coffee on site, display and sell local art on the walls, and welcome dogs with treat cups at the counter.

The room is cozy and home-like, with decor that reads more lived-in than designed and feels like somebody furnished it intentionally rather than ordering a cafe kit. Nursing students from nearby LCCC have adopted it as a study spot, which sets the daytime tempo: quiet, focused, the kind of room where you can spread out a textbook without bothering anybody, where students with two more hours of studying ahead of them are not going to look up if you order another coffee at the counter.

The Hangover breakfast sandwich is the named order, and it earns the name on a Sunday morning. The Taylor ham and the Pork Roll sandwiches are the regional plays for anyone who knows what Taylor ham is and why northeastern Pennsylvanians care so much about it. On the coffee side, the Kyoto cold drip is the slow-extraction option that takes hours to produce a single batch and tastes like the patience it required. The matcha lattes and chai tea round out the non-coffee menu for the days you want something different.

Closed Sundays. Plan around that, because it's a real factor for weekend visitors and it's not going to change. Otherwise, this is one of the more genuinely community-rooted small-town roasters in the region, and the kind of place that rewards becoming a regular. The local art on the walls turns over. The treat cup for your dog does not.