The Pacific Northwest has long been known as a center of coffee culture, and Salem has several outstanding coffee shops worth visiting. We are lucky to have two great coffee roasters that provide the coffee for their own shops – Archive Coffee and Bar, and the Governor’s Cup. Whether you’re looking for a place to catch up with friends over coffee, as many do at the Broadway Coffeeshop, or get some reading or writing done, as a lot of patrons do at Ike Box, there are many types of coffee shops in Salem, from cozy to funky to sophisticated.
Salem Coffee Roasters
Archive Coffee and Bar
102 Liberty Street NE #120, Salem
Archive Coffee and Bar does a lot – roasts and serves small-batch coffee, tea, and light meals by day, and dinner and cocktails at night. Beyond the coffee basics, the menu changes with the seasons but always includes many unusual takes on espresso drinks. One current drink, for example, the “In a nutshell” includes “house-made pistachio orgeat, espresso, and milk.” Other espresso drinks are similarly unusual and fascinating…