Grindhouse Cafe

By far the best coffee shop I've been to in the Midwest.  Walking in reminded me of all the great independent coffee shops back home in the Pacific Northwest.  Big comfy couch, yarn-bombed tables and chairs.  The food here is excellent.  My favorite thing by far is their chicken salad sandwich (nice and crisp, with cranberries!), but the bleu cheese beef bomb is a close second.

I'm not a huge fan of the coffee, though.  The roast is just way darker than I like, so to me it tastes a little burned.  That said, they do make a good latte.  Better than anywhere else around.

Fantastic place to hang out! Great food, great staff, and the French vanilla lattes are the best. :)

BOOM BIG OLE FIVER!!!

I certainly must say that The Grindhouse is just swell! Golly gee the people are mighty kind and the cookies and pastries sure are something' outta this world! And I do love their coffee somethin' fierce, it's just so warm and delicious that it make my tummy smile.

Yuuup!!!! That's EXACTLY the vibe I'm getting from this place, old school, not trying to be "Trendy" or "Hip" nor do they use high prices and fancy paper cups where you can proudly display  a bright green logo as a "status symbol". Nope, none of that garbage here, just good coffee, pastries and teas.

Here's the skinny:
Family owned & operated.
Easy on the wallet AND the eyes.
OMFG the Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!

Here's the fat:
The Grindhouse is owned and operated by  a brother & sister duo. I did talk to the brother though I didn't get his name #Fail, he is out of south Hammond while his sister lives close to the coffeehouse. If that's not LOCAL, I don't know what is...
Each time I've been here the staff has been very friendly and willing to explain what all goes into some of the coffee concoctions that are on the big board of goodies on the south wall.

The place is really nice inside, good mix of warm colors and dark wood tones. It has a very comfy couch area and the tables are nice too. Nothing too fancy but, currently there are some knit seat-backs that look pretty cool. I really like the vintage(looking?) coffee grinders on the half wall, pretty nifty. There's also a nice rack of tea that's displayed, I'm not a tea fan per se but, I'll eventually try some there.
Price wise: it's perfect, it seems like they charge just enough to get a good profit while keeping it reasonably cheap for us consumers. My average amount spent per trip to the counter: About $6 or $7, which isn't bad at all.
Just FYI - If you look at the pictures, each one I took fit's that price range or less.

The Chocolate Chip cookies are FAN-FUKIN-TASTIC!!! I bought two a few weeks back to bring to the boss... I ate one on the way and... well since I didn't TELL my boss he had a cookie coming... I sure as hell ate that one too!The other pastries are good too. But, for me it's all about the Chocolate Chip Cookies.
By the way, it's all made fresh daily... sometimes multiple times daily! It's nice to know that they care about the place and their customers enough to make more if necessary. Non of this "Sorry we're out" stuff.

Guess that's it... I can go on but, you gotta come experience it for yourself. It's seriously that good.

#SYOY