Coffee Noir: Bigger is not necessarily better

Coffee Noir is located at 1035 East 200 South in Salt Lake

Although spacious coffeehouses are great for hosting events and featuring artwork, they don’t indicate much about the quality of the café. Small cafés are great for grabbing coffee on the go or relaxing after work or school. Coffee Noir is one such café that proves bigger is not necessarily better.

Located at 1035 E 200 S, Coffee Noir popped up this past February and has been doing well ever since. It is a proud server of PT’s Coffee, which won Roast Magazine’s 2009 Roaster of the Year Award, and different coffees are featured each week. Although inside seating is limited, the front patio and side yard provide shaded places to sit and enjoy the outdoors or browse the internet with the café’s free Wi-Fi.

The menu has two categories: “coffee house traditions,” which includes basic espresso drinks, and the “frozen section,” where customers can find their favorite coffee drinks over ice. Fruit smoothies, hot chocolate, Italian sodas and steamers are also available. Snacks include fresh bagels, muffins, coffee cakes and cookies, plus a bottom shelf full of 50 cent treats.

Coffee Noir is open Mon-Fri 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sat-Sun 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Parking is readily available on the street, or bus line 220 will easily get you there.