A Coffee Crawl Down Michigan Avenue in Lansing, MI

Michigan Avenue carries most of Lansing's independent coffee. Walk it west to east and you get four genuinely different rooms in one morning.

## Stop one: Strange Matter Downtown

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[Strange Matter Downtown](/places/strange-matter-downtown) at 331 S Washington Square is the start — coffee, tea and a vegan bakery case in the middle of the business district. Order here, then head east on Michigan.

## Stop two: GoodFellas Bagel Deli

[GoodFellas Bagel Deli](/places/goodfellas-bagel-deli) is inside Capital City Market at 600 E Michigan Ave, a Black-owned counter that does coffee alongside bagels. This is the stop where you eat something, which matters if you are three cups in by eleven.

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## Stop three: Strange Matter Coffee Eastside

[Strange Matter Coffee Eastside](/places/strange-matter-coffee-eastside) at 2010 E Michigan Ave #103 is the same roaster with a different room and the same coffee, tea and vegan baking. Comparing the two back to back is the actual point of a crawl.

## Stop four: Hooked

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[Hooked](/places/hooked) at 3142 E Michigan Ave is a bookstore, coffee shop and wine bar in one, and it runs community events. It is the right place to stop moving — buy a book, sit down, and let the crawl end.

## Worth the detour

[Château Coffee Co.](/places/cha-teau-coffee-co) at 1701 S Waverly Rd is Mediterranean- and French-inspired specialty coffee on the west side, and it is the best cup in Lansing that is nowhere near Michigan Avenue. [BIGGBY COFFEE](/places/biggby-coffee) at 500 E Michigan Ave is the Michigan-born chain if you want something familiar mid-route.

## Pair it with a bakery

[Sugar Shack](/places/sugar-shack) at 215 N Clippert St rotates its cupcake selection, and [Love's Kitchen LLC](/places/love-s-kitchen-llc) at 1728 S Washington Ave #2 is a cottage bakery with an international range. Either one turns a coffee crawl into breakfast.

## The route

Strange Matter Downtown, GoodFellas, Strange Matter Eastside, Hooked. About three miles end to end — walkable on a good day, easy by bike, five minutes by car.