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Brewing Grounds For Change
Category: Food Coffee & Tea Coffee & Tea [Edit]
2008 N Farwell AveMilwaukee, WI 53202
Neighborhoods: East Side, Lower East Side
(414) 273-9777
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 8 am - 11 pm
Sat-Sun 11 am - 11 pm
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
8 reviews for Brewing Grounds For Change
8 reviews in English
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Review from Sarah P.
4/13/2011
I love Brewing Grounds. It is right up the street from my place and it is a great spot to study, drink caffeine and people watch. I love reading the flyers and eavesdropping on the conversations. This place is more about the atmosphere and attitude than anything else, but they have some worthy caffeine going on over there also.
I am a fair trade kinda girl, I guess it is the social worker in me. Brewing Grounds is as Fair Trade as they come. I can buy my coffee and feel socially conscious at the same time. Win win situation. -
Review from ali s.
Milwaukee, WI
5/12/2011 1 Check-in Here
It's not you, Brewing Grounds, it's me. I mean, I just don't get it. Please don't take my two stars to heart. I'll give you another chance, I swear.
Here's the thing. i'm all about people caring about things, and I think it's pretty damned cool that all the people who work here are volunteering, but, like, it's still a coffee shop, right? maybe they just don't care about making money. in that case, that's kinda cool too. except that I like spending money. on coffee i mean.
I may not look like i'm down with social change. maybe that's why as soon as i walked in the door i was asked if i could be helped and then i was directed to a specific table in the corner far, far away from the other, more cool, guitar playing and bike assembling folk. but i like guitars and bikes, i just also like coffee. they looked confused, even lost when i ordered some. there was no milk or sugar out, and it seemed like a local hang out for neighborhood kids more than a place to get shit done.
i get it. that's cool. just not cool enough for me. or maybe i'm not cool enough for them. either way. -
Review from Anna W.
1/12/2011
For a while, my roommate and I would try out a different coffee shop during the week while doing homework. We stopped here because we had heard it was kind of cool.
yuck.
Strike 1: We wanted caffeine free tea and the barista couldn't tell us which teas were caffeinated or not. We ended up with a tea for pregnant women because we figured it was the only safe one.
Strike 2: The seating area was gross. We both agreed it felt very Salvation Army-ish and not in a cute, kitschy way.
Strike 3: The music.
We had to leave as soon as we finished our tea.Comment from Jennell J. of Brewing Grounds For Change 5/8/2011
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Review from Kevin C.
Milwaukee, WI
5/16/2011
Looks like the furniture section of goodwill and is more of a hang out for teenage hippies that play acoustic guitars and bang on tambourines for hours outside on the sidewalk (I live across the street, it's non stop in summer, and awful)
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Review from Shanaynay I.
Milwaukee, WI
10/16/2010
Every town should have at least one place like this.
Where community expression, individual expression and whatever expression is welcome. From what I understand the staff are all volunteers!!!!
Unfortunately when we arrived last night, the volunteers seemed burnt and were closing early because neighbors called the cops with a noise complaint. Hello, it was 9:30 on a friday on Farwell. If you are concerned about noise in THAT neighborhood on a friday early evening, neighbor, you should really consider living in a different location.
Any way, nice folks working there as they opened the door and made us a drink before they closed for the night, community sketch books, local events posted, WiFi. A little dirty but not hitting the gross factor. We need to protect and support places like this! -
Review from Trey M.
Peoria, IL
7/22/2010
This place is awesome. Open til 11:30, really cool decorations and seating area. Free wi-fi. Come check it out man
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Review from John D.
Milwaukee, WI
11/18/2008 1 photo
A great cafe and casual space on the East Side. Good coffee, an unpretentious atmosphere, and free Wi-Fi make this a nice stop if you are looking for a place to meet or talk or compute. As a "community organizing center," the cafe opens itself to groups who want to meet there, although I think the College Republicans (not that there is anything wrong with that) might feel out-of-place.
Listed in: My Cafes
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Review from Dustin U.
Milwaukee, WI
4/6/2010
Great cafe. Staff has gone above and beyond and helped me out a few times with organizing projects I was working on there (networking me with local political figures and academics). Great work space. There was this one time that the person working was manicly playing clips of club music over the speakers though that had made me stray away.
