Wake Coffee Co.

Description: A coffee and cocktail bar in Charlotte’s Mountain Island Lake area serving specialty lattes, espresso drinks, pastries, charcuterie, craft cocktails, wine, and event-style drink service in an elevated café setting. The space blends a coffee shop, lounge, boutique co-working space, and private event venue, with a polished atmosphere designed for gathering, working, sipping, and staying awhile. Good for morning coffee, casual meetings, laptop work, date nights, charcuterie, intimate evening hangs, private events, and supporting a local community-focused business.

Comments: Small space but they make good use of it to fit seating. They have small cubicle style areas near the back where you can work/study, but they’re paid spaces. So paid mini co-working spaces, can’t just pop into one. But they also have limited general seating in the front of the store that’s open to all. They have coffee, tea, treats (ice cream, pastries), and a bar.

They have cinnamon rolls that they get from Sam’s club, cream cheese frosting. I know this because I’m plugged into the cinnamon roll scene of greater Charlotte. It’s something of an area of expertise for me. They’re marvelous cinnamon rolls, better warm, but amazing regardless. They’ve got some unique tea options, sourced locally.