These 24 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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November 8 at 7pm (This weekend) +7
Grassrootz Bookstore & Juice Bar · Central City • Free
Sip a smoothie and sharpen your chess skills at this Black-owned bookstore and juice bar. Every Sunday brings free lessons in a space that feels like home.
Central City • $
Coffee Builders keeps things interesting with a rotating menu of wildly creative themed drinks, from galactic dragonfruit concoctions to chocolate pistachio lattes. Settle into the cozy retro space and stay awhile.
Central City • $$
A darling 1912 house with a white picket fence, now pouring some of Phoenix's most creative coffee. Grab a Banana Cream Pie Espresso and claim a blanket on the front lawn.
Midtown • $
Gold medal coffee meets Nordic baking at this airy Uptown café, where owner Matt Heltzel channels his South Dakota childhood into cardamom-scented pastries and crusty baguettes. The beans, sourced from Guatemala to Ethiopia, shine in creative drinks like the peachy Letty.
Camelback East Village • $$
A converted Midtown house where everything is made from scratch, down to the bean-to-bar chocolate roasted on-site. Seasonal plates, a cult-favorite Smash Burger, and an herb garden out front seal the deal.
Central City • $
This Latino-owned café puts Mexican flavors front and center, with café de olla, mazapán lattes, and concha muffins alongside breakfast sandwiches and energy drinks.
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Thu, Nov 5 · 9:30 AM
Downtown Phoenix · Downtown Phoenix
$50
Fri, Nov 6 · 7:00 AM
Cactus Cloud Cafe · Central City
Free
Café Allegro · Desert Ridge West
$
Musical Instrument Museum · Desert Ridge West
Hialeah
$
South Mountain Village
$$
Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. · Deer Valley
$
Central City
Central City
$
Evans Churchill
$$
Osborn
$$
Mcdowell Manors Annex
$$
Central City
$
Foothill Acres
$
Central City
Evans Churchill
$
Central City
$
Evans Churchill
$
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