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Madcap Coffee (Detroit)

The Grand Rapids specialty roaster's downtown café in Parker's Alley: direct-trade coffee, carefully brewed.

Madcap Coffee (Detroit): Madcap Coffee's Detroit café
Madcap Coffee (Detroit): Madcap Coffee's Detroit café · Madcap Coffee (Detroit) · Image from the venue’s official website

01 / The story of this place

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Madcap Coffee Company started in Grand Rapids in 2008, runs its own roastery there, and has become one of Michigan's best-known specialty coffee names. Founder Trevor Corlett is an award-winning, nationally recognized barista and trainer. Every coffee comes through traceable, direct relationships with producers, and the team picks the lots that go to roast. The Detroit café sits in downtown's Parker's Alley, with sister cafés in Grand Rapids and Ferndale.

  1. Grand Rapids roaster since 2008
  2. Direct, traceable sourcing
  3. Founded by award-winning barista Trevor Corlett
  4. Café in walkable Parker's Alley

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Sources & fact check · Checked: 2026-10-01

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03 / Events

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