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Beow's Books & Brews
A cozy haven where great reads meet craft brews and artisanal bites.
4.2
Cafe
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A cozy haven where great reads meet craft brews and artisanal bites.
Beow's Books & Brews offers a unique blend of a cafe, bar, and bookstore in Raleigh, providing a comfortable spot for coffee, beer, wine, and light meals. With a selection of books to browse, gluten-free baked goods, and a friendly atmosphere, it's ideal for casual meetups, remote work, or enjoying seasonal soups and sandwiches. The venue hosts events like wine tastings and caters to diverse tastes with options like oat milk and ciders.
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Premium coffee beverages, including lattes and mochas, with plant-based milk options like oat milk.
Curated local and craft beers on tap, wines, Prosecco, and ciders for a relaxed drinking experience.
Delicious sandwiches, seasonal soups like butternut squash, and gluten-free baked goods for light meals.
A cozy selection of books to browse and read while enjoying your beverage in our inviting space.
Regular wine tasting events led by knowledgeable staff to explore new and exciting wines.
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Overall rating
Trevor Lawson
Great beverage selection regardless of the time of day! The coffee is excellent and so is the beer/wine selection. I highly recommend pairing your beverage with one of their delicious sandwiches. My wife and I have also enjoyed their recent wine tastings. Their wine aficionado, Shawn, is very knowledgeable and has put several new wines to us on our radar.
Crystal Simmons
The coffee was why I went; it was ok. The plus side was that they had two options for gluten- and dairy-free baked goodies. Very friendly staff. Cool vibe that serves wine, Prosecco, beer on tap, and even ciders!
Latina
Good Food and A Comfy Spot. Just a different spot to eat with great options of Books to Read! Highly Recommend! The Butternut Squash Soup was 😋 Scrumptious! Omg! Tasty and so good for the season.
Candice Landau
Ah I had such high hopes for this place. It wasn’t bad at all just a few things that were disappointing. Firstly the good: great beer options on tap. Feels more like a place to go for beer. Wish they had more books. It doesn’t feel much like the bookstore it’s marketed as. Just a corner of bookshelves. Would have loved bookshelves around the place to give it a real atmosphere. My biggest gripe was with the tea. The “loose leaf” tea is not actually loose leaf. It comes in tea bags and is very expensive for what it is. As someone who drinks a lot of tea and who is used to ordering and getting real loose leaf tea this was incredibly disappointing. Felt massively overpriced. Lots of easy ways to rectify this. Would also have liked to see vegan options on the menu. Another reviewer pointed this out too. Very disappointed by that.
Shanah Bell
My kids and I wanted to try a new coffee shop to us. We were up in the North Raleigh area, so we figured we'd give this one a shot. This place is definitely much less of an actual book store and more of a coffee/brew shop. Cool atmosphere and location. It was packed when we were in there on a Sunday, so that's a good sign that it's a popular spot. They do offer Oat milk as a plant based option for their coffee drinks, which I definitely appreciated. They have some in house tea drinks as an alternative to coffee, which was great because I don't give coffee to the youngest teenager yet. Two of us got the Blood Orange iced tea drink and the other two got lattes. We really enjoyed the teas and one of the teens loved the latte. The other teen wasn't impressed with her mocha latte because she said the powder was stuck in the bottom. So my guess is that the mocha latte doesn't work well as an iced option. I did ask about their food options. While they do offer quite a few gluten free options to all of their food options, they don't offer any vegan options, which is really disappointing. Therefore, I couldn't try any of their food to give feedback on that. In today's day and age, it seems a bit odd to not have any vegan options, so I wasn't thrilled with them from that perspective. Overall, the place is cool, but they really need to expand their offerings to cater to more dietary restrictions in order for someone like me to rate them higher.
