“ Front desk worker gave such good advice on coffee flavors! Super sweet employees! I got an iced thai coffee and the hostess was nice enough to recommend flavors that she thought I would like. She nailed it! ”

“ Is this THE coffeehouse of all coffeehouses? The big 600. Yep, I have now visited over 600 places and what better way to celebrate that than with a visit to one of my favorite places.... a coffeehouse. But sadly, it's not THE coffeehouse of all coffeehouses but it doesn't leave you disappointed. Emily and I dropped in on a dreary Saturday afternoon. What's a dreary day call for? Coffee. We found a somewhat close spot on the street and booked it to the caffeine dispensary. As we walked in, I was surprised that the place was so... spacious. True, if you look at the place from the outside, it does indeed stretch pretty wide if you look at it from across the street. But stepping in really hammers that home. The place feels like it was a giant restaurant in a previous life. We approached the counter and ordered our usual; Emily got her a cold brew and I grabbed myself a standard drip coffee (the Guatemalan). It was under $10 for my large coffee and her medium cold brew. That's a steal, in my book. There were plenty of delicious looking baked goods in the display counters but knowing we were going to Destihl Brewery next, I saved my appetite for that. They weren't too busy so our drinks were ready right after I paid the tab. We grabbed our drinks and made our way to a black leather couch to chill on while my coffee cooled off (they warned me it was steaming and they weren't lying) and Emily's disappeared sip after sip. Going back to the spaciousness of this place, this is one of the few coffeehouses I've been that seating wouldn't be a problem, even if it was during rush hour. This place could easily sit 30 people with room to spare. If I lived in the area and so did my friends, we could use this place for board game days, no problem. As my coffee slowly stopped being the temperature of the sun, I was able to sip on it. The Guatemalan was, for the lack of a better explanation, needing sugar. It was a light roast and it definitely woke me up but it was lacking something that I couldn't quite put my finger on. I looked around but didn't see a cream/sugar station that most coffeehouses have. But the place being relatively large and only looking around from my spot on the couch.... I may have overlooked it. Even without the sugar, it was a serviceable coffee and was good down to the last sip. While I sat and sipped, Emily and I discussed the artwork on the wall. There were some cool pieces and its probably safe to assume they are from local artists/students since Blo-No is a college town. Speaking of that, we noticed about half the people we saw come in were dressed up super nice. Turns out, it was graduation day and people were out celebrating that. Since it got busier the longer we sat there, we got to see the baristas bring out food to various tables. I had already mentioned we had late lunch plans but I'd be lying if I said some of the stuff they brought out didn't look super appetizing. If I ever come back, it'll be with an empty stomach. As we finished off our drinks, we wandered around the place and discovered they sell coffee and tea in an unusual way. While most places have it bagged up and ready to go, at The Coffeehouse, you can use those old-style dispensers to measure out your own bags and get as much or as little as you want. As for the tea, it seems like they had dispensers for those but they switched over to having them in giant glass tubs instead. You can see these below in the slideshow. I haven't seen these kinds of coffee dispensers since I was a kid and it brought back memories of walking down the coffee aisle at Kroger or Wal-mart, basking in the overwhelming scents of coffee beans, even if I didn't like the actual taste of coffee until I was in my 20's. Any who, kind of a ramble of a blog but this was a pretty neat coffeehouse to visit. I had seen it many times before as I've been to D.P. Dough, Insomnia Cookies, Windy City Wieners, La Bamba, and various other places in this popular strip of eateries... but back then, I wasn't such a coffee hound and from across the street, the place didn't seem too inviting and lacked signage. I'm glad that after years of always knowing about this place, I finally got to check it out. ”

“ I'm completely obsessed with this place. Every time I'm in the area I have to stop in. The food is always excellent, coffee is wonderful, and I've never had a bad pastry at this place. They serve breakfast and lunch all day and the food is vegetarian diner style. Tons of vegan options as well. Also, the food is so so cheap for how tasty it is. My BLT, pancake, and coffee was $13 with a 20% tip (insane). The cafe itself has so much seating also, and the playlist is always lovely. The staff are always friendly and service is quick. My only qualm with this place is that they don't have a location near my hometown because I really do love this place so so much. ”

“ This place has been here forever. Good place to hang out and have coffee or tea. Not much else to say about this coffee shop. Pretty typical. ”

“ From the looks of things it's just a small town place at breakfast. It however has lots of selections for restrictive diets and too many to choose from. The Coffeehouse And Deli is an institution in Normal. Gets packed with college students and pretty much the place to be in the mornings. Lots of vegan items including pancakes and sweets. At breakfast it's always busy. It's especially busy when college is in session. This is the hip place to go for coffee, pancakes, and whatever. For sure breakfast is the best. They have lunch and there's good things on that menu too. Coffee is cheap. It's about $1.50 a cup. This isn't special but it's okay. Food is better. I got the Vegan Pancakes. It's 3 for $6. Best value is to get a few. These are made with cinnamon, soy milk, and vanilla. Fluffy and not hard. She had the Vegan Scramble. This was made with seasoned tofu and vegetables. At lunch there's even more vegan choices. The cases are filled with cookies and treats. Breakfast for vegans can be hard. It has quite a few things here however and also some for lunch. The whole menu actually has a lot to choose from for vegans and vegetarians. ”

“ The Coffeehouse & Deli is a magical place for breakfast, especially if you're vegan. It absolutely made our stay in Normal Illinois 100% better. We had breakfast here every day of our stay. Each time it was fantastic. They have vegan pancakes!!!!! That's the holy grail of vegan breakfast items and they were perfectly made each time I had them. Vegan butter of course too and pure maple syrup. We also tried their vegan scramble which was savory and delicious. The portion was generous which you rarely experience when ordering a vegan item like this. It's as if you're vegan so don't bother to make a normal size portion. Not here, the scramble was a great meal in itself. I guess they're also known for the coffee here. I would personally rank it way above a Starbucks or Peets. Nice and strong, full flavor with plenty of zip. We also ordered their cupcakes for an afternoon snack. Also outstanding I must say. Everything we ordered was outrageously good. I highly recommend dining here if you're vegan as they have more dining options than anyone else in the Bloomington Normal area. Even if you're not vegan, these pancakes will blow your socks off. Go here, eat great food and thank me later. Nothing but love for this place ”