On any given day, a line of caffeine-parched patrons snakes around Madcap Coffee’s downtown Detroit café, the Michigan chain's fourth location. It's a vision of metro Detroit's thriving café industry; a representation of both expansion and longevity.

By early afternoon at Red Hook, the pastry case is lined with butter-stained sheets of parchment paper topped with little more than crumbs — the sweet and savory treats swiped by the early morning rush, and soon the sound of rapid tapping by the hands of remote workers on their laptops filled the room. The coffee shop chain opened its fourth spot in Midtown in March 2023,

For James Oliver Coffee Co., a downtown Detroit outpost to follow its Corktown flagship has allowed the roaster to serve more foamy cappuccinos and doughy bagels beneath

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