Menu: Garlic cheese bread, salads and build-your-own pizzas. Or, choose from eight original varieties, including our pick, the Loaded Jay with a house tomato sauce, shredded pepperoni, sausage, ham and mozzarella. Among the vegetarian options, there’s a tangy Lemon Ricotta pizza with a creamy herb lemon ricotta, mozzarella and arugula drizzled with a balsamic glaze and lemon vinaigrette that’s a true original. Prices: starters and salads $6-$12, pizzas $12-$18.
A matcha latte, spinach artichoke and feta croissant and cherry apricot Danish at Eminent Coffee Roasters inside the House Food and Tap food hall in downtown St. Joseph. (Nancy Ngo/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Josh Kaeter, a Marine Corps veteran, is behind the food hall’s coffee operation that emphasizes locally roasted, single-origin beans. His time in college working for a company in South Carolina was formative in nurturing his love for coffee. “When I got there I said I wanted to learn how to roast coffee and will you teach me. They said yes, but you have to learn all of this stuff first – the brewing, the extraction, every part,” said Kaeter, whose mobile espresso carts can be spotted at the St. Joseph and St. Cloud farmers’ markets as well as pop-up events. “When I moved back home to Sauk Rapids, I sold everything I owned, bought a coffee roaster and three years later, here we are.”
Menu: Drip coffees, cappuccinos, lattes and more. In addition to coffee, teas and smoothies are also available. We enjoyed the matcha latte; neighboring food hall tenant Esera Tuaolo chimed in that the chai and macchiato lattes were also wonderful. In addition to java, Flour & Flower pastries are available. Items rotate daily, but if the fruit and cream cheese-laced cherry and apricot Danish or the savory spinach artichoke and feta croissant happen to be available, be sure to make that part of your order. Prices $4-$7.
The August 2024 groundbreaking for the House Food and Tap, including (from left) Dean Steinessen, HMA Architects; Ally Davids, HMA Architects; BriAnne Hern, owner; Craig Hern, owner; Mateo Mackbee, Joetown Smashburger; Erin Lucas, Joetown Smashburger; Esera Tuaolo, 98 Hawaiian Grille; Josh Kaeter, Eminent Coffee; Tyler Thieschafer, Birdie’s Pizza and Garden Bar; Mike Gauthier, Birdie’s Pizza and Garden Bar; Ryan Cross, BCI; and Nolan Peterson, BCI. (Ryan Unger)
Hours: Tue.-Fri 7 a.m.-10 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. It’s worth noting that the coffee counter is up and running when doors open, while main food service runs 11 a.m.-8 p.m. (until 4 p.m. on Sundays).
Parking: A dedicated parking lot across the street has about 40 spaces, including ADA-friendly.
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