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Leaf & Letter
Reader with coffee and pastry against mauve and apricot color blocks

Books · Coffee · Quiet tables

Read slowly. Drink while warm. 

A neighborhood library café for fresh coffee, good pastry, thoughtful shelves, and an afternoon with nowhere else to be.

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Café

Daily · 8am–7pm

Library

Borrow with free membership

Quiet hour

Weekdays · 9–11am

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Our story

About the house

A public room for private attention.

Leaf & Letter brings a lending library and a working café into one soft, generous room. Shelves move from fiction to food, art, place, and the small presses we want more people to find.

Coffee is sourced with care, pastry is baked downstairs, and tables are arranged for reading rather than turnover.

A good room lets time become your own again.
Close crop of an open blank book, ceramic coffee cup, and pastry
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Evening chapters

One book, one guest, one room listening.

Monthly author conversations pair a reading with a simple supper plate and a late café service.

Third Thursday · 7pm · 40 seatsSee upcoming chapters
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Plan your visit

Find us

48 Chapter Lane · College Hill

Days
Open daily
Hours
8am–7pm
Good to know
Laptops are welcome upstairs; the ground-floor reading room stays screen-light.

Reservations

Hold the long reading table.

Everyday seating is walk-in. Email for book clubs, school visits, and evening chapters.

Leaf & Letter — Books · Coffee · Quiet tables