Coffee shops in Five Points: 3 places, hours, parking

Coffee shops in Five Points sit on three streets in Denver, CO 80205: Champa St, Park Ave W and Welton St. Each lists free street parking, so the day and the hour decide where to go. Only one of the three opens on a Monday, and all three are open Thursday through Saturday.

Coffee Tree is an independent Black-owned café at 2960 Champa St. It honors the neighborhood's historic culture with Ethiopian single-origin coffees, as its website describes, which is the reason to make the trip. The café serves coffee, breakfast and dessert, with takeout. Hours are Thursday to Sunday, 7 AM to 1 PM, and it is closed Monday through Wednesday. Prices are listed as inexpensive, the entrance is wheelchair accessible, and the rating is 4.9 of 5 across 187 Google ratings.

Proper Grounds Coffee is a community café at 1075 Park Ave W. Its website describes sourcing from Black-owned farms and building economic opportunity in the neighborhood, so a stop here supports that aim. The café serves coffee, breakfast and dessert, with vegetarian options, and dogs are allowed. It is open every day from 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM, which makes it the Monday option. Prices are listed as inexpensive, and the rating is 4.9 of 5 across 362 Google ratings.

Street parking is free at all three: Champa St for Coffee Tree, Park Ave W for Proper Grounds Coffee and Welton St for Welton Street Café. Hours were last checked on 2026-09-08.

On Monday, only Proper Grounds Coffee is open. On Tuesday it is the only one open as well, since Coffee Tree and Welton Street Café are both closed. Wednesday adds Welton Street Café from 11 AM. Thursday through Saturday all three are open, and from 11 AM to 1 PM every one of them has its doors open. On Sunday all three are open again, with Coffee Tree closing at 1 PM, Proper Grounds Coffee at 2:30 PM and Welton Street Café at 6 PM.

Which Five Points café is open on Mondays? Proper Grounds Coffee, open Monday to Sunday, 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Coffee Tree and Welton Street Café are closed on Mondays.

Does parking cost anything at Five Points coffee shops? Each of the three lists free street parking.

When is Welton Street Café open? Wednesday to Saturday, 11 AM to 8 PM, and Sunday, 11 AM to 6 PM. It is closed Monday and Tuesday.

What are Coffee Tree's hours? Coffee Tree opens at 7 AM and closes at 1 PM, four days a week from Thursday through Sunday. It does not open Monday through Wednesday.

Coffee Tree, Proper Grounds Coffee and Welton Street Café.

Updated 2026-10-13: removed the unlisted carboncoffeebar.com link from Keep reading; kept only the three listed source links; added Coffee Tree's hours as a question.