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49th Parallel Coffee Roasters
About 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters
49th Parallel Coffee Roasters serves espresso and pastries in a heritage Lower Lonsdale building at 93 Lonsdale Avenue, open daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
At 93 Lonsdale Avenue in Lower Lonsdale, 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters departs from a standard cafe in one clear way: the name identifies it specifically as a roaster, a business that treats the coffee itself, not just the drinks made from it, as the main product. A roaster-focused shop like this typically sells bagged beans for home brewing alongside the usual espresso and drip drinks made on site, appealing to customers who care about where their coffee comes from as much as how it is served.
Lower Lonsdale is a dense, walkable part of North Vancouver, and a coffee roaster in a setting like this tends to draw both the daily commuter grabbing a drink on the way past and a slower customer stopping specifically to buy beans or ask questions about the roast. That mix is different from a simple neighbourhood cafe, since a roaster's storefront often functions as much as a retail counter for take-home coffee as it does a place to sit and drink one.
Both a phone number and a website are available for planning a visit to 93 Lonsdale Avenue: a quick call covers simple questions, and the site is there for checking current hours before heading out. Confirming ahead of time is a sound habit for a specific stop like this one, especially since a roaster can sometimes run a shorter retail schedule than its cafe service, and a quick check saves the trouble of a wasted trip to the door.
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In the Lower Lonsdale neighbourhood of North Vancouver.
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