Qahwah House

Top choice in Michigan


The smell of cardamom-spiced coffee caresses your nose when you enter this cozy Yemeni cafe. Folks from the homeland chitchat and type on laptops while snacking on khaliat al nahl (honeycomb bread filled with cheese and drizzled with syrup) and sabaya (pastry layered with butter). The friendly owner sources the organic beans from his family’s farm in Yemen.


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