Beow's Books & Brews

Absolutely fun local find! Food was delicious and so were our drinks. Hubby loves anything LOTRs. So he was very pleasantly surprised. Consists of amazing child friendly corners, plenty of seating. We had turkey “merry pippin” and lavender matcha. The “aragorn” and affogato. Both delicious and jams really made both sandwiches! Staff were very kind and attentive even as we sat down. We went during a snow storm week so it was an in between time and was moderately busy but found it very quiet even then compared to many cafes we’ve been too across the east coast! Our only “cons” were; -The only thing we wished was there was a “free book and trade” shelf so we can donate and exchange books. We were not aware books were to be bought which was a main pull for us and the location. -And the high top metal chairs to the front of the cafe were extremely uncomfortable. Our experience was still 5/5 despite 🤎🌲🪾

The coffee was why I went; it was ok. The plus side was that they had two options for gluten- and dairy-free baked goodies. Very friendly staff. Cool vibe that serves wine, Prosecco, beer on tap, and even ciders!

My kids and I wanted to try a new coffee shop to us. We were up in the North Raleigh area, so we figured we'd give this one a shot. This place is definitely much less of an actual book store and more of a coffee/brew shop. Cool atmosphere and location. It was packed when we were in there on a Sunday, so that's a good sign that it's a popular spot. They do offer Oat milk as a plant based option for their coffee drinks, which I definitely appreciated. They have some in house tea drinks as an alternative to coffee, which was great because I don't give coffee to the youngest teenager yet. Two of us got the Blood Orange iced tea drink and the other two got lattes. We really enjoyed the teas and one of the teens loved the latte. The other teen wasn't impressed with her mocha latte because she said the powder was stuck in the bottom. So my guess is that the mocha latte doesn't work well as an iced option. I did ask about their food options. While they do offer quite a few gluten free options to all of their food options, they don't offer any vegan options, which is really disappointing. Therefore, I couldn't try any of their food to give feedback on that. In today's day and age, it seems a bit odd to not have any vegan options, so I wasn't thrilled with them from that perspective. Overall, the place is cool, but they really need to expand their offerings to cater to more dietary restrictions in order for someone like me to rate them higher.

This place is so cute and I loved the Lord of the Rings themed menu! The Balrog was hot and delicious. I will definitely be back to try the coffee. Seemed like a great place to change up the WFH scene for myself, though I wish they had more options for soft seating.