Java G's Coffeehouse

Java G's came to St. Charles when there weren't a lot of coffeehouse options in town. They have a great location at 2031 Old Hwy 94S (63303), in a strip mall with pretty good parking. They're a little hidden by Sonic, so if you're heading down Hwy 94, you may not catch a glimpse of it.

We stopped in at about 1:30 PM on a Sunday, and we were one of three groups of people hanging out. One group of four was enjoying the quiet of Java G's large meeting room (which is available for reservations any time), and the other seemed to be some kind of meeting of six people sitting near the window.

I only bring up the groups because Java G's is a wonderful place for groups to meet. It's large, has a big meeting room, a good amount of seating, and offers a wide variety of food and drink. If you have a Bible study, committee meeting, planning meeting, or anything that needs a centralized, comfortable location for discussion, this is a great place. In addition, they have a separate children's room with windows to the main dining area so that you can bring your kids and they can have a good time while you're discussing business.

They have a large menu with lots of lunch-type offerings: hot and cold sandwiches, soups, wraps, and salads. For breakfast, it's mostly continental - bagels, pastry, yogurt, fruit. Everything is very reasonably priced - no item is over $6.95, and you can even get a cup of soup for less than $3.00. We had regular coffee, and a piece of coffee cake. They serve Kaldi's Coffee, which is local to the St. Louis area and features regular, organic and/or free trade blends. The cake was good sized, and reasonbly priced, but was dry. Their pastry and bagel offerings were a bit small for a coffeehouse. Next time, I'd probably go for the soup. If I do, I'll update the blog!

We sat in the comfy chairs near the fake fireplace (fake!). While it was relaxing, it was the only place with comfortable chairs in the dining room, and there were only four. The glass on the fake (fake!) fireplace was full of fingerprints, there was a fork under one of the chairs, a potato chip on the end table, and generally it was a messy area. They weren't busy at all, and I did see them wiping the main counter a couple of times, so I'm not sure why the dining room was not clean that day.

Assuming that was a fluke, I'd say that Java G's does offer a good place for meetings and groups, especially if you have kids.