Café Hours
Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday: 11AM-5PM
Thursday, Friday: 11AM-8PM
Closed Monday & Tuesday

MOCAD Café is a quiet and casual space in the heart of the museum, where visitors can take a moment to reflect on the current exhibition or enjoy a coffee. The space itself, particularly representative of the building's raw and restrained design, is the site of MOCAD’s public programming and educational activities, including films, panel discussions, workshops and musical performances. MOCAD Café typically remains open during these events, although its services may be limited or expanded depending on the nature of each particular event.

While the beverage menu varies by season, it always includes a selection of teas and coffees. Coffees are curated by the café staff and represent nearby microroasters, which have included Anthology Coffee (Detroit), Passion House Coffee Roasters Extraordinaire (Chicago) and HalfWit Coffee Roasters (Chicago). In addition, the café periodically hosts pop-up kitchens, which serve brunch on Sundays and lunch on Wednesdays. The monthly pop-up schedule can be found below, and frequent updates are posted on the MOCAD Café's Facebook page.

Cappuccino

May and June Pop-up Brunches
Every Sunday from 11AM-2PM

May 26
Sunflower Mama
While focusing on gluten-free soups, for her pop-ups at MOCAD Sunflower Mama utilizes primarily seasonal and locally grown produce to create fresh, dairy and meat-free menus.

June 2
Dr. Sushi
Dr. Sushi serves a menu of Japanese dishes and sushi, both traditional and experimental. Until the food runs out, visitors can see Michigan's only "sustainable sushi" chef performing his rolling and slicing live at the café counter.

June 9
Stuffed
Stuffed grew out of Sarah Burger's passion to feed people and a love of stuffed foods from all cultures. Influenced by the foods of her neighborhood eateries in Southwest Detroit, Sarah first began experimenting with empanadas, and has most recently broadened Detroit's culinary horizon with dim sum.

June 16
Beautiful Soup
As a small, Detroit-based food company, Beautiful Soup's mission is to bring comfort food to Detroit and its surrounding areas with a focus on local ingredients. The MOCAD pop-up menu is designed around seasonal soups. All menu items are made from scratch.

June 23
Sunflower Mama

June 30
Gypsy Kitchen + Kung Food
This joint collaboration between the Detroit Gypsy Kitchen and Kung Food features multicultural twists on vegan dishes.

Sunflower Mama