Sprout Cafe

Sprout Cafe in Palo Alto is your go-to spot for fresh, locally sourced meals made with quality ingredients and bold flavors. We serve lunch and dinner on weekdays, plus brunch, lunch, and dinner on weekends. Our menu features vibrant salads, hearty sandwiches, wholesome grain bowls, and handcrafted drinks like matcha lattes and sangria. Whether you’re dining in, grabbing takeout, or catering your next event, we’re here to serve delicious, nourishing food in a welcoming atmosphere. Located in the heart of Palo Alto, we’re proud to support local vendors and bring the community together through great food.

Sprout Cafe is a coffee shop in Palo Alto, California. It is listed at 168 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301, which places it among the local businesses of Palo Alto that residents and visitors turn to when they need this kind of service close by. Besides its main category, the business also describes itself as breakfast restaurant, brunch restaurant, health food restaurant, so it may cover more than the name suggests.

Coffee in the United States is served by three kinds of places: national chains with drive-thrus and mobile ordering, independent neighborhood cafes that double as a workspace or a meeting spot, and specialty shops that roast their own beans or buy single-origin lots and brew them by pour-over, espresso or cold brew. Most open between 6 and 7 a.m. on weekdays, slightly later on weekends, and the busiest hour is the commute rush before 9. A drip coffee runs a few dollars, espresso drinks and specialty pours more, and tipping a dollar or a percentage on the card reader is customary but not required. Nearly every cafe offers free Wi-Fi, though some limit laptop seating at peak times or on weekends, and outlets are often the scarce resource.

Hours are published for 7 days a week. On most of those days it is open 10 am–8 pm. Hours in the United States do change around federal holidays and long weekends, so a quick call before a special trip is sensible. You can reach Sprout Cafe at (650) 323-7688; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. More information is available on its website, cafesprout.com.

Customers rate it 4.4 out of 5 on Google across 674 reviews, placing it among the better-regarded coffee shops in Palo Alto.

Palo Alto is in California, on the West Coast, where the climate ranges from foggy coast to hot inland valleys, wildfire season can affect air quality in late summer, and traffic is the main thing to plan around. US addresses list the street number and name, then the city, state abbreviation and ZIP code, and Palo Alto follows the same pattern; a suite or apartment number such as Ste 200 refers to a unit inside the building. The map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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