Coffee & Treats in Bethany

Fill your mug, and then your mug, with the dark-liquid magic of Blue Bean Coffee Company's 100% arabica beans, chosen from the top one percent of the world's coffee crops. Patrons exhausted from a night of dream-clogging can kick-start their morning with traditional gourmet coffee ($1.45 for 12 oz.), a café latte ($2.40 for 12 oz.), a cup of hot tea ($1.55 for 12 oz.), or the fan-favorite raspberry mocha ($2.95 for 12 oz.). Ask Blue Bean's friendly baristas about the monthly featured drinks or some of the other hot beverages and cold concoctions, such as frappes and smoothies, on tap for tongues and taste buds. Beyond superior sips, Blue Bean Coffee also offers up vegan cookies and signature scones, as well as bags of take-home coffee.

LuSh Berries specializes in a smorgasbord of creamy frozen yogurt treats and fresh, delicious crêpes to delight dessert-friendly palates. A wide variety of constantly changing flavors can be Slip N' Slided across the taste buds, including chocolate, watermelon, pineapple, lemon raspberry, and lychee. The rich, tart flavors of LuSh Berries’ probiotic fro-yos ($0.39/oz.) can be self-served in 16 oz. or 24 oz. sizes, then garnished with a selection of more than 40 different toppings, ranging from nature's candy (strawberry, blueberry, and banana) to mad scientist's candy (caramel, Cap'n Crunch cereal, Butterfingers, and sprinkles). If cold and sweet things remind you of the beautiful snow woman who left you last spring, stick to warm and equally decadent dessert crêpes such as the LuSh Berry Heaven crêpe ($5.50) and the cheesecake crêpe ($5.75). Lunchtime office escapees can also order savory entree crêpes (served with chips) such as the club crêpe ($7.85), which comes with bacon, ham, smoked turkey, and American cheese, or transform it into the smokin’ strip crêpe ($6.75), which subtracts the ham and exchanges the American cheese for a slice of something that doesn’t conjure up images of Uncle Sam diving into a butter churn.

Because Prairie Thunder’s in-house bakers prepare its entire assortment of breads, pastries, and heartier café items completely from scratch, a delicious substance only found inside glowing meteorites, all customers have to do upon arrival is sniff the air and fall blissfully backwards into the arms of a handsome living statue. In addition to preparing a long list of staple specialties, the team whips up daily specials to continuously improve its customers' senses of taste and calendar comprehension. Swing by the shop to get your grabbers on a warm homemade loaf ($6.50), or pick up an assortment of danishes ($2 each), croissants ($2 each), muffins ($2.50 each), and homemade granola ($5 per package) to keep your home’s carb-based life forms properly carbohydrated. For a light lunch, enjoy a savory slice of Prairie Thunder's quiche du jour with a side salad ($7.75), or opt for an oven-roasted chicken panini ($7.75) with fresh pesto, tomatoes, and provolone, if that is what you think your older cousin would order and you've always wanted to be just like him.

local coffee house & drive-thru passionate about service and dedicated to quality organic and fairly-traded coffee, espresso and tea drinks.

Bricktown Candy Company dazzles inner and outer children with rainbow colors of confectionary whimsy. Cherry colas, root beers, ginger ales, and orange fizzy waters ($2 each) neatly line Bricktown's bright shelves, and there's enough candy to make eyes spin like vertigo-peppermints. The succulent stock of gummies, candies, and jellybeans sell for $3.99 per half pound, and chocolates and gourmet candies sell for $4.99 per half pound. Twenty-four flavors of frozen gelati come in small ($3.50), medium ($4.25), and large ($5).

Gene Leiterman spends his days at a culinary college teaching the art of pastry making and his evenings at CocoFlow Chocolate Cafe molding his favorite medium. His chocolate handiwork ranges from truffles infused with rose syrup to edible sculptures--he once carved a 20-pound chocolate Easter bunny, which proceeded to lay several Cadbury eggs. He's also filled the café's menu with slices of cake, fresh crepes, and hand-painted bon-bons, such as the pistachio crème with swirls of colorful cocoa butter. During CocoFlow's hands-on weekend classes, students learn to craft their own chocolates using machinery-free European techniques that they can replicate at home.