Switchboard Cafe Call

Your community coffee shop on Salt Spring IslandCommunity coffee, Salt Spring Island

Pull up a chair.

Doing good things with great people: direct trade coffee, in-house treats with plant-based and GF options, and a shelf for home brewers. In the heart of Ganges, at 122 Hereford Avenue.

Open 8am to 3pmPatio between the gardens

A latte with a leaf poured in it, in a blue cup and saucer

Our cottage

A phone exchange, then a coffee shop.

Our little blue cottage on Hereford Avenue has been connecting people since the 1940s. Turn the postcard over.

An iced Thai tea and an iced matcha latte, painted from above

The shelf

Take the good stuff home.

Our signature Pallet coffee by the bag, bulk beans in reusable jars (or bring your own), and hard-to-find organic goods, some for the little ones.

Connect

Bring us your art, class or party.

Hang your work on our walls, run a pop-up, teach a small class over coffee, or have us pour at your event.

Pop-up shop

Sell your work in our shop

Monthly and weekly spots.

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Teach and learn

Share what you know

A small audience, a cup of coffee each.

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Inside the cafe: the counter, the shelf and the beams
Island artists

Wall art and pottery

We take 15%, which covers POS fees and marketing.

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Switchboard's coffee service set up at a long-table dinner
Catering

Coffee service for your event

To relax, work, learn or connect.

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