ABOUT BRANCH CAFE & MARKET
Taste the Love
The Branch Cafe and Market brings together two local businesses, the Longbranch Cafe and the Town Square Market, that combines 44 years of experience in the food service industry.
We’re still a Cafe that serves fair-trade coffee and drinks, handmade vegetarian food and homemade European and American pastries. We are also a Market that offers grass-fed beef, line-caught salmon and organic, halal, free-range chicken on the menu.
Enjoy a healthy meal and browse our Market displays for gifts items, boutique food items and local arts and crafts, We feature Dayempur Herbals, Ruth & Johns, Santa Fe Vinegars and Oils, Fermented Felon Handcrafted Kombucha, and many other specialty food items to take home. The Branch Cafe and Market brings you the best of both worlds!
SERVING OUR COMMUNITY
Our goal is to serve the greater community by not only offering values driven, healthy food, but by creating a "third place" that is welcoming to all. Our walls have always proudly featured a revolving array of local art. Our market shelves are teaming with handmade items from local artisans. Our block, which is located on the northeast side of Carbondale’s Historic Town Square, is a hip part of town that offers two restaurants, two bars, an advertising agency, a local radio station, a Mexican grocery store and a community garden. We support many local causes and help raise funds for charities and schools here as well as in Africa and Bangladesh.
PRESERVING THE HISTORY
The Branch Cafe & Market has a long and colorful history. Located on the “Levee” between the east and west sides of town, the Longbranch has always been the meeting point of our diverse community. Built in the late 1800’s, the Longbranch Saloon was a working class bar where men congregated after working all day on the railroad. In 1971, the building served as the Common Market selling local arts & crafts. Tom Egert bought the building in 1980’s and sold futons and vintage clothing. When we bought the building in 1998, the Longbranch was a smoky coffeehouse serving coffee and cookies to students and professors in residence. We have spent years striving to re-enliven the Downtown Carbondale and Historic Town Square. We are working to build community by providing the best food available using the most sustainable practices.