Empire Coffee
Coffee house · 1204 Tower Avenue, Superior, WI 54880
About Empire Coffee
Empire Coffee is the daytime coffee house on the 1200 block of Tower Avenue, in the stretch of downtown Superior that has slowly turned back into a walkable commercial street.
Superior has spent a long time being described as the Twin Ports' cheaper half, and the counter-argument is largely built out of the businesses on these few blocks: a coffee house, a bakery, a chophouse, a waffle place and a run of taverns within a couple of hundred metres of each other. For a household choosing between the two cities, that concentration is what makes a Superior address workable without crossing the bridge daily.
It opens early and closes mid to late afternoon. Hours are not published by the business, so confirm before you plan around it.
Good to know: espresso, indoor seating, outdoor seating, wifi, downtown Superior.
Neighborhoods it serves
Superior's main street, mid-restoration: 1890s blocks, cheap space, and a brewery scene.
Superior, WisconsinFlat, affordable, and across the bridge: the working half of the Twin Ports.
Central Park (Superior)Superior's old-money grid: 1890s houses on wide lots, ten minutes from everything.
North End (Superior)Superior's working waterfront neighborhood, and the address the brewery scene chose.
Billings Park (Superior)Superior's river bluff: a signature park, a view of Duluth, and the quietest streets in the city.
Where these facts come from
- Restaurantji current listing, Empire Coffee, 1204 Tower Avenue, Superior; address and opening pattern corroborated by the OpenStreetMap record for the same site accessed 2026-08-14
Last reviewed 2026-08-14 by Guide editorial.