Roast & Toast

the tea here deserves more attention than it usually gets. most people walk into a specialty coffee shop and go straight for the espresso drinks, which is reasonable, but roast & toast has built enough of a reputation around its tea selection that skipping it feels like a missed call. breakfast is worth timing your visit around too, and if you find yourself on franklin street mid-morning with nowhere to be, this is a genuinely good place to sit alone with something warm and think. the dessert options give you a reason to linger past the obvious coffee stop. regulars in delhi, iowa have been clear about where they land on this place, and that kind of local loyalty doesn't accumulate by accident around somewhere mediocre. start with the tea, then reconsider your afternoon.