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good coffee on east colfax ave doesn't always announce itself. sway sits at 527, and if you've been bouncing between the usual spots in south bend, this one tends to stick. it's well regarded for a reason that's pretty simple: the focus is on the coffee, not the spectacle around it. south bend has a particular kind of coffee drinker, someone who shows up more than once and notices when a place is consistent rather than just photogenic. sway pulls that crowd. not because it's trying to, but because it keeps delivering. come on a weekday morning when the street is still quiet, order whatever's pulling espresso that day, and you'll understand why people keep coming back to this corner of colfax.

curated by gautam khorana, editor · updated

nri score58
buzz0
local cred52%
what these three numbers mean

nri is our 0-100 quality index (review consistency, volume, web presence, specialty signals). buzz is social momentum right now. local cred is the share of reviewers who live nearby rather than visit. how the nri score works

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social pulse

0/ 100

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google reviews

143

avg rating

4.5

local cred

52%

google figures as of . the editorial copy above may predate them.

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