The Kiva Coffeehouse was located at 1441 N. Cleveland Ave. in St. Paul, across from the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul Campus.

THE KIVA COFFEEHOUSE

It was only mentioned once in the Minneapolis papers, in a Will Jones column in the Minneapolis Tribune (December 23, 1964) noting that blues musician Lazy Bill Lucas was planning to move to the Kiva on January 1, 1965 for a three-weekend stand.

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

But Jones continued that by January 1, 1965, the name of the place  would have been changed to The New York Public Library.

By 1973 the address was a dry-cleaning shop.

LORI’S COFFEEHOUSE

By 1993, the space was occupied by Lori’s Coffeehouse, but the only mention in the Minneapolis papers was a reading.  (Minneapolis Tribune, February 21, 1993)  A look online indicates that it is Lori’s still today, but these days it is hard to tell.  By the photo below, it is co-located with Mim’s Cafe.

Lori’s Coffee House