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Cafés in Miera iela

Rocket Bean at Miera 29/31, KALVE and the Illuseum Tea Room at Miera 19, the Laima chocolate museum and Tiny Giant on Bruņinieku iela.

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Miera iela means Peace Street. Its name refers to the mortuaries and funeral homes that once served the nearby cemeteries, and the Riga Maternity Hospital is at Miera 45.2

At the end of the 19th century factories rose along the street one after another, and the Laima chocolate factory is the only one from that era still working.1 The street and its side roads, Tērbatas, Bruņinieku, Pērnavas and Brīvības, now hold roasters, tea rooms and bakeries.

Local tip: COLOMBO and Loja close at weekends; Tiny Giant on Bruņinieku iela opens at 10:00 on Saturdays and Sundays, and Coffee Society on Tērbatas at 10:00 on Saturdays and 11:00 on Sundays.

At a glance

30Cafés listed
15With opening hours
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  • Opens earliest: Coffee Society, from 08:00 (Mon–Fri 08:00–20:00 · Sat 10:00–19:00 · Sun 11:00–19:00).
  • Closes latest: Kafejnīca 42, until 00:00 (Mon–Thu 11:00–22:00 · Fri–Sat 11:00–00:00 · Sun 11:00–22:00).
  • Most common features: card payment (10%), smoke-free indoors (10%), open late (7%).

Kūre

  • Vārnu iela 9
  • Mon–Fri 08:00–19:00 · Sat 09:00–19:00 · Sun 09:00–18:00
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
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Coffee chains in Miera iela

Roasters at Miera 19 and 29

Rocket Bean, a roaster with cafés in Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius, has a café at Miera 29/31; the company says it has been exploring coffee for more than 18 years.4 Parunāsim kafe'teeka gives the same address.

KALVE has a café at Miera 19. The roaster was planned by Raimonds Selga and Gatis Zēmanis from 2017, began in a kitchen and garage, and launched properly in January 2019.5 The Illuseum Tea Room, also at Miera 19, serves tea in authentically designed tableware and hosts vinyl DJs and bands playing eastern-style music.6 It is open daily 12:00–22:00.

Laima and the factory street

Laima traces its chocolate to 1870, when Theodore Rigert founded his company in Riga.3 The Laima Chocolate Museum, at Miera 22, offers hot chocolate tastings and a workshop where you make your own candies to take home.3

The champagne factory has closed and its space now draws beer lovers, and the former tobacco factory is at Miera 58a.1 The low-key German Romantic-style buildings along the street are the work of Heinrich Devendruss, and burials in the graveyard at its far end began in the 1790s.1 Writers on the street call it a "republic", and it has its share of vintage shops.1

Along Miera iela

COLOMBO, at Miera 9, opens 10:00–18:00 from Monday to Thursday. Loja, at 33, stays open until 21:00 on weekdays, and Pipars is at 45 k-1. Miera Maize, a bakery at 89, opens 08:00–21:00 on weekdays and 10:00–18:00 on Sundays. Moltto Coffee, at 46A, opens at 08:00 on weekdays.

Brīvības iela has Kafijas namiņš at 196A (08:00 on weekdays, 10:00 at weekends), Pippa cafe at 166 (08:00–17:00 on weekdays), Mellenes ar pienu at 146, Tēja un Kafija Chai at 172 and Zapatista Baltica at 109. Pikniks, at Artilērijas 13, opens 09:00–17:00 on weekdays, and the Cofyz branch at Artilērijas 25 starts at 07:30.

Side streets: Tērbatas, Bruņinieku and Pērnavas

Tiny Giant, a Latvian specialty coffee roastery, has its café at Bruņinieku 25.7 It has Wi-Fi and outdoor tables, and opens 09:00–17:00 on weekdays and 10:00–18:00 at weekends. Coffee Society, at Tērbatas 72, opens 08:00–20:00 on weekdays and from 11:00 on Sundays.

Kūre, at Vārnu 9, opens at 08:00 on weekdays and 09:00 at weekends. Pērnavas iela has Citāda Konditoreja at number 6 and Kafejnīca 42 at 42, which stays open until 00:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Mochi, at Krišjāņa Barona 109, has Wi-Fi and step-free access, open daily 11:00–19:00.

Sources

  1. The Peace Is Deceptive: the History of Riga's Hippest Street (25 November 2017), Deep Baltic, accessed October 2026
  2. Riga's Peace Street, In Your Pocket, accessed October 2026
  3. Laima Chocolate Museum, Latvia Travel, accessed October 2026
  4. Rocket Bean: for individuals, Rocket Bean, accessed October 2026
  5. Kalve Coffee Roasters: Raising Latvia's specialty coffee flag (6 April 2022), The Coffee Vine, accessed October 2026
  6. Complete guide to tea: where to taste and buy it in Riga (18 July 2023), Neighborhood.lv, accessed October 2026
  7. Tiny Giant Coffee Roastery, Tiny Giant, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Miera iela cafés: questions

Why is Riga's Miera iela called Peace Street?

Miera iela means Peace Street, and the name refers to the mortuaries and funeral homes that once served the cemeteries nearby. Burials in the graveyard at the far end of the street began in the 1790s, and the Riga Maternity Hospital is at Miera 45.

Which roasters have cafés on Miera iela in Riga?

Rocket Bean has its roastery café at Miera 29/31, and KALVE, a roaster that launched in January 2019, has a café at Miera 19. Tiny Giant, a Latvian specialty roastery, has a café on nearby Bruņinieku iela, open from 09:00 on weekdays.

Where is the Laima chocolate museum on Miera iela in Riga?

The Laima Chocolate Museum is at Miera 22, in the area of the Laima factory, the only one of the street's late-19th-century factories still working. Visitors can taste hot chocolate and make their own candies in a workshop. Laima traces its chocolate to 1870.

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