The Groves Coffee House

The Groves Coffee House has been serving Griffin Road in Davie since 2012, making it one of the longer-standing independent coffee shops in this part of Broward County. The Davie location sits at 5660 Griffin Rd, in the same general commercial corridor that runs through the middle of town connecting the historic downtown area near Davie Road to the newer development further west. The business describes itself as woman-owned, and it presents its concept as a boutique-style coffee shop built around premium beans sourced from around the world.

Unlike a lot of small coffee operations that stick to one storefront, The Groves has grown to three locations, the original Davie shop plus two more in Palm Beach County, in West Palm Beach and North Palm Beach. That is still a small, independently owned business rather than any kind of national or regional franchise chain, more a case of one successful shop expanding carefully within South Florida than a company selling franchise territories. For Davie customers, it means the original location has more than a decade of operating history behind it, long enough to have become a fixture for regulars who have watched the shop grow into a small local group.

Hours at the Davie shop are generous for a coffee house: open all seven days from 5am to 5pm, early enough to catch commuters and construction crews heading out before sunrise and late enough to cover an afternoon coffee run. That kind of daily window works well for a location on Griffin Road, a corridor that carries a steady mix of local traffic, commuters cutting across Davie, and neighborhood regulars stopping in on their way to and from work.

The menu itself is presented largely through in-store and online ordering rather than a heavily marketed food program, and the shop supports delivery through both Uber Eats and DoorDash, giving Griffin Road area residents and workers a way to get their coffee order without leaving the office. The Davie location has its own dedicated menu page separate from the two Palm Beach County shops, which suggests the offerings are tailored at least somewhat to each individual location rather than run as one identical menu chainwide.

The Groves Coffee House is a good example of the kind of steady, unglamorous small business that keeps a commercial corridor like Griffin Road functioning day to day. It is not trying to be a destination coffee shop with elaborate latte art competitions or a huge seasonal menu rotation. It is a dependable, locally owned coffee counter that has been open long enough to become part of the daily routine for a lot of people working and living nearby, and its more than decade-long run in Davie speaks to that kind of staying power in a corridor where small businesses often turn over quickly.