Java Junkie Serves Downtown Provo and Springville From Two Rooms
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Java Junkie runs two locations in Utah County: one at 16 W Center St in downtown Provo and a second at 1150 N Main St, Unit 0, in Springville. The company describes itself as a local business made for locals, and both of its shops sit inside the same county, on two main streets, one in each city.
I run Hillcane with Jacob, and Java Junkie is a clean example of a two location coffee company whose story is easy to tell once the details are laid out: two real addresses, two sets of hours, two phone numbers and a Provo shop that stays open well into the evening. Utah Valley, the county's tourism organization, includes the Center Street location in its roundup of cozy coffee shops.
Nothing here needs exaggeration. The useful thing is simply to put both locations side by side, clearly labeled, so a drinker in Provo and a drinker in Springville each know which door is theirs and when it is open.
Two Utah County Addresses
The Provo room sits at 16 W Center St, on the main street of the Downtown Provo pole. The Springville room sits at 1150 N Main St, Unit 0, on Springville's own Main Street, south of Provo along the same valley floor.
Two locations, two distinct poles, each with its own local crowd. That matters, because a company with two shops in two cities deserves to have both addresses stated accurately rather than folded into one vague mention of the brand.
It is also worth naming what these two addresses are not. They are not two storefronts on the same block, and the Springville shop is not a kiosk tucked beside the Provo one. Springville is its own city, with 35,474 residents in the Census Bureau's 2023 five year estimates, its own downtown and its own Main Street. Provo, with 114,303, is the larger neighbor to the north.
For a drinker planning a visit, the practical detail is simple. A stop downtown before a Center Street errand means the Provo location. A stop on Springville's Main Street means the second location. Knowing both addresses ahead of time saves a trip to the wrong end of the valley.
Provo Hours That Run Into the Evening
The company's homepage lists the Provo location's hours as Monday through Thursday 6am to 9pm, Friday 6am to 11pm, Saturday 7am to 11pm and Sunday 8am to 6pm. That is a long day by any standard, stretching from before most offices open to well after dinner.
A schedule that runs until 11pm on Friday and Saturday says something about how the room is used. It is not only a morning stop. It is built to catch an evening crowd too, people downtown after dinner, friends meeting late, anyone who wants a warm drink and a table on a weekend night.
The Provo room's phone number, (801) 960 3028, is listed with those hours. For a room with a schedule this wide, calling ahead is mostly useful for holidays and special events, when any cafe's hours can shift.
Sunday deserves its own note. Plenty of downtown cafes keep short Sunday hours or close altogether. Java Junkie's Provo location opens at 8am on Sunday and stays open until 6pm, which gives a weekend visitor a full day to work with.
Springville Hours Built for Mornings
The Springville room keeps its own schedule, listed on the same homepage: Monday through Friday 5:30am to 6pm, Saturday 6am to 4pm and Sunday 7am to 4pm. Its phone number is (801) 921 3506.
That 5:30am weekday opening is the earliest start in either room. It suits a Main Street where plenty of people are on the road before sunrise, headed north toward Provo, Orem or farther up the valley for work. A coffee in hand before the commute is exactly what an early opening is for.
The weekend schedule shifts earlier as well, with Saturday and Sunday both closing at 4pm. Two shops in two different towns keeping two different schedules is normal. It is also exactly why each address deserves its own clearly stated hours rather than one shared schedule that is only accurate for one of the two locations.
Put the two schedules side by side and the pattern is easy to read. Springville opens earliest. Provo stays open latest. A Utah County drinker who knows both can find Java Junkie coffee from 5:30 in the morning in one city to 11 at night in the other.
Local, for Locals
Java Junkie describes itself in its own words as a company made by locals, for locals. For a company whose two locations both sit inside Utah County, that phrase fits. Both addresses are on main streets in the county's own cities rather than in a distant market.
A phrase like that carries more weight when the addresses back it up. Center Street in Provo and Main Street in Springville are the kinds of streets where locals walk, park, run errands and meet friends. Opening on those streets puts a coffee room in the middle of ordinary local life rather than off to one side of it.
It also tells a visitor what to expect. A room that describes itself this way is inviting regulars, the people who come back on the same weekday at the same time, as much as it is inviting a first visit.
Springville's Main Street Pole
Springville's coffee pole runs along Main Street, and the Java Junkie shop at 1150 N Main St, Unit 0, sits toward the north end of it, closer to Provo. Pueblo Coffee on Main is also on the same street, at 388 N Main St, Suite 10. Two cafes on one main street give Springville a small coffee pole of its own rather than a single stop.
That matters to a Springville resident. On a weekday morning, the choice is not between driving to downtown Provo or going without. The city's own Main Street has coffee from 5:30am at the north end, which keeps the morning routine inside Springville.
It also matters to visitors heading south through Utah County. Springville sits between Provo and the smaller towns farther down the valley, and a stop on Main Street is an easy break in the drive. Knowing there are two cafe addresses on that one street makes the stop simple to plan.
The two Springville addresses are worth reading carefully. One is 388 N Main St and the other is 1150 N Main St, so they sit on the same street but several blocks apart by house number. A driver looking for Java Junkie should keep going north past the 300 and 400 blocks until the numbers reach 1150. The full address on the company's homepage includes Unit 0, which is worth typing into a map app exactly as written.
Live Music on Center Street
The Provo room is also a music room. The company publishes live music and open mic events at its Center Street address, which is part of why the downtown hours run so late on Friday and Saturday nights.
That gives the Provo location a second identity after dark. In the morning it is a coffee stop for people heading to work or class. On a weekend evening it can be a small venue, with local performers and an audience that came for the music as much as the drinks.
For a visitor, the practical advice is to check the company's own event calendar before planning an evening around a specific performance. For a regular, it is one more reason the Center Street shop stays part of the downtown routine well after the lunch crowd has gone home.
Planning a Day Across Both Rooms
A drinker who spends a day moving through the county can use both locations without backtracking. Start early in Springville, when the Main Street shop opens at 5:30am on a weekday. Head north for the workday. Finish in downtown Provo, where the Center Street shop is open until 9pm Monday through Thursday.
Weekends work the other way around. On Saturday, Springville opens at 6am and closes at 4pm, while the Provo location opens at 7am and runs until 11pm. A Saturday morning in Springville and a Saturday night on Center Street are both Java Junkie, and the two schedules fit together neatly.
The one thing to avoid is assuming one location's hours apply to the other. A late evening drive to Springville on a Saturday will find the Main Street door closed after 4pm, and an early 5:30am stop at the Provo shop will be half an hour ahead of its 6am weekday opening. The homepage lists both schedules, and both phone numbers are there for a quick check.
Part of Downtown Provo's Coffee Pole
The Provo room at 16 W Center St sits inside a compact downtown coffee pole. Incidental Coffee Roasters is at 27 N 100 W and Peace on Earth Coffee is at 35 N 300 W, Suite 200, each a short walk away. A visitor can leave the car once and cover the whole pole on foot.
Utah Valley's roundup, 5 Cozy Coffee Shops in Provo and Utah County, includes Java Junkie at 16 W Center St alongside Incidental Coffee Roasters in Provo, Guayoyo Cafe in Pleasant Grove, The Coffee Shop in American Fork and JJ's Coffee in Orem. That is an outside organization's selection of five cafes from across the whole county.
Downtown Provo is also where a lot of Utah County's specialty coffee customers spend their day: university faculty and staff, students, residents outside the county's majority faith tradition and longtime residents who once drove to Salt Lake City for a good cup. A room with a long schedule on Center Street is well placed for all of them.
Two Rooms, One Clear Story
Put together, Java Junkie is a straightforward two room story. A downtown Provo room at 16 W Center St with long hours, live music and a Sunday schedule. A Springville room at 1150 N Main St, Unit 0, with the earliest weekday opening in either city.
For a drinker deciding where to go, the takeaway is simple. Downtown Provo for the evening and the weekend nights. Springville for the early start before the commute. Both are Java Junkie, and neither is a stand in for the other.
That is also the right way to think about any small coffee company with more than one room in a county like this one. Each address earns its own description, its own hours and its own reason to visit. Told that way, both Provo and Springville drinkers get exactly what they need to plan a stop.
And for anyone who only needs the short version, it fits in two lines. Provo: 16 W Center St, (801) 960 3028, open until 9pm on weeknights and 11pm on Friday and Saturday. Springville: 1150 N Main St, Unit 0, (801) 921 3506, open from 5:30am on weekdays.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where are Java Junkie's two Utah County cafes?
Java Junkie runs a downtown Provo shop at 16 W Center St and a Springville shop at 1150 N Main St, Unit 0. The two sit on different main streets in two different cities along the same valley, so a drinker should match the address to the day, Center Street for downtown Provo and Main Street for Springville.
What hours does the Provo location keep?
The company's homepage lists the Provo location at 16 W Center St as open Monday through Thursday from 6am to 9pm, Friday from 6am to 11pm, Saturday from 7am to 11pm and Sunday from 8am to 6pm. The Provo phone number, (801) 960 3028, is listed with those hours for anyone who wants to call ahead.
What hours does the Springville location keep?
The Springville room at 1150 N Main St, Unit 0, is listed as open Monday through Friday from 5:30am to 6pm, Saturday from 6am to 4pm and Sunday from 7am to 4pm. Its phone number is (801) 921 3506. The 5:30am weekday opening is the earliest start in either Java Junkie room. It is the one to know for early commutes.
Is Java Junkie open late?
The Provo room is. It stays open until 9pm Monday through Thursday and until 11pm on Friday and Saturday, which makes 16 W Center St one of the later coffee options in downtown Provo. The Springville room keeps an earlier schedule, closing at 6pm on weekdays and at 4pm on Saturday and Sunday. Plan evening visits for Provo.
Is Java Junkie open on Sundays?
Yes, both locations open on Sunday. The Provo shop at 16 W Center St is open from 8am to 6pm, and the Springville shop at 1150 N Main St, Unit 0, is open from 7am to 4pm. That gives weekend visitors an option in either city, with Springville opening an hour earlier and Provo staying open two hours later.
What does the company mean by local, for locals?
It is the company's own description of itself, a local business made for local people. Both locations sit inside Utah County, one on Center Street in Provo and one on Main Street in Springville, which fits the phrase. Those two main streets put the company's shops in the middle of ordinary local routines in both cities.
Does Java Junkie host live music?
Yes. The company publishes live music and open mic events at its Center Street room in downtown Provo, which is part of why the Provo hours run until 11pm on Friday and Saturday. Anyone planning an evening around a specific performance should check the company's own event calendar before heading to 16 W Center St.
Is Java Junkie's Provo room close to other cafes?
Yes. At 16 W Center St, the Provo shop sits inside the Downtown Provo pole, a short walk from Incidental Coffee Roasters at 27 N 100 W and Peace on Earth Coffee at 35 N 300 W, Suite 200. A visitor can leave the car once near Center Street and walk to all three downtown cafes.
Does Utah Valley include Java Junkie in its coffee roundup?
Yes. Utah Valley, the county's tourism organization, includes Java Junkie at 16 W Center St in its roundup 5 Cozy Coffee Shops in Provo and Utah County. The other four names are Incidental Coffee Roasters in Provo, Guayoyo Cafe in Pleasant Grove, The Coffee Shop in American Fork and JJ's Coffee in Orem. All five are in Utah County.
How big are Provo and Springville?
Provo counted 114,303 residents and Springville 35,474 in the Census Bureau's 2023 five year estimates. They are separate cities with separate downtowns, which is why Hillcane treats Center Street in Provo and Main Street in Springville as two different coffee poles, each with its own Java Junkie location and its own hours. Both cities sit on the same valley floor.
Work with Hillcane
Java Junkie serves Utah County from two locations, one on Center Street in downtown Provo and one on Main Street in Springville, each with its own hours worth writing down.
If your Utah County cafe runs more than one room and wants each address told clearly online, reach Hillcane at hillcane.co/contact or call (256) 384-2449.
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