Reviews for Proving Ground Coffee Roaster & Café in Columbia, IL

Best coffee I?ve ever had. They even make their own syrups! Amazing breakfast and lunch served all day long, Love this place so... much. It?s going to be my go-to coffee shop from now on! Relaxing atmosphere to get some work done and enjoy a nice coffee. Youcan sit inside or outside. I highly recommend it. Read more

I have ordered quite a few Cobb salads from this cafe and they have all been delicious but today I ordered one to go and I was... very surprised by the quantity of it compared to when I would eat in the cafe. I called And mention this to the lady thatanswered the phone and she said that their containers are smaller if you take it to go but yet they're still charging you thesame price. I don't see any fairness to this at all. I was hoping to share this with somebody but there wasn't enough to share.Very disappointed. Read more

First time. Now to be fair, I ate breakfast at noon. I got Schuberts special, Egg scrambled. Perhaps I didn't read the menu,... but everything was chopped in tiny, tiny pieces, except the egg. It was all cooked kinda crispy. Way to crispy. I wanted toenjoy Schuberts meat. Got an extra Pancake. The pancake and syrup were nothing special. I believe just a box mix pancake andbottle syrup. My surprise was the coffee. I had high hopes for a great coffee. Not a nice coffee aroma. It was rather bitterand weak, simultaneously. Food was $$$. Place was full, all tables. Would I return. Truthfully, I don't know. 3 pro: 1) nicestaff 2) simple menu 3) serve yourself coffee Cons: 1) the quality/lackof great coffee!! 2) $$ pricey 3) coffee house, should bequality coffee #1. Read more

Finally made it to PG and walked in to a short fast moving que. I grabbed a menu and saw a number of intriguing breakfast and... lunch items. Quickly on the spot I opted for the 3egg Scram. The PG potatoes are a tasty combo of cubed potatoes, sweetpotatoes, red onion and red pepper and the scramble did not disappoint. And the coffee was really good! Read more

My husband and I really enjoyed this place. My husband ordered the turkey sandwich and was very happy with it. The bacon was... delicious. The pork tacos are really good as are the PG potatoes. The latte is good, but I did not care for the oat milk. Read more

Food and cappuccino were delicious. The interior design is very cute but it smells like toilet cleaner when you walk in, it... should smell like coffee :). We sat outside on the patio,very nice. Read more

The best coffee and breakfast on both sides of the river by far. All the staff are super friendly and the cooks are just so... amazing with their cooking. Love trying the new coffees they get in weekly and their breakfast menu is simply amazing. Thedrunken monkey pancakes are forsure a 10 out of 10 and love recommending this place to everyone I know and to customers at myown restaurant. If you want a great breakfast, amazing coffee, and some of the best service around this is by far the best placeto go. Read more

Awesome breakfast! Great coffee! If you are looking for a solid patio to sit down at, and have an amazing meal, this is the... spot. My favorite is the Schuberts, and the Eggs Benedict is pictured below. The place is always clean and the staff isfriendly. Read more