The Palette Café
4.6 ★ · 40 reviews on Google · $
Closed now · 1120 E Kearsley St, Flint, MI 48503
The Palette Café is a coffee shop at 1120 E Kearsley St in Flint, MI, located inside the museum’s north entrance. Its menu includes sandwiches, salads, soups and desserts, alongside coffee and tea. A full bar serves beer, wine, cocktails and liquor, so the café’s offerings extend beyond a coffee break between galleries. Weekly food specials and dinner and cocktail events are also part of its programming. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are available, with vegan, vegetarian and organic options among the listed offerings. The setting is casual and cozy, with seating indoors and outdoors, Wi-Fi and takeout service; delivery and table service are not available. The café welcomes families, children and LGBTQ guests, and dogs are allowed outside. Wheelchair-accessible parking, an entrance, seating and a restroom are listed. It is also noted as suitable for solo dining and working on a laptop.
Know before you go
- Inside the museum’s north entrance
- Coffee, tea and a full bar
- Sandwiches, salads, soups and desserts
- Weekly food specials and cocktail events
- Outdoor seating with dogs allowed
- Reviewers often praise the communication (1 mentions)
- Reviewers often praise the service (1 mentions)
- Reviewers often praise the food (1 mentions)
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Flat breads were amazing, the wrap was good too!
— Google, 5★, July 2, 2026I have been visiting this cafe with my grandma for a long time. We will go to the Art Institute specifically to get sandwiches from them, as we did today. Today, I got the chicken pesto sandwich a…
— Google, 5★, June 27, 2026Got a salad today, literally half the lettuce was rotten, ranch was chunky. Not risking eating it. Waste of $12. Not the first time its happened either. Won’t come back for lunch here.
— Google, 1★, March 25, 2026
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