Welcome to Java Cat Coffee & Gelato Shop,
proudly serving the Madison area for almost 15 years.

 Our aim is to serve the best gourmet coffee, authentic gelato and delicious fare
with a friendly smile in a fun and relaxing atmosphere.

We serve only 100% fair trade, organic coffee roasted by our friends at Just Coffee Cooperative, located here in Madison, Wisconsin. We produce, on-site, the best handcrafted Italian gelato in the area. Our bakery is locally sourced and breakfast is served all day. Sandwiches and wraps, soup and salad round out the menu.

Unfortunately due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our lobby is currently closed, but our drive-through remains open from 7am to 2pm daily. Our patio is open anytime and we welcome you to sit and enjoy yourself after hours. In addition, we aren’t serving any food at this time, but continue to serve coffee and other beverages, our hand-crafted gelato and limited bakery. Please stay tuned to our website and Facebook page for updates. Thank you!

We support our local community in as many ways as we can. In our quest to be one of the best coffee shops in Madison, we participate in several annual fundraisers, including Java Jive, a benefit for the Dane County Rape Crisis Center. We also donate thousands of dollars each year in in-kind donations to local fundraisers and non-profit organizations.

We encourage the arts. We have a rotating art show where artists of any medium are invited to display and/or sell their work. We often have live music, seldom a weekend goes by without a local musician, and now we even have a house guitar! If you play, stop on down. We never charge a cover for music and we take no commissions from the sale of artwork. Email us at artandmusic@javacatmadison.com for more information or to book yourself a show.

Thank you for voting us “Best Coffee Shop in Monona” in
The Herald-Independent’s Reader’s Choice Awards
two years in a row!