Congress is a community-driven independent coffee house serving the NE neighbourhoods of Tuxedo, Highland Park and Greenview. Our cozy, no-frills 1,200-square-foot space has dark-roast drip coffee (pay what you feel), vinyl on the turntable, local art on the walls and a micro museum celebrating Calgary's '90s music scene. We serve espresso drinks, tea, lemonade, sandwiches and breakfast burritos. We're also a stage for local arts. We host live music, jazz nights, spoken word, comedy, artist talks, workshops and figure drawing, with a mix of all-ages and adults-only events. We're unlicensed on purpose so we can be an incubator space, and we ask guests to keep phones off speaker.