Black Bear Books and Coffee House

Black bear books is a nice coffee shop. The cashier was very friendly and kind to every customer. Curiously, the smile turned into a repulsive awkward expression of rejection towards a person of color like me. At first, I thought it was just me, but...then I realized the smiles and laughs returned as soon as more white customers were being attended by the same person who showed her true colors to me a couple of seconds ago. It's hard to think I'm delusional when you so boldly experience this type of racism in a business.

This place is very welcoming and still maintains Covid guidelines. A good selection of books and coffee. Lots of room to have a coffee and animated discussion with friend or family. Make sure to drop in and grab some Oso Negro coffee to have back...home.

We loved our random stop to this place for coffee. Really neat environment with a bookstore, gift store ,coffee shop snacks etc. Owner was very engaging coffee was very good just a nice stop if you’re heading through town And need a coffee- you won’t...be disappointed

Stopped in on a rainy, cool Creston day. What a gem this place was. Borscht was great, good coffee, and a friendly owner. Bakery items are all made in-house and it shows, they were awesome.

Wonderful flavourful latte with almost UBC quality sticky bun. Surrounded by original local art and books this was a treat to visit.