A white mug with latte art on a saucer beside a fresh croissant on a sunlit cafe table

Local roasters · Patio open

Your morning, made on the lake

Pull up a chair on our patio over Lake Minnetonka for a flat white, a warm croissant, and a slow start to the day.

  • Roasted by local partners
  • Baked fresh daily
  • Patio over the lake
  • Apple Pay & Google Pay
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Our story

We wanted one good corner on the lake

Nas Cafe started with a simple idea: a place near the water where you could get a real cup of coffee and actually want to stay a while. So we found a corner in Prior Lake, put a few tables on the patio, and pointed them at Lake Minnetonka.

We don't roast our own beans — we leave that to the folks down the road who do it better than we ever could. What we do is pull careful shots, laminate our croissants by hand, and learn your name and your order somewhere around the third visit.

  • 5am
    Croissants in the oven
  • 3 Roasters
    All within the metro
  • 16 hrs
    Cold brew steep time
  • On the lake
    Patio you can see it from
Bright cafe interior with plants, wooden tables, and morning light
A place near the water where you could get a real cup of coffee and actually want to stay a while.
Nas Cafe

How we do it

A few things we hold to.

  • Roasted by local partners

  • Baked fresh daily

  • Patio over the lake

  • Apple Pay & Google Pay

From the regulars

What people say over the second cup

  • "The cortado is exactly right and the patio view is unfair. I get nothing done here and I don't care."
    Megan R.
    Prior Lake, MN
  • "Came for the cold brew, stayed because the barista remembered my order on day two. That's the whole thing, isn't it."
    Devin T.
    Savage, MN
  • "Those butter croissants are dangerous. I've started leaving the house earlier just to beat the ten o'clock sellout."
    Priya N.
    Shakopee, MN

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