Hye Ground Cafe — Downtown Racine, WI

Hye Ground Café is an Armenian-owned café that opened February 21, 2026 in historic downtown Racine (owners John and Melanie Buchaklian, in the former Abrazo Coffee space), serving traditional sand-brewed Armenian coffee alongside house-made pastries from centuries-old family recipes — cheese boereg, paklava, nazook, and choreg — plus local café favorites like the bagel with basturma and honey latte. The cozy space invites patrons to linger on couches over tavloo (backgammon) or chess.