North Park's first combined coffeehouse and maker space, Playground Art + Coffee opened in March 2026 at 3043 University Ave. The 1,500-square-foot interior pairs a retro 1970s color palette with an espresso bar and rotating creative workshops, a programming model that echoes the gallery events at Art Produce Gallery on the same stretch of University Ave. An in-house bakery program produces items like fudge brownie lattes brewed with housemade syrup and strawberry matcha cookies, drawing on recipes developed for nationally published cookbooks. Weekly programming cycles through guided art sessions, chocolate tastings, coffee cuppings, and mocktail-making classes in a format similar to the larger-scale creative gatherings at Queen Bee's Art and Cultural Center on Ohio St. The workshop calendar accommodates private group bookings for corporate team-building sessions and multi-station creative retreats requiring full venue coordination and custom supply procurement.