Mary Stevens/the Daily Mining Gazette Keweenaw Coffee Works Roaster 'Bubba' demonstrates the coffee roasting process.

CALUMET — One of the Upper Peninsula’s most popular coffee destinations, Keweenaw Coffee Works, may soon be opening another location, this one in Houghton.

“It’s in the works … everything happens on its own timeline,” owner Val Baciak told local press earlier this week. “It’s going to be magical and wonderful, and we have a lot of great plans for it. We’re doing our best to work with our partners on that project.”

Along with roasting more than 40,000 pounds of coffee a year, Keweenaw Coffee Works is also expanding its in-store offerings at their Calumet store.

“We’re expanding our retail here. Our wheelhouse is really a gauche-style charcuterie, so we’re actually adding a bunch of charcuterie stuff to our retail. Our customers can come in and buy a bunch of stuff to build their own charcuterie boards.” Baciak explained. She also took a moment to highlight the business’ catering opportunities.

“We have expanded quite a bit with our catering, it’s become a really big part of our business. Our catering isn’t traditional catering, it’s more bespoke. So we try to customize our catering and make it fun, not just for our guests and our clients but also for us. It’s fun to do something different once in a while.”

Baciak, an Iron Mountain native, also noted that they’ll be back for PastyFest this Summer.

“That’s our busiest day of the year! My husband and business partner, Nate, is a professional chef, and he does some really incredible pasties.”

Keweenaw Coffee Works offers about ten unique pasty flavors every year. Along with their traditional pasty, they have samosa, sweet potato and kale, and huevos rancheros pasties.

“Typically, our customers will start lining up around 10 a.m.,” Baciak said. “We really only do them once a year, so we try to make it special.”

Keweenaw Coffee Works is just one of several Calumet businesses that’s been growing within the town. Baciak has seen many changes in the area since she started the coffee shop in 2013, and is proud of the amount of progress that’s been made.

“It’s really been exciting and humbling to watch how this community has grown over the last twelve years that I’ve been here. I think a lot has really transformed here in a really magical way. Everything unfolds in its own timeline, so things are happening here.” she said.

“When you come in here, it’s such a great place to hang out and build community. We really try to be the oasis in our community.”