High Point Market

High Point Market occupies a storefront at 307 2nd Ave SE in downtown Decatur, Alabama, where it operates as part coffee shop, part small grocery, selling locally sourced produce and meats alongside espresso drinks, smoothies, sandwiches, and baked goods. The shop describes its approach plainly: “We buy directly from local farms in and around the Tennessee Valley area,” treating the counter as much as a connector between area farms and Decatur diners as a place to grab a morning coffee. That local sourcing extends past the grocery case, too; the shop also carries an ever-growing selection of local and artisan goods and rotates in local art for sale, pushing the storefront closer to a general store than a straightforward cafe. The shop sums up that approach as bringing “farm to fork products” and support for local farms and businesses together in one convenient place to shop, rather than splitting groceries, coffee, and prepared food across separate stops downtown.

The coffee itself carries its own story. High Point Market pours Principio Coffee, a brand tied to a not-for-profit organization that directs its profits toward clean water, medical clinics, and meals for children in Honduras, where the coffee is sourced. Beyond that direct aid, the organization describes its broader mission as developing leadership that can “educate, motivate and empower individuals to improve the quality of their lives, mentally, physically and spiritually,” a statement High Point Market repeats on its own site when explaining why it chose this particular coffee supplier. It is an unusual supply chain for a small Alabama coffee counter to lean on, and it gives the shop’s daily cup of coffee a direct line back to a specific mission rather than an anonymous supply chain.

New ownership under Danny Saafiyah has pushed the menu well past coffee and lattes in the past year, adding açaí bowls, refreshers, boba, and full brunch and dinner service to what had been a narrower cafe concept. Saafiyah has talked about wanting the shop to feel “homey and fun,” a space where a downtown Decatur regular might hold a business meeting in the morning and come back with friends in the evening, all without the space feeling like two different businesses stitched together. That expanded menu sits alongside the market’s original grocery case of local produce, including organic options, and proteins, keeping High Point Market as much a neighborhood market as a cafe.

The shop keeps its footprint small, tucked into Suite 3 of its building along 2nd Avenue SE, but it packs a lot into that space: a coffee counter, a grocery case, and enough seating to make it a legitimate stop for breakfast or a light lunch rather than a strictly to-go operation. Its downtown location puts it within a short walk of the Princess Theatre, Bank Street, and the rest of the restaurants and bars that make up Decatur’s historic commercial core, making it a natural stop before a morning of shopping or errands downtown.

High Point Market keeps consistent hours, open six days a week, running Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closing entirely on Sundays. That schedule covers the full range of what the shop offers, from an early coffee and a pastry to a late-afternoon stop for dinner ingredients, all sourced with the same emphasis on small Tennessee Valley farms and a not-for-profit coffee supplier that sets the shop apart from a standard downtown coffeehouse. Customers can also reach the shop directly by phone or email for special orders or questions about what is currently in stock, a small-business touch that carries over from its days as a narrower coffee counter into its current, larger footprint as a market. The shop posts daily specials, new menu additions, and updates on what is currently in the grocery case to its Facebook and Instagram accounts, both under the handle @highpointdecatur, making social media the most reliable way to check on a particular item before making the trip downtown.