Four Winds Coffee & Tea

Went in to grab a quick cup o joe. Disappointed. The coffee tasted burnt and was room temperature at best. I will be hard pressed to return.

Good coffee reasonably priced and tastes pretty good. Solid wifi and outlets available. FYI proceeds support a religious organization.

Unlike some of the other reviewer’s, I will write my review on this coffee establishment based on the baristas, the atmosphere, and the quality of their drinks. Yes, they are Christian-​based, but let’s be clear… it’s a coffee shop first and foremost. I enjoy good coffee and am somewhat of a snob in this regard. I would say at least 70% of all coffee establishments do not make my cut. With that said, I gave them five stars because of their cleanliness, nice atmosphere, friendly baristas, and their variety of very good drinks. The blended and chai drinks are some of our favorites. Also, the food’s pretty yummy as well. Go and enjoy!

Hands down my favorite coffee shop. Yes, they have tasty drinks brewed from locally roasted coffee, free wifi, a super clean and cozy atmosphere, a few comfy chairs and couches, spaces to meet for groups and events, a large selection of board games, and some great food available; basically everything you want in a coffee shop these days.
What makes it 5 stars instead of 4?
The outstanding service. They are the friendliest coffee people I’ve met. Many of them will remember your name after you’ve been there a few times, and not even in a creepy way.
Punch cards redeemable for free drinks. Unlike a certain large, international, Siren-​logo-​toting coffee mogul, 10 drinks earns you a reward instead of 12! Pro tip: ask the barista about «Two-​punch Tuesdays». Been pushing for «Three-​punch Thursdays»; not gonna happen. :(
I admire their business model of trying to make the nearby college campus and the Grand Junction community a better place. They support local non-​profits in various ways. For example, I know they provide scholarships to students who engage in life-​changing projects like nursing in Uganda and urban poverty experiences in Denver. A business earns my respect when they are at the core about more than profits. I like knowing that instead of sitting in some rich guy’s pocket, money from my cup of dark roast is part of something greater.
Four Winds gets 5 stars. Maybe they should rename it Five Winds? Probably not.

Pros: FourWinds is open late (until midnight) which is unheard of in this little town. The coffee is *meh*. The frou-​frou drinks are okay. The price and friendliness of the baristas is excellent. I’m all for free Wi-​Fi and a safe, well-​lit, charming place to escape and hang out. There is no pressure to purchase anything. The Christian theme is understated.
Cons: Several baristas have recently quit. When asked why, there seemed to be a general distaste for the owner/​general manager and the way he conducted business. He fired the director so he could hire his retired friend? And he fired the director with no justifiable cause and no warning, She was surprised — and smart; asking for a three month severance package — which she received.
Bottom line: I will not give money to Four Winds/​Christ Center ever again. I’ll certainly use their late-​night wi-​fi, seating, electricity, etc. Because of the shady dealings with the owner/​general manager, I will not give him my business. Thanks for the free wifi, though.
*Edited: The director was not «fired». The general manager decided he needed her salary for his friend’s new position, so she quit.

Good coffee, interesting and delicious food, great service, and a surprisingly nice, clean coffee shop. I stayed for a few hours to get some work done and was impressed by how courteous and friendly the staff was. Lots of students.

I am perplexed why this place would get anything less than a 5-​star rating from anyone. It is in a great location (by the college), serves up fantastic locally roasted fresh coffee at affordable prices, and all in a classy welcoming atmosphere with smiling employees. Bottom line is if you want to be in the best coffee shop in Grand Junction, this is your place.

Four winds is a great little coffee shop across the street from CMU.
Yes, there is a Christian theme there. However, I found it pretty non-​intrusive.
There are plenty of tables and plugs, and enough space for you to get work done there. Tons of games where you can meet up with people and have fun.
Coffee is okay– not the most amazing, but passable.
The only thing that knocked this place down from 3.5 stars to 3 is that I went here 3 or 4 times in 3 days and the wifi was broken all 3 days. So unfortunately, didn’t get all the email work I needed to get done.

Their tea is barely passable, but their priority is providing space for Christians to get together. It’s in the Christ Center. Perfect for a church-​going teenager and weird for probably everyone else.

I have seen several negative (or perhaps skeptical) reviews about this place due to it having a Christian «theme», so to speak, and I decided to chime in from my very neutral standpoint. My angle here is coffee shops, nothing else. I am not particularly religious. Just want a place to chill and drink coffee.
I have been there I would guess 30 – 40 times since they opened, usually for a couple hours on weekend evenings to pass time while my other half is running around town shopping. The things I like about this place are 1) no one can touch the hours this place is open, 2) it has several cool spots for meetings or to gel, and 3) it is to a fair degree wi-​fi surfer friendly. The coffee is mediocre, but hey, it’s coffee.
I largely avoid sitting downstairs in the main area where most of the freaks hang out, and rather prefer to chill in one of the rooms upstairs, or if occupied, one of the meeting rooms. I avoid interaction with others when there, and most of the time, this is a place where you can find privacy. There are no doubt some religious wackjobs that hang out there, but I have found they are largely harmless. Just your typical socially inept weirdos who have nothing to do, so they cling together and play yatzee and stupid stuff, or have their little bible meetings. They sometimes have people playing creepy music and weird stuff like that, but I just chill in one of the side rooms and avoid the wackjobs. I don’t bother them, and they don’t bother me, which is just how I like it. I am there to drink coffee and surf the net and let some time go by.
So, if you are thinking «Oh man, a religious coffee shop. Screw that.» Don’t worry about it. Just go in there, grab a coffee, and chill out. No one will bother you. No one will impose their views on you or try to save you. Just chill.

I don’t appreciate looking at pro-​life propaganda with twisted little fetuses while I’m trying to get a damn cup of coffee. Which wasn’t even particularly good.

This is one of the better coffee shops in the area, populated primarily by kids from Mesa State and «church people» from the Christ Center in the same building. As others have said, this is an overtly «Christian Coffee Shop». Without getting into the veracity of various belief systems and their motives, the baristas and regulars are not preachy and the place is open until midnight which is a rarity in GJ.*
The coffee is top-​notch, they make better «foo-​foo drinks» than Starbux, they have free wifi and it looks like they are having LAN tournaments (HALO, COD: Black Ops) in conjunction with one of the video game stores in town.
Now that it’s getting dark early, it’s nice that there is an alternative to going out to the bars.
*Full disclosure: the first couple of times we got coffee here, we thought this was an LGBTQ establishment. It was late at night, a young angsty twink with a shag was making the coffee and the environment had a very «stag» feel: older men on laptops. Coupled with the rainbow banners and the «Samson Society» fliers on the bulletin board, we had no inkling that this was a Christian establishment until we actually pulled up in the parking lot and saw the sign for the Christ Center. That’s how low-​key it is. (That and the 20 foot tall illuminated cross I never noticed on the façade of the building…)

Average coffee (disappointing since it is a coffee place) but 3 stars for being clean and open late.