THE
AGORA
COFFEEHAUS &
EVENT VENUE
Located in Historic Downtown Red Oak
Recent Updates
We’re a young business with a lot in motion — and we think you should know about it. Running a coffeehaus is a community affair.
The Agora is a place to slow down, connect, and enjoy fresh in-house roasted organic coffee made with clean, quality ingredients. Good coffee is the start. Community is the point.
Established in 2024
What is The Agora and what does it mean?
During Ancient Greek times, the agora was a market and a place for assembly.
The Agora in Red Oak, Iowa is designed to be a community hub; a place where people can gather, share conversation over coffees and teas, and/or find a cozy nook to read a book, get some work done, or study for personal advancement. The space is also available to rent for private events.
When are you open?
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM
As we continue fine tuning our operations, we will continue to expand upon our hours.
Where is The Agora located?
The Agora is located next door to the Red Oak Grand Theatre – just off “The Square” – in Historic Downtown Red Oak at 404 E Coolbaugh Street.
The Coffeehaus & Event Venue occupies a 5400 sq. ft. Classical Revival brick building built in 1901. The building historically was occupied by furniture stores up until 2014 when previous owners converted the main floor into an event venue and the upstairs was converted into an eclectic living space.
The front exterior of The Agora on its opening day for the coffeehaus; Saturday, November 29th, 2025. The warmth from the inside peers through the storefront windows on the cold Saturday morning. A light dusting of snow covered the community but didn’t stop people from stopping by for their first freshly roasted cup of coffee in The Agora.
What makes The Agora different?
We strive to craft high quality products, utilize and offer clean foods and ingredients, and provide a welcoming and comfortable sit-down experience for all to enjoy.
- We source organic specialty coffee beans and roast the beans on-site.
- We try the best we can to utilize clean and organic ingredients in our drinks.
- We offer gluten-free snacks and other options for those with sensitivities.
- We provide high-speed secure internet for those who want to get some work done.
- We have a strong rooted passion for this community and want to succeed.
What events can be hosted at The Agora?
The venue has been used for many common event types like graduation parties, celebration of life lunches, wedding receptions, bridal / baby showers, birthday parties, business meetings, and more.
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Beau here. I have a few stories and thoughts to share on this Saturday morning:
1. When I worked at the Red Oak Chamber and Industry Association, every morning an employee from Mark Jackson's Red Oak Hardware Hank would clean off the front walk with a leaf blower - they even did the Chamber’s front entry. That memory stuck with me and now I do the same thing for the Agora. If you’ve never seen how well kept the Japanese keep their streets and neighborhoods, I encourage you to research it - that too has left an impact on me.
2. We will be open on Easter. Whether or not if you have family in town, if you’re looking for a place to hang out, come on down. Mi casa es su casa.
3. We will be bringing back the medium roast Peruvian bean. It was too good and I miss it, especially for our cold brew offering. Our dark roast Honduras just isn’t the same, I admit it. For those looking for a basic dark roast offering, it fits, but it doesn’t have the extra pizazz that the Peruvian did.
4. Dale Cooper. If you know you know.
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🎮 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐚 just released update v1.4 and here are the patch notes:
## 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝!
▪ The 𝚂̲̲𝚙̲̲𝚛̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚗̲̲𝚐̲ ̲𝙼̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚌̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚊̲ ̲𝙻̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲, flavored with lavender, is extremely good. You should have seen all of our reactions when we made this drink during R&D... we were like "YUP, THAT'S BEING FEATURED NEXT MONTH!".
▪ As for the 𝙴̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚙̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚗̲ ̲𝙲̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚛̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚍̲̲𝚘̲... Anna was onto something here. When the Ethiopian light roast infuses with milk, it's like you're drinking a flavored latte but without any of the sugar. This is a great sit-down drink to enjoy.
## 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐮 𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝!
▪ There's several reasons we wanted to implement a specialty coffee menu, but please note that each drink comes in a ceramic coffee mug by default and the drink volume does vary per drink.
𝟙. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞. We want to highlight traditional coffee/espresso drinks from all around the world... mainly because we enjoy learning!
𝟚. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐡'𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬. This gives Jonah the chance to work on his barista art and not have it hidden away by lids.
## 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐮 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.
▪ Lastly, with the addition of new drinks, we needed to update and reorganize our menu. We're getting close to needing an additional TV screen so we can feature our new specialty menu + future expanded ideas... but in the mean time we'll have the specialty menu printed out.
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📣 We'd like to officially introduce Nitro Cold Brew and Matcha Lattes to our menu.
🍺 When you infuse nitrogen particles into cold brew, you get a magically creamy milk-like experience. Because the mouth feel is an important aspect of this drink, we have new sipping lids for our cold drinks on-the-way. We are also preparing for cold brew season by upgrading our brewing equipment to increase our overall brewing capacity.
🍵 After several rounds of testing, we're really excited to also offer Matcha Lattes. If you don't know what Matcha is, it's a green tea popularized in Japan and is now all over everywhere. We create our Matcha drinks from scratch and by default we sweeten it with agave (other flavors can be added). Matcha by itself has a strong flavor kick that many people wouldn't find pleasing, but once you mute the kick with a sweetener like agave, the natural tea flavor is enhanced and becomes a refreshing drink to enjoy hot or cold.
🗿 A lot has been brewing behind the counter and it's all coming at once. Tomorrow morning we'll release more information about our v1.4 update at the Agora.
#nitrocoldbrew #coldbrew #coldbrewcoffee #matcha
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