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id: "https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/the-grind-400996#business"
name: "The Grind"
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status: unknown
url: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/the-grind-400996
record_id: 4009965f-c052-4651-9f5a-d38f17039150
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# The Grind

Cafes in Downer Woods, Milwaukee.

Status: Status not stated. No license in force or recent check on file.

## At a glance

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, 53211 [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=43.0769569&lng=-87.8807859) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Cuisine | Coffee shop | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Identifiers | [OpenStreetMap node/13946741866](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/13946741866) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |

## What the record says

The Grind is on OpenStreetMap at 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee. It is not yet a listed place; a Neighborhood Mayor or the editor can nominate it. [Inclusion rule](https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/inclusion-rule.md)

## Getting there

Use this to choose a bus, a bike share dock, or a place to park or charge before you go.

Bus:

- Routes 40U, 44U, 66, 68 and RedLine at Hartford & Library, a 1-minute walk (96 m)
- Routes 40U, 44U, 66, 68 and RedLine at Hartford & Maryland, a 2-minute walk (190 m)
- Routes 40U, 44U, 66, 68 and RedLine at Hartford & Downer, a 3-minute walk (214 m)

Bike share:

- Bublr dock Golda Meir Library (2311 E. Hartford Avenue), a 1-minute walk (89 m)
- Bublr dock Sandburg Hall (3400 N. Maryland Ave.), a 3-minute walk (230 m)
- Bublr dock UWM Student Union (3100 N. Maryland Ave.), a 4-minute walk (283 m)

Parking:

- Metered parking on N Maryland Ave (zone 8301), 224 m away: $1.25 an hour, 2 hours at most, Monday to Saturday, 8 am to 9 pm

Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=43.0769569&lng=-87.8807859).

Source: [Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed](https://www.ridemcts.com/policies/developer-terms), checked November 1, 2026. Schedule data updated July 21, 2026, valid through December 5, 2026. Little Milwaukee is not sponsored or operated by MTS or MCTS.
Source: [Bublr Bikes (BCycle GBFS feed)](https://gbfs.bcycle.com/bcycle_bublr/gbfs.json), checked November 1, 2026.
Source: [City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, Department of Public Works](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/dpw-parking), checked November 1, 2026.

## What you can do here

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## Sources and record

Datasets:

- [OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright): Open Data Commons Open Database License \(ODbL\) 1.0. Credit: [© OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)

### Facts

| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Cuisine | Coffee shop | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.07696, -87.88079 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | The Grind | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm category | amenity=cafe | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm id | node/13946741866 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Zip | 53211 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |

Facts as of 2026-11-02. Page rendered 2026-11-03.

Record id: 4009965f-c052-4651-9f5a-d38f17039150

Forms: [HTML](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/the-grind-400996), [markdown](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/the-grind-400996.md), [JSON](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/the-grind-400996.json).

## For agents

The Grind \(cafes in Downer Woods, Milwaukee\) is at 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, 53211. It is not a listed place, and its status is status not stated \(No license in force or recent check on file\).

JSON: https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/the-grind-400996.json

Tools that return this entity: get_entity {"slug":"the-grind-400996"}; get_record {"id":"4009965f-c052-4651-9f5a-d38f17039150"}; getting_there {"lat":"43.0769569","lng":"-87.8807859"}.

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