A corner with
a story to tell.

Before the coffee counter and comfortable chairs, this was an old Gulf gas station. Here’s how the corner changed.

The welcoming Corner Grounds Café lounge with warm pendant lights, cozy chairs and gathering tables

A new life for
the old station.

For years, the former Gulf station near Route 13 and Main Street stood vacant. Kevin Taisey saw another possibility for the building: a coffeehouse where people could meet, get some work done, and catch up.

When the property became available, he moved quickly. The building was restored, with its wide windows and overhead steel beam still part of the space. Corner Grounds Café opened on January 19, 2024.

Today, there are cozy chairs where service bays once stood, coffee at the counter, and tables for a quick visit or a long conversation. The building has changed, but the corner is still unmistakably Odessa.

Same corner.
A new chapter.

The Gulf station around 1995, and the café on that same Odessa corner today. The building’s history is still easy to spot.

Archival photograph, circa 1995, of the Gulf gas station that became Corner Grounds Café — **Then** · Gulf station, circa 1995Historical photograph: Deborah Buckson, Historic Odessa Foundation, reproduced in a Delaware News Journal feature by Ben Mace.

Corner Grounds Café exterior today, a restored white brick former gas station in Odessa Delaware — **Now** · Corner Grounds CaféOdessa, Delaware · Opened January 2024

The windows and steelwork still tell part of the building’s story. Everything around them has a new purpose.

Same big windows. Different kind of morning.

Corner Grounds Café manager Kaylin Reese seated at left with owner Kevin Taisey at right inside the café

Kaylin Reese, manager Kevin Taisey, owner

The faces
behind the Grounds.

Owner Kevin Taisey and manager Kaylin Reese are part of the everyday life of Corner Grounds. Alongside the café team, they’ve made this a place centered on good drinks, good food, and an easy welcome.

The details are deliberate: a bold, smooth house roast, comfortable seating, and a menu with familiar favorites as well as something new to try.

A café rooted in its corner of Odessa.

A good cup. A comfortable chair. Time to enjoy both.

What you’ll
find here.

Coffee worth coming in for.

Fresh dark roast, espresso drinks, and cold brew—enjoy the classics or add your favorite flavor.

Room to settle in.

Grab a chair by the wide windows, open your laptop, or catch up with someone across the table.

More than the usual order.

Matcha, chai, fruit refreshers, hot chocolate, and toasted bagels give everyone something to look forward to.

Glass cup of black coffee casting a long shadow in the morning sunlight

Assortment of freshly baked pastries under glass domes at the café counter

See the corner
for yourself.

We’re at 102 N 5th Street in Odessa. Come in, see what’s changed, and find your new regular order.

Visit the café

A corner with a story to tell.

A new life for the old station.

Same corner. A new chapter.

The faces behind the Grounds.

What you’ll find here.