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NOW HIRING · ELK RAPIDS, MI

Help Wanted:
Morning People

We’re a small coffee shop on River Street that started in a camper and never really got over it. We’re looking for friendly folks to pour coffee, learn the regulars, and keep the good mornings coming.

A Happy Camper barista at work
Your spot behind the bar?
Could be you!
Now hiringMorning people wantedCoffee nerds welcomeDone by the afternoonElk Rapids, MI
The original Happy Camper coffee camper
The Happy Camper crew
WHO WE ARE

It started with a camper.

Happy Camper began as a little mobile coffee camper and quickly became a local favorite. These days we’ve got four walls on River Street, but the idea hasn’t changed: great coffee, brought to people who are glad to see each other.

We buy from local suppliers wherever we can, we sell freshly roasted beans by the bag, and we run a community board where the whole town pins up lost dogs, gigs and thank-yous. We’re a coffee shop, but mostly we’re a morning meeting place.

Quality
every cup
Local
first
Neighbors
not customers
WHAT WE’RE ABOUT

The job, honestly

The early shift

We open at 7. You'll see more sunrises than most people in town, and the doors close at 2, so there's plenty of day left when you clock out.

You'll learn the craft

Pulling shots, steaming milk, talking beans. We'll show you how we do it. Curiosity counts for more than a resume.

Know the regulars

Half the job is remembering who takes oat milk and whose dog gets a treat. If you like people, you'll like this.

A crew with your back

Shifts are posted in our crew app, and trading one with a coworker takes a couple of taps. Life happens; we get it.

Shop hours: Monday – Friday, 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM · Saturday – Sunday, 7:30 AM – 2:00 PM

VIBE CHECK

You might be a Happy Camper if…

Tick the ones that sound like you.

PULL UP A CHAIR

Apply to the crew

No cover letter needed. Tell us a little about you and when you can work, and we’ll reach out. Rather do it in person? Stop by the counter at 212 River Street.

What sounds fun?
Which days could you work?