Clive’s Staples is a coffee shop & bakery in downtown Sterling, KS, and Clive’s is inspired by the British author and theologian C. S. Lewis.

Our Inspiration

C. S. Lewis, in full Clive Staples Lewis, was a prolific author, a literary scholar, a Christian apologist, and a great thinker. He is best known for his Chronicles of Narnia series, for his friendship with J. R. R. Tolkien (author of the Lord of the Rings), and for being part of a literary group in Oxford that called themselves the Inklings. We grew up reading the Narnia books as children and we wanted to create a space for the fostering of community, the sharing of laughter and meals, the telling of stories, and for making beautiful things-some of Lewis’s staples.

What We Make

We pride ourselves in serving some of the best coffee in the area and it is roasted on-site at Clive’s! We have partnered with our friends at Table Coffee Roasters (check them out at www.tablecoffeeroasters.com ) and they roast coffee in our new shared production space in downtown Sterling. Visit their website if you would like to set up a coffee subscription.

We bake all of our pastries, donuts, croissants and bagels in-house and we also serve our sandwiches on our house-made sourdough bread.

Check out our food menu here:

Get In Touch

Follow us on Instagram (@clives_staples) and like our Facebook page to stay up-to-date!

To place a call-ahead order or to purchase an eGift-card over the phone call: 620-305-2132

If you would like to order cheesecakes, croissants, bread or larger batches of any of our pastries, shoot us a message and we can give you a quote!

Our physical address is:

135 S. Broadway Ave., Sterling, KS 67579

Photo Credit – Dean Xu (xulabdesigns.com), Anna Tremaine (portwilliamportraits.com), and Wes Meadows