Dar Rafiki’s

Dar Rafiki's is a coffee shop and family-owned bakery in Haverhill, Massachusetts, at 389 Main Street. It serves pastries, cakes, tarts, croissants, sandwiches, Mediterranean dinners, appetizers, sides, coffee, smoothies, and refreshers, with a menu rooted in Moroccan and Mediterranean cooking. The kitchen is known for its signature cube croissants, offered in a different flavor each day, and for chicken shawarma. The bakery opens daily from 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM and offers pickup, delivery, and grab-and-go service, with free parking. It holds a rating of 4.80 from customer reviews.

The pastry case runs from a classic French butter croissant and almond croissants in two sizes to pain au chocolat, pain suisse, Schenck, and Danish in lemon, cream cheese, apple, and strawberry. Cakes include lemon, St Michael, caramel rocher, Black Forest, tiramisu, and a Dubai chocolate cake with pistachio topping, alongside lemon, fruit, apple, and choco caramel tarts. The sandwich side is led by the chicken shawarma sandwich with hummus, pickled red onions, lettuce, and tomato, and the menu extends to merguez plates and other Moroccan dishes. Everything is handcrafted in-house, and the bakery also takes customized catering requests for any occasion.

The shop sits on Main Street in Haverhill, about a tenth of a mile from Portland St. Playground and roughly two tenths of a mile from Fox Field. Main Street and Kenoza Avenue both run within about two tenths of a mile, AFC Urgent Care is about the same distance away, and Solomon Schechter Day is about four tenths of a mile from the door.

Dar Rafiki's has earned a positive rating from the customers who have reviewed it, reflecting a bakery and coffee shop that draws people to Main Street for Moroccan and Mediterranean food made fresh each day.