Jeffrey D. Lewis II is the Owner of Morningside Café, the collective of coffee, community, and entertainment based in Detroit’s east side neighborhood of Morningside.

As a product of Morningside, Jeffrey has had a front row seat of the transition the community has underwent since his childhood. From a thriving community of prideful homeowners that featured a vast variety of amenities for locals to patronize, slowly declined into an exodus of both through the lean years of the housing crises in the city of Detroit during the late 2000s. The impact heavily affected Morningside more than any other stabilized neighborhood during that time period.

Wanting to fill the void of a neighborhood gathering destination, the idea of Morningside Café was realized in 2016 - 2017. During the journey of creating a state of the art establishment, Morningside Café has been acknowledged for many awards that includes Detroit SOUP and Motor City Match just to name a few.

Jeffrey has a master’s degree in Urban Planning with a concentration in Housing and Community Development from Wayne State University (WSU), as well as a bachelor’s in Urban Studies from WSU. Jeffrey serves on the board for several local organizations throughout the city of Detroit, most notably as the 2nd vice president of the Morningside Community Organization.