Mrs Betty Lamar, Owner

Serving Zaruma Gold Coffee from Ecuador

The Prayer Room

Lamar’s Cafe and Gift Shop. Ecuadorian and Family Owned in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Since 1998. 


Don’t let the outside fool you, here is a place that has been many things over the years. It almost looked like an old motel from the outside when I first arrived. But when the Lamar Family bought it in 1998 they created a place to serve the community. It has been a bar with pool tables to a coffee shop with a learning center. It has become a place for community and service with an event space plus more.

Cafe and gift shop

Lamar’s is a must stop if you are in the area! A little slice of Ecuador on the East Coast. Try the rose latte and empanadas. Buy a bag or two of Zaruma Gold Coffee, beautiful jewelry and trinkets, all straight from Ecuador! Find Mrs Betty, the owner, so she can tell you her incredible story and ask for a tour of all the rooms so you can experience it for yourself. The Prayer Room is my favorite.

life, love, laughter

I could have spent all day at Lamar’s and I can’t thank the Lamar Family enough for letting me capture their heart. It is not just a Coffee Shop, but an experience, which will be perceived differently from all that enter.


For more information on Lamar’s visit their Facebook (Zaruma Gold Coffee at Lamar’s) and learn more about their cause (Project Hope)!


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Mrs Betty with her daughter, Jasmine