Maeva's Coffee — Restaurant in Alton

Updated((N/A))Needless to say, I had another very bad experience here((

The coffee, service and atmosphere are unrivaled at Maeva’s. I visit often. When I see a 1 star review not for the service or quality of the product but because a customer is trying to silence people who do NOT think like them I am going to speak up. Charlie Kirk died. He died because of a politically charged violent atmosphere he helped to create and foster daily through his divisive rhetoric. I will not whitewash the dead. He did not practice politics in the right way. He boasted on fomenting the J6 insurrection, he called for televised executions, he practiced McCarthyism on campuses and used vile speech. We can speak against political violence without twisting ourselves to defend people, like Kirk, who actually championed it. This man said that empathy was a weakness and that death was an acceptable outcome in the name of protecting 2A.

Giving bad reviews because you heard something you don't like is absolutely inane and contrived. Trying to hurt a business or someone's livelihood is a bad faith act made by a small minded person who is performatively clutching their pearls. It should be ignored.

Get you some great coffee served by fabulous people who are hard working. People who deserve to be lifted up and to not have their speech policed by...

My dog and I have visited Maevas on various occasions.. always told before that we could sit out in the hallway and be a customer. Today a rather busy Sunday we walk in to a full room.. a guy, employee (Sam) is fidgeting with a guitar as we come in the door... he yells then across the full room, is that a service dog? I am then asked in front of the room ... do we have papers... ?? Kinda outing me to resolve in front of everyone that I live with a disability. I'm not sure why he felt the need to restrict us as clients. . He continued to play his guitar. After the interaction I asked he barista fir his name... At that time Sam got up from playing the guitar and came a bit too close to me to gaurd off my inquiry. Very defensively.. I buy a beer.. an iced tea.. and we are sitting out in the hallway as planned.. Sam should might ask a person such a question if that should even be a requirement. I have paperwork on me.. but would hesitate announcing it to an unfamiliar room crowd.

Thanks for understanding.. this guy is playing boss while acting the...