Café Lemont — Restaurant in College Township

This is honestly the best coffee shop I have ever been to. It was this place that opened my eyes to just how good coffee can be. I never even liked coffee until I started coming here!

This place has introduced me to so many delicious things. I never liked quiche until I had it here — their quiche is amazing, with a buttery, flakey homemade crust and a generous amount of cheese on top. They bake different quiches based on what’s available, and I’ve enjoyed every quiche I’ve tried, from the potato leek to the broccoli spinach to the ones with butternut and cauliflower.

They also have different soups on rotation that is one better than the next. I had never tried parsnip soup before, but their parsnip soup is so delicious I ordered a bowl in store and one to go! They had a thick black bean soup once that I actually brought home and poured over tortilla chips to make some delicious nachos. I can’t wait until they have their dream of mushroom soup in stock again!

This place has introduced me to so many things and helped me try so many new foods. Everything is delicious! My Dad is a picky eater, and even he loves to come here for the smoked salmon BLT.

I could rave on and on about the food, but what really makes this place special is the people. The owners and staff are great, and they have truly built this place into a cornerstone of the community. They feature art for sale from a different local artist every month, and they source their milk and eggs from local farms. They now have an Amish vendor who brings in fresh doughnuts every Friday.

Overall, this is a...

Best cafe in the area and my all-time favorite place. The staff is always wonderfully friendly and helpful, the food and coffee are incredible, and the vibe is hard to beat. It's just far enough from the Penn State campus that it's not crammed with undergrads; while I was a grad student at PSU, I spent a LOT of time here while working on papers/my dissertation. It's a great cafe to work in, if that's your style: music is always pleasant and on the quieter side, and it's rarely chaotic or loud inside. You can usually snag a table and chair if you enjoy your coffee/tea there, which has the added bonus of your beverage coming in big beautiful homemade mugs from a local potter (which you can purchase if you want). Tons of vegetarian food, all of which is delicious. I live hours away now, but every time I'm vaguely in the area I go out of my way to stop here for a coffee and egg sandwich, and to get a couple bags of coffee beans to take home to tide me over until I'm next...

Customer service was extremely disappointing. One staff member seemed more concerned with making customers stand in the “right” place than with actually taking customer orders, helping customers understand the menu, making pleasant small talk, or anything else remotely related to normal customer service. The most striking aspect of the observed interaction was the complete absence of a desire to help or provide a product or service. Instead the clear desire driving the interaction was a desire to control a customer. Weird. That’s the best word for it, I think. Weird. Being forced to watch an approximately 35 year old male barista fail so miserably at basic human and customer interaction was really, really weird.

Scone was sweet, but it was so dry that when I tried to eat it, it crumbled like it was made of sand.

Bathroom in first floor of shared business space was...