𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐞 𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐢, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 '𝐦𝐮𝐝' 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐩, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐊𝐨𝐩𝐢 𝐥𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐤. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 & 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐄 & 𝐆𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐒, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫.
𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐨, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞. 𝐌𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭. 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐈’𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤. 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐎𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚. 𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬.
𝐌𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤.
𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐮 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥.
𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 & 𝐆𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭. 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧...
Read moreA very welcoming spot! A personal pet-peeve of mine is when people advertise a pumpkin spice drink but it lacks all spices and is only made with syrups. Look at all the spices in this delicious pumpkin spice Chai! Sadly the Chai is made with a syrup instead of a brewed tea but honestly the drink was so yummy I barely even noticed. It was perfect on this chilly, rainy morning. I spent a good portion of the day here working on my laptop and when I needed a sandwich I told her to make me something and it was a delicious sandwich with fresh-sliced meat....
Read moreQuaint hidden gem inside of the Southgate shopping center. Stopped in for a quick breakfast consisting of a hot dark roast coffee, bacon egg & cheese on an English muffin followed by an apple donut. Options of food and drink were plentiful. Staff were polite and curtious, food presentation and taste was spot on. Enjoyed the setting which allows different seating for one to find their favorite spot to relax. Spoke with the owner about their FB Page and music events hosted throughout the week. Will definitely be returning and am sharing...
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