The Grind — Restaurant in Derry

This business has been on East Broadway for seven years and this is the first time I've known about it. I Googled cafe near me when I was at the Irving gas ⛽ station. Very charming interior on the inside. I liked the light fixtures, antique toy bicycle 🚲, 🎵 Bicycle! Bicycle! I want to ride my bi-cy-cle, I want to ride my bike 🎶, oops sorry 😐! 🛋️ Couches, stools, window view and a table with bicycle 🚲 parts make up the seating arrangement. Outdoor seating next to the building. Menu is hand 🧤 written on the wall. Sandwiches🥪, coffee, steamed milk, smoothies 🥤 and many other items available. Friendly service and they know the area. Bathroom is unisex and in good condition. You may need a few minutes to read all the signs on the 🧱 walls. Wifi available. I just had a ☕ and a chocolate frosted doughnut 🍩. The coffee ☕ was good, the doughnut tasted store bought. It wasn't bad, a little disappointing. Both items did make my Sunday morning 🌄 📰 newspaper read pleasant. All the customers in the cafe were in good spirits as well as the staff. Update: Sunday morning 🌄, March 2022;You can have your coffee ☕ served in a mug. Prices reasonable. Came back to try a latte with toasted marshmallows with coconut 🥥. Very good! The chocolate butternut 🍩 ,chocolate glazed and chocolate coconut doughnuts were also tasty! Update: August 2022; Very friendly dogs inside. Chocolate chip scone and caramel chocolate almond milk latte were good. I...

Today was my first time checking out "The Grind." The almost 5 star rating had me want to check it out for myself. As I walked up to the order window, I noticed there were some fall specials, and asked which one happens to be the favorite. At their suggestion, I ordered the "Jack o Lantern" iced latte. After a friendly conversation with them, coffee in hand, I was on my way. I tried a sip, and was shocked with the perfect blend of pumpkin and cinnamon. I almost couldn't believe it, and after a second sip, I was hooked. I wanted to go back and order a large! After my 5 minute drive home, still sitting in my car, I decided to write this review. If this coffee is any testament to how their other flavors of coffee are, and with how friendly my short encounter with the staff and owners were, it is truly no surprise they have such a high rating, and now have a long-term customer. Thank you for this quick, easy, and...

I feel bad leaving a bad review, but for a coffee shop, the coffee was pretty bad. My friend and I had a Bagel and a Breakfast Sandwich, both of which were DELIIIICIOUS (albeit kind of tiny for the price).

But the coffee? I genuinely couldn't even finish it. I got a latte. There weren't sizes on the menu (nor prices??) so I assumed it was one size as espresso drinks typically are. The person taking my order didn't ask what size I wanted and just by default gave me a large. And I don't think they scaled up the milk/espresso ratio at all, just put more espresso in for the same amount of milk... because it tasted like 99% espresso with a tiny bit of foam. Not at all an actual latte.

My friend got regular drip coffee which was actially pretty good, but the espresso was some of the...