Penny Drip — Restaurant in Fort Wayne

One of the premier cups of coffee I've had recently. The coffee was spectacular. I talked over the coffee with the barista as I often do but which doesn't always work. I like my coffee with a bittersweet nose. I like a flavor, preferably an unusual homemade one, but just a taste of flavor with coffee forward taste. I want to taste coffee, not sugar, as the primary taste. So the drink I settled on was a lavender mocha. Surprisingly, a double flavor is often hard to pull off, especially if off the menu. Often the barista simply doubles the flavor which is no good. However, it came out perfectly bittersweet sweet, chocolaty with a hint of lavender. I also saw her taste it discretely with a stirrer to make sure it was on point, which I respected.

Atmosphere. I was taking the coffee to go, but the atmosphere was beautiful, meticulously planned details. Lots of trendy looking people.

Parking...even though downtown, there was a parking lot.

Lastly, the fact that this was Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne, the town that doesn't change. The town where almost every restaurant is the same as the next. Same standard food items, same music, they might as well be a chain. I think that is what made Penny Drip doubly unusual, the fact it was Fort Wayne.

Lastly, I liked they had choices. A lot of snooty coffee shops have a super simple formula, mocha and vanilla, that's it. However, they had a number of standard flavors plus 2 rotating seasonal flavors. If there was one thing missing, I wish they had white mochas. My husband is a die hard white mocha fan, which is hard to find at a place like Penny Drip. If I could ask for one bonus, that...

Stopped in for a coffee on a Saturday night. Service was friendly but slow. I seriously thought a robot was serving me. Coffee with tip cost $5 & came out of a commercial pump carafe luke warm after cream & sugar. Turned it in to server after a couple minutes because there was salt in the sugar. Server emptied coffee into drain & pumped me another cup. Coffee again was luke warm & completely unacceptable. I walked over & left the cup on the bar counter to see if they would pour me fresh hot coffee after asking them if they had a microwave which was a no from the gal working. The cup stayed on the bar edge for 15 minutes while they made others mixed alcohol beverages around my cup with No mention of hey, hows the coffee or is everything ok with it? Nothing. Well, I left the cup on the bar counter & will never be back as it's the last money they will ever see from me. I highly suggest not going there for coffee. If seeking alcohol, proceed forward. This is definitely NOT a drip coffee shop and is MY honest opinion...

I’ve frequented this place in the mornings for coffee and what is, arguably, the best sausage egg and cheese breakfast sandwich in Fort Wayne. So we finally could come at night and enjoy the adult beverages we’ve been wanting to try.

The service is excellent!!! Cyrus made our drinks tonight and they were on point.

We started with the Gin and Soda (which they have on draft) and it was refreshing.

We had the Espresso Martini—straight beauty in sweetness, coffee flavors, etc. It’s a must have.

I had the Vesper Martini which was cool, citrus refreshment. It was perfect.

We tried the Goldrush and a rum drink (ask Cyrus to make it) and both were phenomenal drinks. The rum drink took me back to Jamaica with the rum selections I had there. Goldrush is a great drink too—sweetness, honey, and citrus goodness.

We closed out with a Rob Roy. Once again—so good.

I’m bringing friends next time and I might even get my beard reshaped.

Great service and quality. We appreciate you. ...