Blue Moon Coffee Company — Restaurant in Hastings

A favorite haunt where the staff greet me by name, know my preferences and tolerate my moods. When I moved to Hastings a few years back, I screened the espresso shops for the flavor of their straight up shots. Here I got no bitterness in the brew, it was served in the demitasse cups if I like, by staff friendly to new customers. Over the years I've tried the lunch menu items which I consider a bit limited but still price competitive. I frequently order the breakfast sandwich special which predictably good. Lunch specials vary a great deal but I favor the quiches, always made fresh that day. Our Friday night coffee group spends a couple hours mostly visiting and a few of us order sandwiches or roll-ups often with soup. Lately, the day time offerings have had variously shaped rice krispie snacks in seasonal themes, a few days ago it was a turkey leg. Seem to be popular enough but a bit pricey for me. The cherry almond pie is always a favorite and is reliably fresh as it sells out quickly. I know everyone has their peculiar preferences for espresso but if you start here, you probably won't need to shop around...

This place has great desserts.

Blue moon is a college hangout coffee house. The atmosphere is actually quite inviting, you have a variety of seating, and veiw options, with various artists paintings, and works on the walls. right next door at around 10 I believe, the neighboring book store, seperated by only a door opens. food options vary from hard staples, like bagels and muffins, to pies, cakes, and health conscious items. Coffee here is rather pricy here. But its very exotic. these wont be your usual name brands that would only cost you 75 cents at the diner. The options vary from plain black, all the way to special house blended names. Such as jet fuel, or the namesaked bluemoon. there are public board games, free wifi, and usually free papers, or magazines. at lunch or around that time, the menu changes over to lunch, for fresh made unique specials. For a college hang out, the blue moon is quite popular on weekends, and depending on the event in town, or even just what week it is, can get...

This is a cute, cozy café with nice décor and plentiful seating. One of the baristas was friendly and chatty while the other was less so; more focused on just getting the job done. We ordered extra espresso shots for our 20 oz vanilla lattes, bringing the total up to four. The coffee flavor was still very mild, but the lattes themselves were decent. They use Styrofoam cups, which are probably bad for the environment, but did hold the heat much longer than paper cups do. We didn’t really care for the coffee cake or the lemon muffin we ordered. Maybe they were having an off day or maybe our preferences...