People won’t remember what you said to them, but they’ll remember how you made them feel. I visited CoffeeShop for the first time today while walking through my neighborhood, and I’m so glad I did because now I know never to go again. I was greeted by the owner, who talked a long time about his experience in the industry (who cares) and then when I tried to order an iced americano, he told me I was “cute” for trying to order something that wasn’t on the menu. He offered me an iced coffee (I didn’t ask for that) and when I tried it the flavor just wasn’t for me. The owner seemed to take great offense to this and told me that I probably shouldn’t order anything there, reminded me again that I’m “cute” and dismissed me. I couldn’t get out of there fast enough! I have never been so patronized by a proprietor before — I’ll surely not forget it! As a customer, to be made to feel as though you don’t know anything is a terrible feeling. I definitely won’t be returning and I hope no one who frequents this business will ever be treated as poorly as I was. Bad taste in my...
Read moreA gentrified coffee shop that doesn't care about the local community it's gentrifying. We ordered coffee and sat at the bar where there were stools, and were trying to organize some personal papers. We were not speaking to any other customers and were keeping to ourselves. The manager, I guess, told us to straight up leave since the papers we were organizing were political. The papers were plain democratic voter guides for the upcoming city election. There nothing scary about them. We were not telling customers who to vote for, or leaving the guides there. We were just going to use the tabletop for a few minutes to organize them. She said "she doesn't want any of that here".
I personally don't like apolitical, gentrified coffee shops, and there are definitely so many better ones in the community that care about the community and want to be involved with the community. So I don't recommend...
Read moreHusband and wife run coffee shop with shockingly good coffee. They do a lot of their own roasting. There are a lot of places around that do a good espresso, and this place can hold its own, but it’s brewed coffee is more of the highlight for me. The cold brew here with the coffee ice cubes though is one of my favorites, where they really stand out.
They make their own pastries for sale here too, replicating some of the more unique items that are popular from local bakeries (e.g. rebel within). They are surprising good!
Unfortunately not much seating inside or out, and what seating does exist outside is not particularly nice, so hard to make this a destination or a place to...
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