Name your favorite cafe / Place for Coffee

Mine: The Fuel Cafe in Milwaukee, where I am typing this right now.

Good coffee, and the veggie quessadillas are to die for.



RL

Looks a lot like the Fuel Cafe.

...great vibe. It also as a quaint little bookstore section, covered patio section, and outdoor area. (It always happens to be directly across the street from that restaurant where Robert Blake's wife was killed).

where is that?

In Copacabana, a scant couple blocks from the beach, there's a cafe called Cafe Ina. It's a pun: not only is there a real woman named Ina who runs the place, but cafeina is how they spell caffeine in Portuguese. It's got wonderful pastries too. (Don't forget how much coffee comes from Brazil!)

i miss her so

:hug:

RL

heheheh

just wanted to see if any heads exploded.

:rofl:

RL

Cafe Milagro, Quepos, Costa Rica--where Mr. MorningGlow and I went on our honeymoon. After a year of renovating our house in time to have the wedding there, we were completely exhausted. No adventure vacation for us--just lounging around--and we did most of it here. Yummy frozen coffee drinks too! 10,000 calories if one. Oh--and good lunches as well.

I went there every day on my honeymoon with the first ex-mrs retro.

RL

I miss the place so much! We used to go to N.O. every year till MorningGlow Jr. came along. Mr. MorningGlow is a coffee purist and so takes issue with adding chicory, but I'm good with it! And the beignets, of course. Moooo...

From the Merc's reviewer:

Random Order
1800 NE Alberta, 331-1420

This little coffee shop is the perfect morning spot to sit down with the ol' laptop and get to work. Beautiful windows spray sunlight across an orderly array of tables and eclectic local artwork, and the place is generally very peaceful and quiet, even when full. As for the coffee, it's topnotch (Stumptown), and it's supplemented by a worthy menu that includes the World Famous Fried Egg Sandwich, various panini-centric items, and a blueberry muffin that will turn your mouth to quivering mush. Seriously. These huge muffins are baked in-house, are absolutely crammed with blueberries, and are as good as anything you'll find anywhere, be it food, money, sex, or drugs. JWS

There is a muffin with my name on it. I just know it.

Probably Saturday morning.

I think I'm experiencing paninis envy.

Were the statues memorable?

Model ships and paintings of scenes from the Greece of modern and ancient times. We really had a good time. I want to go back and see what happens at the bar on a Friday or Saturday night when, I'm told, an elderly couple provide live piano music.

But I would go back simply for the onion rings.

It was a good day. :thumbsup:

And thanks for the report.

Or the one in Eau Claire?

I've been to the one off 17th Ave, whichever strett that is (11th? 12th?). Very nice.

Guess we missed our window of opportunity for getting to Calgary...closets going for half a mil!

Too rich for our blood. Hell, if we're gonna go up, we might as well heads for BC now....

:hi:
fsc

LOL - you're not too far off about closets going for half a mil. Shoebox sized apartments in dodgy neighbourhoods are selling for over $250,000.

Where are you?

:)

But my husband, the cuddly reprehensor, is from Alberta originally and lived in Cowtown for about 8 years.

It's my 2nd home, and we fell in love there. He moved down here to be with me since I had the better job at the time. And he had recently been laid off. Little did we know Bush would take over mere months after our wedding.

I adore Calgary. We were going to move back up around 2001, but then the job markets all collapsed, and there were no jobs. Now, there's no place to live. If you're not Bill Gates, that is.

We missed our chance, and it makes me sad. :cry: I'm hoping we could time a move between the crash here and the crash there.

Well..the bubble has to burst here eventually. Hopefully you'll be able to venture north then :)

You wont have any trouble getting a job here. There's too much work and not enough workers. It's totally crazy right now

Even construction workers are getting crazy wild wages.

I checked Monster the other day for Alberta and was amazed at the difference between 2002 and now.

We'd be living in Innisfail if we wanted to move up now.

Innisfail? That would be a long commute! :) Although they do have a really nice golf course

What a godforsaken place to live, too! Blegh.

Actually, that's where reprehensor's dad's family was originally from (they moved to Alberta from South Carolina and Tennessee).

We'll have to get a group together at the James Joyce next time we're up. We just found out our best friend is getting married next June. It's his 2nd, and we're very excited cuz she is awesome. So I'm hoping we can make it up again.

fsc

We've become regulars. It's a 10-minute walk from here and the proprietor's a good guy.

I also like Comet (Fuel's sister cafe on the East Side) and Anodyne (which provides the coffee for Comet, and probably Fuel as well).

Can't smoke at Anodyne.

Sven's sounds cool.

RL

Jason has done homework there, scarily.

You can't smoke at Sven's either (except outside), but the people are good.

with the tattooed and pierced angst-ridden rockers/artists/wannabees etc.

and I like to smoke. a lot.

RL

if you are there.

:hug:

RL

I love you! :hug:

The home of Alberta's first Premier, there is a lovely, quaint restaurant, costumed interpreters and tours through the estate.

The smell of the place - the old wood...and the baked goods - is just divine.

But somebody told me it wasn't there anymore.

That sounds weird. I'd rather sleep, work, or cook my own meal. ;)

There's also a little place on Garnet (?Grand?) just as you get to Crystal Pier.

In Lafayette, La. Best coffee in the world. i rarely drink any other coffee.

I was glad to see them pop up all over Louisiana...

for quite a few years and did not own a coffee maker, because I could not get CC's there. Great to see that someone else knows what I'm talking about.

One in particular who's in Utah now but used to live in New Orleans... He craves the New Orleans blend (coffee and chicory) so I have to keep him in supply!

...but I pretty much only drink coffee at home. I especially like to have a cup on my tiny patio and watch the swallows. I may be breaking some kind of local ordinance by not sitting in a coffeehouse with my boho friends. Shhhh.


I think the only place I've had coffee otherwise is downstairs at Elliot Bay Books--pretty fair coffee for about a buck.

And because one of our two coffee places (besides the two Starbucks) sucks, its not a competition.

but I haven't been down in Morris in about six months.

Now, the only coffee I enjoy is Folgers coffee I make every morning.

Cheap, I know, but it works.

:D

What'd I win??? ;) :hug:

:D :hug:

based in Athen's, GA. Support their cycling team, too.

High Point, NC. :) Small independent coffee/smoothie cafe, and it's far better than Starbucks could ever hope to be! :) Oh, and the staff aren't pretentious, either. :P

it's not true, but my daughter works there and I get free coffee. I can't remember the name of the place in Davenport, IA, near the river.......great coffee and several Scrabbles available.

Feul is a nice place, but I prefer the coffee at Alterra.

Though I do like the smoking.

Which has the best cookies north of San Francisco, great scones, and a selection of teas for us non-coffee drinkers. It is also convienently located next to "The Bookstore" (no really that's it's name) one of the best used bookstores ever. It's new patio is the best people watching spot in many miles also.

in Suburban Train Station. The espresso guy is so cool. I dont even order anymore - he just brings me a china cup of espresso every morning.

God Bless Passeros and the Cool Espresso Guy!!!

Or Michelangelo's is nice too. I used to love going in the Fair Trade because it's right across the street from the Caterbury Inn, where I USED to stay when I went there. And before the Caterbury got wireless, I could run in there and surf after I was done at the archives.

But the bastards have changed my happy place (The Canterbury) to condos!!! I HATE THEM!!! :mad:

So I'll have to find a new place closer down near the Edgewater, or one on the other side of town near the environmental B & B.

:evilgrin:

I'm without a strong local favorite right now. The best and funkiest tend to be ephemeral, though there are several good, locally-owned joints to choose from.

http://www.jumpinjsjava.com/

http://www.liftcoffeeshop.com/

Important Coffee Personality test:
http://www.rostovs.com/ptest.html


Late, lamented:
The Corner
17.5 Ethos
Baker's Treat

In my chair in the living room. With the stereo on and the breeze blowing through the house. Mmmm. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :donut: :donut:

sitting next to last night's campfire with this morning's bacon sizzling in the pan, the morning sunshine warming my bones. Mmmm.

My mom used to work across the street at Girling, and we went over there for lunch when I came down to visit.

because Starbucks is *so* Valley. ;)

Used to be the Riverdale Bookshop, until the major pig powers that be decided not to renew their lease...:grr:
But College Perk does a good cup of coffee...

A great coffee shop with beer. I love that place.

"Serendipity" on the west end of the town. The owners came from Wilsonville Oregon, where they had another shop. They know what good coffee should taste like. Everywhere else in this town tastes like shit. Plus, they make good sandwiches and ridiculous cheesecake. Plus, free wireless internet.

Fun place.

Greensboro, NC
The owners are awesome, both grads of UNCG and contribute so much to the progressive community in the Triad.
http://www.tatestreetcoffee.com/