Lack of Coffee

[swestrup]

I decided that, as a reward for having to fill out another dumb test, full of vague questions, I would take a short walk to my local coffee shop and have a large decaf while I read the paper.

It turns out that the Cafe Depot a block from my house is no more. That leaves me with no good coffee options nearby. In increasing distance from the house, we have:

1. An Art Cafe where one is expected to pay for the cup as well as the coffee, paint it, and come back later to claim it. Not really what I'm looking for in a coffee shop.
2. A brand-new quite-expensive coffee shop and restaurant with mediocre coffee.
3. A Starbucks (YUCK) which was once a Dunkin Donuts which was far cheaper and had MUCH better coffee.
4. A Second Cup, which is actually quite good, but by now we're talking about a 20 minute walk to get there.
5. A Coffee Time, which I've never been in, which is just a bit farther away than the Second Cup, in the opposite direction.
6. Tim Hortons or Tim Hortons, roughly equidistant from me in two different directions. They have decent cheap coffee but don't always have decaf, and seem to think that 'one cream' means 'one cup of cream'.

So, not a good situation for coffee any more.

Comments

[xipetotec.livejournal.com]

My understanding is that the Coffee Time didn't survive long...

[pythonian.livejournal.com]

What about that great place the three of us went to in the winter? It looked like an old farm house or some such thing. It was more than a cafe yet less than a restaurant or so it seemed to me.

Was that the Cafe Depot? If so, it had to be the fanciest franchise in the chain.

[pythonian.livejournal.com]

Sorry, didn't see item 2 on your list. Was that the place?

[swestrup]

Yup. That was number 2.

[sps.livejournal.com]

What we have is a Starbucks (yuck!) that closes at 7PM. I mean, WTFF?

[azrhey.livejournal.com]

i think it is time you sell the place and come live in my neighborhood
Speaking of which what are you doing tomorrow. Pierre and I have gym ~1900 but before that you could come over and keep me company!

[swestrup]

I have no idea yet what I'm doing tomorrow, but I'd like to see you. I'll get back to you as soon as I figure it out!

[moomlyn.livejournal.com]

Have you considered moving?

[swestrup]

I would desperately love to move! First though, I need to get a steady job so that I can:

1) Afford to fix this house up so its salable.
2) Get a mortgage for some place downtown.

[lasher.livejournal.com]

I know that this may be a revolutionary idea... but have you considered purchasing a coffee maker and making your own coffee? lol

[swestrup]

We currently have an espresso machine, two coffee makers, a bodum, and a pair of travel cones for making coffee on the go. I think we may also have a percolator, but we may have given that away.

What I wanted was a place where I could read the paper without having to buy one, and sit in an environment that didn't remind me of the all the things I had left undone. The coffee was just the way of paying for my use of their space. But, that said, if the coffee is horrible then the enjoyment is greatly decreased.