Favourite Coffee Shops in your part of the world

[Bill Smith]

Let's post our favourite coffee houses in your area.

For me

The Green Bean in downtown Oakville,
CJ's Cafe in Bronte (Oakville)
The Shed in Belfountain Ontario,
Higher Grounds in Port Credit (Mississauga)
Jet Fuel Kensington Market (Toronto)
Remarkable Bean the Beaches (Toronto)
Balzacs, Liberty Village and the Distillery District (Toronto).

[sehrgut]

Several "parts of the world" for me.

Augusta, GA
The Metro Coffee House (1054 Broad St.) - This place is a bar-slash-coffeehouse, so it has a rather irritating atmosphere. They're the only place in Augusta that consistently makes good espresso.

Aiken, SC
Espress-Oh! (4629 Jefferson Davis Hwy) - Just across the river from Augusta, and great coffee. Unfortunately, not open very late into the evening.

Pensacola, FL
The Drowsy Poet (86 Brent Ln) - One of my favourite coffee shops in the world! I've never gotten a bad shot there.

Ventura, CA
Palermo (321 E Main St) - Ironically, in Sunny CA, with so much yuppie presence, good coffee is hard to find. Avoid Bad Ass, and Simone's is decent depending on who's working the machine, but Palermo is, as my little sister would say, "many much yummy"!

Santa Barbara, CA
Coffee Cat (1201 Anacapa St) - Just off State Street, insanely close to The Book Den (http://www.bookden.com/) (whose proprietors are indulgent enough to permit browsing coffee-in-hand), and good, if not quite phenomenal, coffee.

Chattanooga, TN
Greyfriar's (http://www.rarecoffee.com/) (406 Broad St) - Roasted in-house, well-trained staff, and gimme-another-like-that espresso!

[kongjie]

In Palo Alto:

Caffe Del Doge (http://www.caffedeldoge.com/) is expensive but once a week a I get a french press and a croissant.

Douce France is a wonderful place for a cappuccino, and their pastries are first-rate. I'm not crazy about their plain ol' coffee, though.

In Mountain View:

Red Rock Coffee (http://www.redrockcoffee.org/) is a great place to sit with other nerds. Coffee is decent.

In San Francisco:

Cafe Murano (http://www.cafemurano.com/CM/index.htm) is an unassuming neighborhood place that is conveniently located for me when I need to go into the city. Great coffee and scones.

Mojo Bicycle Cafe (http://www.mojobicyclecafe.com/) has a great Americano and I like the atmosphere, too.

[letterk]

...Ventura, CA
Palermo (321 E Main St) - Ironically, in Sunny CA, with so much yuppie presence, good coffee is hard to find. Avoid Bad Ass, and Simone's is decent depending on who's working the machine, but Palermo is, as my little sister would say, "many much yummy"!...

Yup. And that can be said about food, drink, etc...

[rickshah]

Washington, DC: Swings
http://www.swingscoffee.com/

Really popular with the IMF and World Bank crowds (both being right down the street)...

Not so much with the tourists who prefer Starbucks... *sigh*

[sehrgut]

Not so much with the tourists who prefer Starbucks... *sigh*

I'm just waiting for someone to reply to this thread with which Charbucks in their area they prefer.

*readies flamethrower*

*wicked grin*

[chickpea]

Washington, DC: Swings
http://www.swingscoffee.com/

Really popular with the IMF and World Bank crowds (both being right down the street)...

Not so much with the tourists who prefer Starbucks... *sigh*

Mine happens to be

Dolcezza (http://dolcezzagelato.com/) It's in Georgetown on Wisconsin and Q, so it's away from most of the insanity that is Wisconsin and M in Georgetown. Best damn espresso in DC and the gelato :drool: oh, and the CHURROS!! :w00t::w00t:

[Rollsshaver]

Elkton, MD has a Fox Hollow on rt.40 that has good coffee.

[Bobtrumpet]

White Rock Coffee in Dallas:

http://www.wrcoffee.com/

Good fair trade coffee, plus live music many nights with local up and coming talent.

[Jac]

Sky Gypsy Cafe (http://www.skygypsycoffee.com/), Rodeo, NM... Where else can you get an espresso pulled by a software millionaire's girlfriend?

[stevensj2]

I'm not a coffee afficianado or anything, but I like Bigby (previously known as Beaner's).

They are found in the Lansing area, and are expanding really fast, and have locations pretty much all over the state.

But I have to say...the name change suit was kind of silly, in my opinion.

[galopede]

None. I refuse to pay the extortionate prices they charge when I can make far better at home for much much less.

Gareth

[David in Boston]

My favorite “Coffee Shop” is the Starbucks at Kendall Square in Cambridge; Massachusetts that is a 35-minute walk from my house.

The store is located near MIT with its surrounding Biotech and High Tech firms. There is outdoor seating and the vast majority of pedestrians and customers are researchers, students and employees of various firms.

I like to sit outside and have a large cup of dark roast with my Gloria Cubana #6 Series R cigar.
The result is 45 to 60 minutes with a great cup of “Joe” and a great cigar.
It works for me!

Now getting back to those mentioned customers and pedestrians. You know what is so nice about them. They don’t bother me! I’m left alone with my coffee, cigar and peace. This is one of the few “coffee shops” were I can sit outside and not be bothered by some “drunk” looking for money or a “nutcase” wearing tin foil on his head who want to discuss with me Alan Greenspan choose of colors for his flying saucer.

That is why it is my favorite coffee shop.

David

P.S. It doesn’t hurt that some of the women behind the counter are smoking hot.

[_JP_]

In Grandview Ohio it's Stauf's. They roast the beans on the premises. I used to work a few doors down the street from them, some mornings the smoke from the four roasters would be rolling down the street.

[sehrgut]

My favorite “Coffee Shop” is the Starbucks at Kendall Square in Cambridge; Massachusetts that is a 35-minute walk from my house.

Gah! I didn't expect someone to actually speak such blasphemy!


P.S. It doesn’t hurt that some of the women behind the counter are smoking hot.

Okay, this I can understand, but if I go to a Charbucks for the cute baristas, I order a pastry or something, not what passes for coffee!

[kongjie]

...I order a pastry or something, not what passes for coffee!

I would prefer an Americano from Starbucks rather than what they sell that passes for pastry.

[writerchad]

for those in metro atlanta, you have to check out Dancing Goats in downtown Decatur. It's the bomb. So dang tasty.

http://www.dancinggoats.com/Dancing_Goats_Espresso_Bars_W32C236.cfm

[Limey]

I've enjoyed the various Jittery Joe's shops around Georgia.

[sehrgut]

I would prefer an Americano from Starbucks rather than what they sell that passes for pastry.

Ouch . . . touche!

Although, an Americano made from the burnt, bitter, black dreck that shoots from their portafilter spouts is a horror I don't even wish to contemplate . . .

[TacoBell]

Pablo's Coffee in Denver www.pabloscoffee.com

Roasts every Tuesday and a dollar off their featured blend! I like to go in there on Tuesdays just to smell. I mean...I don't smell...or at least not bad, I don't think...I sniff, the coffee, the aroma...you know what I mean :001_rolle

[BigPants]

Taylor Street Baristas in London http://www.taylor-st.com - I go to the Liverpool Street shop.

and

Monmouth coffee at Borough Market http://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/default.htm

[DeaconKC]

The Blue Moose in Marion, IL.