What's your favorite coffee shop?

[taterguy]

I like the Skylight Exchange on Rosemary Street in Chapel Hill

[HEyHEY]

1. Cafe Calabria on Commercial Drive.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Take a guess.

;)

[SKKY]

3. Cherry Street Coffe House in Seattle...

...I worked temporarily for a company whose office was right on the corner of 1st and Cherry in Seattle. Right across the stree was a fantastic coffee house that blew just about all others out of the water. I have no idea why their coffee was so much better, but it was.

[Sanity Claws]

65. Fellow Seattlite here

I'll have to check this place out.

[RetroLounge]

4. They burned it down and filled it with pit bulls

hang on, my cell phone is ringing...

RL

[Little Wing]

5. The Happy Yappy Tinderbox

it's up the road

[catmandu57]

6. Those fucking places are dangerous

fucking terrorists and i don't know what all, I'll stick to home brew.

[AlCzervik]

7. port city java.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. Tony's in Bellingham, Wa.

[taterguy]

9. I forgot Java the Hut

The place in Lawrence that employs Ronald Thomas Clontle

[SacredCow]

10. CC's

a local chain.

super skinny mocha with whip. Think I might have to pass by there on the way home.... C'mon 4:30!!!

[taterguy]

11. It's already 5:20, your watch is slow

[SacredCow]

24. Helps to be in the Eastern time zone, doesn't it?

:-)

[haf216]

23. Hey neighbor, CC's is the best !

[SacredCow]

25. Hey there.....

I've enjoyed your Mardi Gras for the past 2 years!

[haf216]

30. I have had to work the last two years,

but I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Edit: I forgot to add: Glad to see you here, I was beginning to think I was the only one from the state here.

[SacredCow]

33. We're a rare breed!

Are you a native as well?

[haf216]

34. No, I'm a yankee.

My family moved form Ohio when I was 13. Plus I lived in Texas for about 8 years, and moved back almost 4 years ago.

Have you lived in Baton Rouge all your life?

[SacredCow]

36. For the most part....

99% of it anyway. Spent a short duration in New Orleans, and an even shorter one in Jackson, MS.

[haf216]

38. It's good to have roots.

[SacredCow]

39. Yeah- I'll always call it home....

I hope to eventually relocate someplace more temperate, but that's at least 13-plus years away...

[haf216]

40. I would like to move back north, but I have family here

and I'm getting to old to start over again, But I don't know how many summer I can take. :rofl:

[SacredCow]

42. Understandable...

I don't mind the heat too much (remind me I said that in August)- I just would prefer a little variety; maybe be within driving distance to some good skiing terrain. As long as I can have Community Coffee shipped to me, all should be OK with the world!

[haf216]

43. Community can be shipped anywhere.

My mom sent it to me in Texas and still sends it to my brother in Atlanta. So when you move I will make sure you get some.

[SacredCow]

44. If only...

Finding fresh seafood in a landlocked state was as easy!

So what's new in Lafayette? The last time I was there was for the ROU Mardi Gras Ball....

[haf216]

45. Well we had the Festival International a couple weeks ago.

Other than that not much. What's up in Baton Rouge? I have to go there tomorrow for training.

[SacredCow]

47. Same ol' Boring Rouge....

Fest for All was last weekend, but I didn't make it and haven't for several years. There's really only so much local art (which all looks identical, btw) that I need.

What kind of training?

[haf216]

48. I'm the trainer for the store that I work at.

I teach the associates about the products so they can explain them to the customers. Tomorrow they are training me.

[SacredCow]

50. I see...

I'm a chemist for a water treatment company.

[haf216]

54. I'm a manger for Bed Bath and Beyond.

So your job sounds more interesting then mine.

[SacredCow]

59. Don't count on it....

This kind of work is largely the same thing day in and day out. I'm in a supervisory role now, so I spend most of my day dealing with procurement and maintenance issues. But don't get me wrong- I do like my job. I did the retail thing for about a year and the holiday season nearly sent me to the nut house. I could have a whole day of nice customers, then that last one with the attitude comes in and that's what I would remember...

[haf216]

61. The customers can be a little crazy,

But I worked with kids for 10 years before I worked retail, so there is no real difference!

[SacredCow]

68. That's a gig I couldn't do, either.....

Hope your training goes well today... Is it at one of the stores? Or do they have some kind of corporate office in BR?

[haf216]

69. It was at one of the stores.

And it was fine, I just hate the drive. Have a good weekend!

[SacredCow]

70. You, too....

I live almost across the street from the store on Floriday Boulevard. Bought a lot of Christmas presents there...

[haf216]

71. That's the store I was at.

Small world.

[swag]

12. Random Order on Alberta St., NE Portland

From the Mercury:

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

[BrotherBuzz]

13. Dawson's Cigar Store

[NMDemDist2]

14. the Blue House in Carlsbad NM (home) and

Jitters Bean in Eureka CA

[KitchenWitch]

15. Java Jack's on 46th St in Minneapolis

If you get iced mocha, they put a pentacle in chocolate syrup on your whipped cream!

Barring Java Jack's, I am a fan of Caribou Coffee.

[applegrove]

16. Tim Horton's. A Canadian institution.

[Telly Savalas]

57. I miss Tim Horton's.

:cry:

[sniffa]

17. *bux

i Love my coffee boLd, and bLack. :9

[NightWatcher]

18. The Bulldog

in Amsterdam

[EstimatedProphet]

19. Greenhouse Namaste, Amsterdam

The Orange Widow comes highly recommended.

[NightWatcher]

20. last time I was in Amsterdam I had a cold and could not inhale

I really would like to get back there, but next time I might not return home.

[EstimatedProphet]

22. Too true. I really want to go back.

[Decruiter]

21. Cafe du Monde - New Orleans

Nuff said.

[KamaAina]

56. I'll go with Cafe Beignet a few blocks away on Royal

a couple of other locations in the Quarter. I never did have much luck getting service at the Monde (by myself), plus there's a gray tabby who wanders in and out of the Royal St. Cafe Beignet.

[SmokingJacket]

60. Cafe Rue de la Course on Magazine

Though all the coffee shops in NO are (were? Haven't been since Katrina) the best coffee shops ever.

[Writer]

26. Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC...

followed by Metro on the Drag across from the University of Texas campus in Austin.

[northzax]

37. second for Busboys

although Mischas in Old Town Alexandria has its charms as well of you have to go to the burbs.

[Taverner]

27. Either The Beanery in the Willamette Valley or Peets in the SF Bay Area

Good chains :)

[conscious evolution]

28. Aurora in L5P in Atl

We're all here cause we ain't all there!

[fudge stripe cookays]

29. Fair Trade in Madison

@ State and Gorham.

I don't know what I'm going to do now that the Canterbury across the street has gone condo. I loved going over there after dinner and surfing then coming back to the inn.

[MassLiberal]

31. Koffee? in New Haven, Conn.

the one on Audubon Street.

Great coffee, great space, great music. Nice people. Wonderful cookies. Wireless!

[ironflange]

32. 7-11

Laugh all you want, it's really good, not to mention cheap.

[mike_c]

35. my kitchen-- seriously....

I roast fresh every two or three days, I don't use no stinkin' drip brewer-- 100% french press, babeeee!-- and I buy awesome small lot beans. AND I pay attention to their roast characteristics because one roast definitely does not fit all beans.

We have some pretty decent coffee shops here in town, and most do their own artisanal small batch roasting, but none holds a candle to the coffee I make in my own kitchen.

[terrya]

41. Alternative Grounds in Toronto.

[Telly Savalas]

58. Oh, man.

I miss Alternative Grounds.

:cry:

I miss Coffee and All that Jazz.

:cry:

I miss Daddy-O's

:cry:

The Friendly Thai

:cry:

Butler's Pantry

:cry:

Maple Produce and all the green grocers

:cry:

The High Park Library

:cry:

The 504

:cry:

Whaaaa.

:cry:

[Scooter24]

46. Starbucks...

but only the nice ones in areas where the clientel can respect the enviroment.

[Arugula Latte]

49. The cafe on the top of Bancroft in Berkeley.

It has changed names many times over the years. When I was at Cal, it was Cafe Roma. I don't know what the current name is. Still, nothing beats sitting out there in the sun, with friends or a book, in between classes. *sigh*

[tigereye]

51. Coffee tree roasters has the best coffee here in Pittsburgh IMO

but for funky atmosphere and color, you can't beat the Beehive on the Southside.

[Burma Jones]

52. Mayorga's in Silver Spring or Rockville, Maryland

Roasted locally. I go to the roasting plant in Rockville (near the superb Joe's Record Paradise) to buy my beans....The smell is so pleasantly overwhelming.....

While in college in Galesburg, IL....I frequented the Landmark Cafe and Creperie, they had excellent coffee, outstanding food and a Midwestern Beatnik atmosphere....

[SPKrazy]

53. Sweet Bay

in Ft. Smith, Arkansas

[Zomby Woof]

55. Macy's in Flagstaff, AZ

Macy is the name of the founder... it has NOTHING to do with the upscale department store. :-)

Macy's makes the meanest French press anywhere. They hand you a nice mug and the carafe/plunger so you can refill on your own. They have the roaster right there in the seating area. It's a nice place to read on a quiet afternoon. :donut:

[Xipe Totec]

62. Discoteca Central - Somewhere in Mexico

The exact place does not matter; the place exists only in my memories now.

That was the hangout of my youth, where a teen could linger for hours having a strong cup of coffee and sweet pastries, as friends drifted in and out around a table that was always full but never with the same people...

A place where the young could talk about world events, politics, literature, history,...

...and believe that someday, it would be our turn to change the world for the better.

[Odin2005]

63. Selah's, in downtown Fargo-Moorhead

Just north of Concordia College @ Moorhead.

[mentalsolstice]

64. Starbucks took a chance...

on our transitional neighborhood. We're on the edge of going really bad, or cleaning up. However, Starbux has been here for the last couple of years (no other coffee shops have made the leap). The service has been nothing but the best!

[u4ic]

66. Block 1912

though I get their delicious chai.

I'm not a coffee drinker.

[reyd reid reed]

67. My kitchen...

coffee's always hot, always the way I like it and the price is right.