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    Empire Coffee

    4.0 (6 reviews)
    Closed 6:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Luke W.

    The most incredible donut we have ever had. Us foodie kids dropped in on a weekend whim, randomly took the vegan apple cider donut and nearly a month later still rave about it, we must go back! No other humbled old restaurant turned java house has become such a heroic church for all things amazing, the espresso phenomenal. My friend's London Fog, my spiced honey latte, this is the aim of smug barista city slicks. Now easily my favorite caffeine spot in all Bloomington, second best coffee in Illinois after Zion in Peoria, may Empire rule over my taste buds for the rest of time. Staff was fun, atmosphere dark and a bit romantic, they took their smooth time pulling shots. They urged me to pick the spiced honey over the other seasonal brews ensuring I knew the good stuff is made in house too. I used to imagine finding the fountain of youth in some unusual post apocalyptic half slumber January midnight yet no plot twist twists so hard to get me laughing like drinking and eating such incredible fare from a Pizza Hut shell.

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