A brand new coffee shop opens its doors, so I had to swing by to give them a try. It was between this place and the other coffee shop in the area, and I wanted to give the new business a shot.
The place is small. Kind of reminds me of a person's kitchen. Kind of home-y, tables were still dirty with other peoples meals. The two owners were in the back cleaning up, assuming they just finished with their first customers of the day. Plenty of plexiglass was up, and the displays were somewhat barren, with a smattering of offerings on display for those walking in.
Since I came in during lunchtime, didn't have a big expectation for this place. I did not recognize their menu items, so I asked the woman who was helming the register what she recommends. She recommends the butifarra, a pork sandwich with fries. I get that but sub the fries for chips, along with a cup of coffee. On a splurge, I find a display of these cookies powdered with sugar and oozing with caramel. decided to buy some of those too.
Took them home, ate a cookie on the way back home, took some pics, and I thought they were pretty solid.
The sandwich portion is massive for the price, had a good amount of pork and veggies in it. The pork wasn't trimmed very well, so there were some fat bits. but it had a good flavor, fresh ingredients and a sizeable portion. Especially for the price, 9 bucks for that big of a sandwich is a good deal.
The cookies were very tasty, called Alfajores. They are a sandy shortbread cookie with dolche de leche in between. Not as sweet as I was expecting, but sweet enough with little bits of savory notes due to the shortening they used in the cookie. A wonderful accompaniment to the coffee, and also not bad for the price. 5 for 4 cookies, which is pretty good.
As for the coffee, it's coffee. They have some basic equipment for fancier espresso drinks but their drip coffee is packaged Barronette and made en masse. That being typed, they don't charge a lot for it. a decent sized medium set me back a couple bucks, which isn't bad. So although I might be able to get a cheaper coffee at other places, it's functional and cheap enough.
This place is not a coffee place. If they are, it's a crappy coffee place. As a local blue collar diner or breakfast/lunch place, it's pretty good! Not worth a trek, but a nice place to stop at if you're going to work and looking for something different. read more