Bar (Gare Mâcon-Loché-TGV)
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Right off to the side of this light-filled cabin—with some tube lights dashing its roof beams—is red. No, not the shuttered AVIS or the plant boxes. Rather, a red circle on a door behind a bar with a computer printed picture of a greyhound, a portrait if you will. Whether or not the red circle was actually a bit of Coca-Cola merchandising that had been repurposed, I cannot say. But, what I can say is that my mind immediately leapt for the understanding of those porcelain portraits found frequently on headstones. Imagine my surprise when the old lady—with a pixie cut somehow of the same shade of red as the espresso machine and the greyhound’s background—stirred something at her feet when turning around to the espresso machine. What do you know! The greyhound was alive and well. Not only that, as his pale body snuggled into a pillow he matched in hue, another greyhound patched with gray and some brindling began to meander. Tenderly brushing his face with her espresso-free hand, she made the two steps back to me. I held back my amusement as best I could as we completed the transaction, but it was all too much. This woman has cracked the code, tossing out “take my kids to work” day for “make the bar home” day. Sitting at one of the tables reserved with peeling paper for “la clientele du bar,” the world felt liberated of argument. If only taking a Greyhound had meant this all along.
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Drink: Espresso
It does the trick. She really grround it out on the Santos (a Silence, or as the website claims “the quietest grinder on the market a 63dB”). I did get a crack out of her yanking the washing machine open to rifle through it for a cup for my coffee. All I see is efficiency. There was a nice crema on top, nothing frilly, and a pleasant taste. It unfailingly filled all 60mL of the espresso cup, and it ultimately passed the assignment. First words out of her mouth in French when I said I just wanted an espresso: cash only. Come bearing change.
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Price: Espresso=1.6€
Hours: I have zero idea what the hours truly are. HOWEVER, I did find it open a little before 15:00 and just before 16:00 on a Sunday. This much I can confirm. If we’re going by the hours of the TGV station itself, those are the following:
Monday–Friday {6–23:05}; Saturday {7:10–21}; Sunday {8:15–23:05}
✓ WIFI
Extra Notes:
The SNCF TGV station has WIFI.