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An A-frame sign on Main Street announced, each word occupying its own line: CAFE OPEN SHOP. When I pulled around back, the mental 8-Ball read was still Cannot predict now., but then I saw someone exit the building with a white, nondescript coffee cup. Apprehension evaporated. Entering through the back door, past some wire shelving units, a refreshing space of complementing oyster white cement tiling and grey-grained, balmy white wood comes into view. It’s almost as though the La Marzocco Linea Classic has grown out of the bar or the grey wood grains are its roots, implying an organic connection. The black accents—felt board menu, Mahlkonig Grinder, and fantastically arachnid stubby stools—pulse the interior, but don’t push beyond contrast or feign decorum. It summates to a smart twist on the Asian minimalist style, an iteration that keeps things clean without going sterile, coupled with an essence of the underground (can’t beat those stationary pendant amber bulbs). How it’s managed to gloriously juggle these seemingly divergent elements for three years is a delicious mystery. That being said, feel free to peer out the hung windows of this above-ground cavern—sipping on vivaciousness among the aloe and other potted greenery—and set about connecting the dots.
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Drink: Cortado (4 oz. Espresso Double with Milk)
My theme song for this drink? Bring Me to Life by Evanescence. IT IS 1000% DESERVING. Big Mouth is on the hopper, and it slaps harder than any drink I’ve had in a long time. Execution and contrast—all the judges are holding up 10s. That’s it; that’s all I have to say.