Columbus Café & Co (Pl. Darcy)
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It may not look it, but this Columbus is a powerhouse. With a view of the Porte Guillaume—a historical landmark that acts as a cross roads of such in Dijon for those either entering the town or escaping it through Jardin Darcy—they do amazing business. Tack on the fact that my visit was an off-and-on rain day, and you have got the perfect conditions for couples, grandmas, daschunds, you name it, to occupy this two-story space to capacity. As expected, when it started to pour is when things got serious, the foyer filling up with more numerous groups, always making the left into the dim main salon—with a crimson bear painted on a panel of wall shingles—with crowded trays and a concerned look until they spotted the stairs. Neither I nor the baristas had any cause to blame them: the weather report has a strange habit of lying, saying all day and at 14:00 that it would be clear at 17:00 to have changed to a 67% chance of rain at some time in those few hours...besides, the baristas were crushing it. They were cleaning and restocking muffins when I came in, and at one point, one of the two ladies bolted down the steps with a tower of Duralex glasses that felt like a Seussian act of defying gravity. Everyone seemed happy, the girl behind me belching and laughing with the guy she was with, two gals in cushiony one-seaters underneath the stairs taking their sweet time with a dry view of the downpour, and even the kid sirening (that’s the only way I can describe the sound he was making). The little guy just seemed anxiously ready to be still, and his Eastern European mother had him and his brother pottied and stable in no time. It’s not a quiet experience, and the melange of pastel and Native American, wood lodge certainly attests to that. Yet, well placed and good intentioned, there’s hardly any harm and resolutely no foul.
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Drink: Exspresso
Well, I'll be damned. This shot has chocolate, so much chocolate. And, even after I sipped it, it had a veil on top like the crema still had work to do after a few sips. It is dialed in a little bitter, but it's not bad. The volume is also off—might’ve pulled a little too long. I genuinely don't care. It went beyond the default "coffee flavor" in a way that I was genuinely grateful for. The glass also felt wrong. but it also doesn't matter; it was Duralex—French glass. Good for them for sticking countryside.
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Price: Exspresso=1.80€*
*If you wanted it Lungo, it’s 1.9€ which is not bad.
Hours: Monday–Friday {7:30–19:30}; Saturday {8:30–19:30}; Sunday {9–19}
✓ WIFI**
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**But, as per usual with the WIFI, Instagram use is questionable.