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| - Am I ever happy I walked into this café!
The staff (who I later found out are the owners because they're so friendly and fun to talk to,) are so friendly and fun to talk to, (wouldn't you know it?) they had me at 5-stars before I even sat down. The first thing that crossed my mind was "Wow! These people are unusually friendly!" They come across as genuinely passionate about their place and their products without being pushy about them. They seemed honestly pleased that I chose to visit their shop. My second thought: "Why would that be 'unusual'? I have no idea, but you really did cut through the clutter, Velvet Café!
They have a daily lunch special that changes every day (wouldn't you know it?). If all of them are as good as the one I had today I'll never get bored of eating here.
Today's Special: Spolumbo's sausage on a baguette with sauteéd veggies and some type of fancy aioli whose name escapes me for $7.99. Yum! Along with the sauteéd red and orange peppers this baguette came with a monster helping of sauteéd garlic on a bed of fresh spinach. If you're making this a date or a work lunch, make sure you've got your mints and toothpicks. If you didn't, don't even worry about it. The sandwich is worth sabotaging your love life/job over.
They've also got a whole array of tasty looking salads in the cooler and an assortment of house made sandwiches in the $5 - $6 range. I'm looking forward to checking out the brisket sandwich. I heart Alberta beef.
You're used of seeing a basket of cookies on the counter in a coffee shop. But are you used to seeing CARAME BACON COOKIES?! I thought not.
They serve Salt Spring Coffee, my favourite of the "Gourmet but still available at Safeway" coffee varietals and there are plenty of loose leaf tea types for all you tea drinkers out there.
The place is modern, approachable and acceptable for a really wide range of people. Large windows are everywhere so you can bask in the sunshine, or sit on the patio on the warm days, or cuddle up with your coffee by the fire place on the cold ones. There's even a long couch covered in pillows. I think if I sat down here I would never be able to leave.
I hope my solid across the board experience from today is repeatable for everyone, because I think Mt. Pleasant just might have a new gem!
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