Smelly Cat smells quite delicious-wifts of freshly roasted coffee. Another flattering review of Smelly Cat seems redundant, but here's my observations about this place
-High "perk" factor of baristas-I can't even pull off that level of perkiness with liberal doses of caffeine
-Variety of bevies- Chai lattes, a different flavor of iced tea daily on special, several roast of coffee to choose from. They keep iced coffee (don't know if its cold press) but it does the trick.
-Dilworth coffee used in coffee beverage-It's "dil-worthy" of praise, wha wha whaaa!
-Smallish-Though I wouldn't likely loiter here for hours, I would certainly visit Smelly Cat on a lunch break or before a big day in NoDa (or night, if you know what I mean).
The overall experience is great. I like light or medium roast coffee and I find it to be a tad bitter here. It's really good, but it's not as smooth as I've had in other coffeehouses. Overall, Smelly Cat makes NoDa what it is.