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| - When I walked into the Smelly Cat, I thought I had finally found a nice coffeehouse in Charlotte (visiting from Seattle for a week). I liked the funky decor, the brick walls are covered with old doors and other interesting nick knacks, and they use more old doors to separate some of the tables into booths, with electrical outlets. Outside it was sunny and there are nice little tables to sit at.
The first sign of trouble though, was when I asked for a "cappuccino for here", and was told they only had to go cups, but "they did plan to get real cups sometime this year", if I wanted paper cups, I would have gone to Starbucks.
The second sign was when I picked up the cappuccino and felt it's weight, there was clearly very little foam, and obviously was more of a latte, again I could have just gone to Starbucks and got one of their "wet" cappuccino's.
The final straw though was when I tasted it, it had hints of that taste you get in coffee from a run down truck stop. I am not sure if they don't clean their machine or what, but it actually made me crave the corporate coffee.
I recommend that anyone visiting Charlotte to try Fabo in Selwyn Corner instead, it at least tastes a little better than the corporate stuff.
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