It's hard to believe just how much this area of the North Side has come of age in the past few years. I'm surprised in a way at all the little coffee houses, etc, that have come in here.
Anyway one of my subordinates, a colleague from another sub-agency, and I had to come up this way "on official business"*. We all decided to stop in for a little shot of the caffeine beforehand. Buena Vista is a little gem of a coffee shop. It's cozy and very inviting. I only had black coffee, which was really good mind you, but one of our party had some coffee cake with his. He said it tasted like it was freshly baked and not at all like it had been shipped in a cardboard box the night before.
Great place and worth checking out if you're in this area and you need that second shot of morning "pick me up".
*Believe me, this "official business" wasn't as glamorous as it seems!