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| - What a terrific, fun trend board game cafes are, and one exploding in Calgary. We stumbled on recently-opened Boxcar yesterday while musing about where to grab a coffee before wine buying at Vine Arts; the new cafe attached to 10 Foot Henry wasn't yet open, but I'd heard that Boxcar had Phil & Sebastian so in we went, and what a perfect choice it ended up being. We didn't play any games, just two espressos for us, but they were absolutely perfect. It was a Costa Rican bean from P&S that I'd had a few days ago at Postino and it's one of the loveliest I've ever had from that roaster. Made with extreme care, dialled in carefully, weighed, the first shot sacrificed so the barista could taste it to make sure it was okay, all made on a cool new Rancilio that I'd seen at Bowtruss in LA.
There is a tiny patio here in a very cool, small but comfortable, space, a food menu I didn't really make note of, and really, REALLY good coffee... finally, on 1st St SW.
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