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| - the perk is that its cuddled within main streets and a hop skip from withrow park. this place was very relaxed when i passed by before five pm on a friday, with a couple of ladies sitting on their white couch, one of them breastfeeding (hey you notice these things - boobs are boobs man.)
i wanted to sit down and get a cappuccino right away but had no time and so after a little photo session with my battery-eating hunk-a-junk i call a camera and the perks inner sanctum i called it quits and came back a few hours later when it was not only still chill, but romantic.
this place gets 6 stars for ambiance - there were chandeliers tuned with the lights held low and candles flickering as gaelen, the barista silently played as i walked inside. it was just me and him and it was a great opportunity to afford me time to get to know the place and the kind of folks that run it. well, gaelen was clearly an interested and intelligent guy and a breeze to shoot the breeze with. he gave me a little background about the history of the place (originally owned by another, reclaimed by the current owner to great effect).
i ordered a double shot cappuccino that arrived in the same size takeout cup that would feature a latte. as per gaelen the size of cup is not what matters but what you put in to it. in other words, there are different combinations of foam, milk and espresso that go into a cappuccino versus a latte. so this place has its own take. the coffee was fine, nothing too rich, but enjoyable.
what floored me, in addition to their soothing locale was one of their desserts...or late lunches?...which happened to be in the form of a blueberry coffee cake. it was like a mini loaf of bread filled with a little coffee, blueberry and love. it was made there and was worth the 3 bucks i spent on it.
in terms of price, this place is not cheap. the cappuccino was about 4 bucks which is expensive considering i can get an organic one on queen for 3 and a quarter. though this place feels like a place id prefer relaxing in.
so its an ever bobbing scale as all coffee shops are. its good to know that its close by, near a wonderful park and also a place for a seemingly good and relatively inexpensive lunch and brunch, one day soon to be devoured.
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