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| - I really want to like this place more than I do. Here are some of the pluses:
Honey Vanilla Latte. Non-dairy milk choices. Cute little old-fashioned milk bottles. A napkin dispenser decorated with crossed flatware. Cute 20-something baristas. Lots of electrical outlets (especially along the south wall). Proximity to Bunky Boutique (actually, it's connected).
Minuses: Cute 20-something baristas play their self-consciously cool music too loud. Parking in the back is limited and sketchy. But the biggest, baddest minus of all? This is a hangout for high school kids from some (seemingly) ultra artsy school. They come in around 2 EVERY DAY, strew their backpacks and shit all over the place, run around screeching and waving their hands, shout at each other across the room, and then leave sugar packets, paper and trash in their wake. Look, I'm no lightweight when it comes to teenagers. I'm a high school English teacher (come to think of it, maybe that's why I don't want to deal with this nonsense when I'm trying to relax after work or grade papers). These kids are LOUD AS SHIT and totally unaware that this is a public place. Perhaps it's the one wall that opens up to the outside that has them confused, so they don't know whether they should use their inside voices or outside voices? It's really dreadful in here in the afternoons. You'd think that the owner/proprietor (Matt Poole) would be willing/able to manage the situation, but ... no dice. Seriously. I have a policy of staying FAR away from this place on weekday afternoons. Too bad for me, and too bad for this place. I have a hunch that i have more disposable income than these precious snowflakes do, but this coffee shop is really more interested in being the Max. Have at it, Lisa Turtle.
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