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| - If you want to be under the spell of premium coffee in a charming themed coffee shop, visiting the Bad Owl is a wise decision. If you are my Yelp friend, you are aware by my check ins and reviews that I am usually under the spell of coffee. In the past couple of weeks I had been following the updates on this Harry Potter themed coffee shop that was opening on Saturday, February 13, 2016 in the Kmart themed shopping center at the northwest corner of Eastern Avenue at Horizon Ridge Parkway in Henderson.
Right off the bat, the Bad Owl is wise to location location location. It is a chirp away from spectacular restaurants including Blaze Pizza. As I drove into the shopping center I noticed that the Bad Owl already has the Green Mermaid as a nemesis. When I drove by the empty pod near Arby's, I saw "Coming Soon Starbuck's." With that said, the Bad Owl will have to have a good spirit to share the limelight with Starbuck's. From today's experience, I spent a couple of hours under the spell of a good owl.
Today was the official Grand Opening of the Bad Owl and my day off. I could afford to be indolent and spend a couple of hours here. I'd enjoy a Roasted Almond Late then a drip coffee with butterscotch syrup.
When I walked into the relatively small shop, the Grand opening scene was a laid back pandemonium. There was a line that twisted around to the entrance of a room bordered by grey brick walls around a wood colored floor. It felt like I was in an event where the community was celebrating the newest coffee shop. When I waited in this line, I was more optimistic than impatient. I was disheartened when the nearby Galaxy Coffee shut down, and was becoming optimistic that the local coffee shops could coexist with the chains. If I had gone online when I was on line, I would read that in the summer that Bad Owl plans to add craft beer and wine to their menu (Barnes & Nobles is considering the same move).
The theatre of the Harry Potter theme kept the customers and yours truly entertained. I am not really a Harry Potter fan but a fan of imagination and animals including owls. Inside this room of imagination my eyes roamed toward the large Bad Owl logo over the tables to the right, to the Owl statue in a cage placed on a tower of suitcases in platform 9 1/3, and toward the back chairs arranged around a display of Harry Potter books. This theatre of Harry Potter theming transformed me from Henderson, Nevada to Great Britain.
There wasn't a sleepy moment in the Bad Owl. The caffeineated beverages kept me awake despite the fact the dim lighting could put me asleep if I was enjoying wine in the later hours. Just like an owl, Mad Owl is open later than many of its competitors. The roasted almond late that kept me up, was delectable. It is nice to know that I know of another spot besides E Cafe in Fashion Show to appreciate caffeineated almond based late drinks. By the time, I revisited the counter for a drip coffee with butterscotch syrup, there were far less people near the Owl statue. Around 5 pm the pandemonium died down. This was stamp two on my card that could lead to a complimentary beverage. There was a moderate delay from time of order to when the batista delivered it to the chair. I exchanged lost time for a freshly made delicious cup of Boyd coffee.
As I walked from the back two plush chairs around the display of Harry Potter books toward the exit, I passed the long counter with the orange hanging lamps to the right and a display case that will present a sundry of desserts in the future then the two long common tables; and toward the left I passed a half dozen circle tables engraved with Harry Potter sayings and the charismatic owl statue. By the time I left the door and looked toward Kmart, I had the feeling that I will be revisiting the exact scenery. Delicious Coffee and imagination create an OWLsome spell to be under for a couple of hours.
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