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| - It can be a little tricky to find this place, tucked in off Tryon at the base of the Hurst Tower, but it's worth the trouble. The coffee is your standard high quality Port City fare - organic, fair trade, whatever - and you'll like it just fine. I can't tell the difference between coffees above the Dunkin Doughnuts level, I and suspect that the multitude of blends you see at Starbucks, Port City, etc are the same bean in different packaging. But I digress. I find Port City Java to be preferable to most of the other uptown coffee places because the baristas there are so friendly. It is consistently a very enjoyable place to grab a cup of coffee, read the newspaper, and postpone the start of the day.
The shop is spotless at any hour, which must be a lot of work during the morning and lunchtime rushes. As locations go, this one is popular for a reason. It is as close to central uptown as anywhere, but being slightly off the street it is a lot quieter than the neighboring Starbucks. The crowd here is homogeneous, being composed of business folks from the uptown banks, but people watching can nevertheless be entertaining.
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