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We were hoping to go over early for some breakfast and take advantage of the free play time. But by the time we woke up and got ready, took care of some work (me, not my son) and got over there, it was 11:50am. Free game play ends at noon.
So much for the free playtime, but they still offered to serve breakfast if we ordered quickly. We both got the Standard -- two eggs, challa toast (no butter -- that was odd) a pile of McCain frozen home fries with some bits of chopped up peppers, and a meat of choice (Chorizo and bacon in our case). $11 was a bit pricey for a basic breakfast that I will call 2 stars, maybe 3. One nice thing -- they offer half salad half home fries which still gives you enough of the potatoes that you're not left wanting. (Unless you want real home fries, like not cut from potatoes last month then flash frozen and stored in a bag to wait for my order.)
The table next to us got nachos which was huge. But it was $17.
Coffee was great -- got a latte and then later an Americano with steamed milk, both were fairly priced, superbly made, nice and strong flavour. Americano was a bit small but that's OK -- other chain places give you same amount of espresso in twice the water, and you lose half the flavour. (It's a "grande" illusion of value.)
Atmosphere was good -- very cool two level setup, but it was pretty loud even only at quarter full. At full bar capacity, I can't imagine playing a strategy game that requires thinking, or any kind of game that requires talking with your friends. There is lots of different types of seating (bar tables, low tables, booths, banquette, etc.) for you to choose from. But I'm guessing the high bar tables are too small to play many games.
Game selection looked OK but I didn't pay too much attention. We played four games and found damage/missing pieces in three of them. For a fairly new place, this is not a good sign. Our usual cafe doesn't have a liquor license and their games are in much better shape. Do I detect some correlation here?
Anyways it's a decent spot to go for a coffee or drink with friends and have some fun. My review was picky but considering its not really supposed to be "restaurant" I will give it a break on the so-so food.
Cons are $8 price tag and lack of parking (or at least reasonably priced parking) in the area.
Extra victory points for having a circa 1972 copy of Probe, a game I played when I was a kid. Looking at the box made me all teary-eyed and nostalgic. Where did you guys dig that up?
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