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Amazing coffee, made by really nice barista men.
Nice Decor.
Cons:
'Lifestyle' prices. Okay, eyewatering prices.
Look folks, I get that P+S allegedly use really good coffee, and that they make them really nice, perhaps they pay the staff a bit more, perhaps they have high overheads.
It's a place designed to sell to the demographic its designed for. People with lots of cash sloshing around. That aint me. I like good value. And Im sorry, but a cup of coffee for over $6 aint it. At the same time, at the other end of the spectrum of coffee, Timmies isn't my bag either. Its a bland, crowd pleaser, inoffensive and generic. For mass market drip coffee, A&W, McDonalds and 7/11 is good for a 'cuppa Joe'. I digress.
I get that companies need to make a profit. But that over 5 buck level? It's just a psychological barrier I just cant get over. It excludes a major portion of the consumer. This isn't Holt Renfrew people, its a freekin coffee shop.
For a once in a while treat sure, or even if they made an option for us poorer folks, say, a more affordable drip coffee option for say $2.50 a cup, and disable the wifi to stop annoying macbook hipsters clogging up the place, then id go there. Thats what knocks a 2 stars off it.
I'm sure P+S could afford to trim the margin and sell a cup of joe for $2 - 2.50, and keep the skinny almond latte frappe cappuchino moccachino al pachino crap priced high for the oil&gas employee yuppie yoga girls and mac book hipsters. Keep two camps happy.
Until then? Too rich for my blood, sorry Seb and Phil.
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