i've found my new coffee shop.
i'd been on the hunt for a while now, and while there are about ten within a mile of my house, none of them were really doing it for me. unfortunately, these shops tend to be of the starbucks or "someone is playing live music and that annoys me" variety.
so anyways, on to royal. the space is minimal and modern, they were playing great music, and the barista who helped me was very friendly. oh, and my latte was amazing. really. amazing.
the only part that kind of sucked was that there was no place to tip on the credit card slip, and i unfortunately had no cash. the barista seemed to sincerely not mind, and informed me they'd be changing that within the next few weeks.
now that i've found a coffee shop that's super close to my house and has some seriously solid coffee, i'll definitely be coming back regularly. and with cash. at least until they get that tipping situation on lock.