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| - I can honestly say, I have walked by CZL countless times, sort of glimpsed in, noticed some people doing something inside, ...likely seating, blocked it out and continued on my merry way.
CZL is truly inconspicuous and due to the mildly darkened glass, easy to understand why people would walk by without giving it much thought. Well, I happen to have moved into the neighbourhood and due to a... uh...scheduling misstep on the management side, found myself having to be out of my unit during the day as they did my floors. So off I went to find a cool place to write the day away.
Well, I must say I have found it!
Why people miss this place? You see, CZL is attached to a hotel and this is the reason for its 'Cafe Of Mystery' status since most people are allergic to looking at hotels for too long, specially Holiday Inns. So by proxy, it gets miss in the shuffle.
The place is longer than it is wide, so most tables and couches have a great view out of the floor to ceiling windows. Now, this being an internet Cafe all tables next to the window have plugs(!!) plus of course the obligatory free WiFi.
They have a large selection of coffees, teas plus a number of cakes and panini sandwiches for those who want a snack. The place has a classy, perhaps even sophisticated, art house vibe and it is quite feasible to stay here and work if you bring your laptop, although I would suggest to bring your own headphones. I would also suggest getting the hard tables rather than the couches if you need to do some serious writing.
The coffee is decently priced and it is good overall. Mind you, as I have mentioned before I am not a coffee connoisseur or hardcore, so even though it tastes more than fine to me, those of you who must take their latte's with some serious steamed milk art might find this place not up to par.
However it is really worth visiting, specially if you live in the hood and in fact, I am fairly positive you will walk away pleasantly surprised of this little spot.
Danger, Will Robinson! Danger! -- For some reason they charge ยข0.75 extra for Lactose Free, Soy Milk and Almond. Why?!
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