I had a business meeting a few days ago...OK, it was over a week ago (I am just now catching up on my yelping...I make it sound like a commitment, but really...it's entertaining to write about food, events, hotels and all the rest of the yelp worthy universe as opposed to writing about money, marketing, software, money, technology, legal issues, money and mostly...money:)
We selected Press Coffee as the rendezvous.
I had not been there (and in fact, I hadn't made the right turn off the 101 to swing by City North).
Press Coffee is a very nice coffee house/wine bar.
They serve a decent cup of coffee, have nice selection of breakfast pastries and breakfast food goodies.
They seem to have a reasonable wine selection, and the menu to complement the wines (much, I suppose like Sportsman's, but frankly not as extensive a wine selection).
The atmosphere is also really pleasant...open, airy and comfortable inside with a huge patio (where we had our coffee) outside.
It looks like they have a number of events at Press, to generate some traffic...and Press needs traffic!
As pleasant as Press is, when I walked in at 7:00 am, I was the only person in the place...in fact, until my associate showed up, I may have been the only person (other than the guy behind the counter) moving in City North.
We sat outside on the patio by the front door for nearly 2 hours and saw maybe 10 people go into Press...that can't be good!
In all candor, I haven't been there in the evening and maybe the joint jumps at night.
But, it doesn't seem like a lot of people live there and it really doesn't seem like a destination (about 5 stores all selling women's clothing or shoes, as near as I could tell...along with a couple of restaurants that are open and a few places that are "under construction"...with nobody actually constructing).
Although Press makes a good cup of coffee and they have a wine bar, it frankly won't be in my regular rotation.
It's a long way out there and even if I'm in the neighborhood, there are more shops, restaurants, coffee shops, wine bars and the rest 2 miles in either direction at Desert Ridge or Keirland, so there isn't much reason to take the 56th St. exit.
Sadly.