I just have to say, Carmel's has the most appealing, least obtrusively horrible art of pretty much any coffee shop in the valley. Go, you guys! (Thoughts of Portlandia, anyone?)
Digressions aside, we ventured over to Carmel's to give their coffee and brunchisms a shot over the weekend, and were all pleased. The breakfast crepe with tomatoes, eggs, goat cheese, and spinach was definitely the stand-out, but the breakfast croissant and egg white omelet got ravaged, as well.
However, when we ordered half-caff almond milk lattes, the girl at the counter went, "umm... okaay...." (motions to barista) "do you know what 'haaalf-calllf' is???" To which he replied, "Yes." They turned out to be the best in the area I'd say, *turns nose up at LGO* so that all worked out, but we laughed about it for the next 20 minutes. Half-calf? Like part baby cow milk, part grown-up cow milk? He-he-ha-ha-ho. No. But again, I digress.