Let us address its first (and most glaring) ignominy: its name. No matter how cute the inside, how delicious the food, how amiable the servers, this will not get a full-cup rating from Zak Landrum (or Kellie). Absolutely not. The name sucks.
...and yet...
They brewed (to order) single cups of their house coffee.
They serve excellent crepes; K and I sampled "As Sweet as Apple Pie" that featured a granola (with almonds and sunflower seeds) topping on the classic Apple Pie mix.
The place looked expensive but, in fact, was semi-reasonable. Coffee was 2 bucks and the crepe was 7.
...on the flip side...
The decor on the back patio screamed OSTENTATION with the lion head relief statue emblazoned with the "SG" crest of the restaurant-name-that-should-never-be-mentioned.
The cafe's a chain.
In sum, this gets the To-Avoid vote from Z, not cause it's bad, just cause it's... weird.
(ditto, although there was absolutely adorable patio seating in the back. But everything just tasted like a chain. It was mostly like "we're-trying-really-hard-to-be-classy." Plus, advertised free wi-fi with no offer of the code from the server. House coffee meh--the aftertaste bit and only tasted good with cream. Restaurant-style seating that seemed a little too optimistic. Z and I and one other lady were the only customers but the place looks like it could serve a hundred. Maybe it's known mostly for its overpriced dinners--I did notice a few 20 dollar plates on the dinner menu.)(K)
(Unfortunately, I am a sucker for crepes. But, since this is a coffee blog and not a crepe blog ...)(thank goodness because we would get very plump very fast.)(K)
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This is the very first time I've seen seating described as "optimistic" :-)
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