He said: The major upside of this place is that it is the closest cafe to our apartment. It is nice and quiet (aside from the Saturday morning reggae being broadcast compliments of KEXP) and off the beaten path, so to speak. The music was appropriate though, as the barista attending to us was in an apparent funk. I finished off the drip pot and told her. She was brewing another one, but completely forgot to switch them out in between cell phone calls to her friends, so Michelle had to politely remind her after about 15 minutes that she was still without coffee. There was a garden, or something, through the back door, which our barista was also attending to, which she obviously couldn't focus on while we were in the cafe, and she seemed a tad bit annoyed with us for that. No matter, I came for a croissant and coffee in a relaxing environment and that's what I got. B.
She said:
Ugh. This is not what I need to deal with before 10am on a Saturday: an obviously hung-over, cranky, barista who would rather be asleep than at her job. As mentioned above, I didn't get my coffee until we had been in the restaurant for at least 15 minutes, and this did not make me happy. I do not like it when I have to remind an employee how to do their job. I got the bagel sandwich and it was tasteless. It supposedly had egg, cheese, tomato, and onion on it, but it was extremely bland and dry. I didn't like it at all. The upside was that we got to sit in an empty cafe and read the paper, and we had an Entertainment book coupon for 50% off our total bill. Once I finally got my coffee, it was good. C.
