Cafe Artista opens, Retro Espresso closes

My interests increasingly lie elsewhere and so keeping this blog up to date has fallen by the wayside. Nevertheless, a couple of changed to the landscape have occurred: Sister’s Brew is now gone and replaced with the Cafe Artista. The atmosphere of the shop is largely unchanged, though the addition of compact flouresent bulbs has […]

Pumpkin spice circus

It seems that the orange seasonal pumpkin spice latte has been the butt of many jokes this year. I’ve seen it referenced in a derogatory fashion by just about everyone these days. This is also the first year when we have really seen just about every national chain do their best to imitate Starbuck’s bestseller […]

Chalk drawings

Tyler is one of the baristas at Bucer’s. He and his wife Meghan have the skillz of an artiste. They’ve taken to improving the chalkboard in the back of the shop over the past month. Last week it was Michelangelo. This week it’s the Book of Kells.