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Banana Split Beyu Caffe, Durham Website $8 This creamy cocktail is made from Stoli vodka, crème de banane, creme de cacao, and cream. The consistency of the drink wasn’t pretty, but it’s the nature of drinks mixed with cream to quickly divide up based on thicknesses of the fluids. The alcohol flavor was pretty strong. [...]
Bean & Barrel 50100 Governor’s Drive Governor’s Village, Chapel Hill Website Bean & Barrel is a coffee shop, bar, and grill. Have I mentioned how much I love that NC restaurants serve both coffee and alcohol? Having a cappuccino followed by a glass of wine is just way too much fun to pass up. During [...]
Last night, I made my first batch of cold-brewed coffee based off of the first two links on a Google search of the term: Smitten Kitchen and I Need Coffee. This is seriously a simple procedure, though I’m already musing some variations to try, based mostly on time considerations. Here’s what you need: Glass/container for [...]
Apparently, there’s a monthly competition held among the Triangle’s baristas, and I didn’t even know about it! I’ve always been a fan of a good espresso drink; heck, I even have a latté preparation featured in one of my short stories, so I was certainly excited to see a barista competition up close. Counter Culture [...]
Beyu Caffé 335 West Main Street Downtown Durham Website Breakfast, Lunch: $4–$10 Dinner: $8–$18 Desserts: $2–$5 Cocktails: $5.75–$9 Coffee: $1.60–$4.50 This review comes from three separate trips to Beyu Caffé (pronounced Be You); one for dessert and coffee, one for dessert and cocktails, and one for breakfast and coffee. There have been mixed reviews on [...]
The Looking Glass 601 West Main Street Carrboro French Press Coffee: $2.50–$5.00 Bagel Panini: $4–$5.50 Burritos: $6 The Looking Glass is a newer coffee shop in Carrboro that I think is pretty fantastic. It’s not nearly as popular as Open Eye—which is great if you are looking for more assured laptop and outlet real estate. [...]
The Wake Zone Espresso 6108 Old Jenks Road, Cary Website Cup of Joe: $1.60-$1.95 Espresso Drinks: $1.60-$4.15 The Wake Zone Espresso is a very personable coffee house decorated in the style of a beach house. There are soft orange and baby blue walls, couches that look comfy, and large, triangular tables with lots of room [...]
Joe Van Gogh 1104B Broad Street Watts Hospital-Hillandale District, Durham http://www.joevangogh.com/ 8 oz.Coffee: $1.39 8 oz. Cappuccino $2.55 A coffee shop that takes the time to turn an ungainly cord into a piece of art is a coffee shop that speaks my name. Joe Van Gogh roasts their organic coffee in Hillsborough. They receive it [...]
The Red Bicycle Coffee Shop 2805 Homestead Road The Station at Homestead, Chapel Hill http://www.redbicyclecoffee.com/ The Red Bicycle Coffee Shop is in a very pretty shopping center. It has lots of windows, which helps make the cramped seating area feel more open. Once it started to fill up after 4 PM, though, the shop felt [...]
I’ve got two news tidbits to share with you all. First, The Gourmez, my review archive site, has been updated to include a section for cafes, otherwise known as coffee shops. I’ve moved over a few reviews that more correctly fall under this heading (3 Cups, Coffee & Crepes, and Blue Coffee Cafe) and have [...]