Greetings, fellow hoddlers.
I come to you today with a question: What makes a good coffee shop?
As I work my way through the beginning stages of this hoddle, I find that I am contradicting myself.
“I don’t go to a good coffee shop,” I wrote before scribbling it out. But that defeats the whole purpose of this hoddle.
Is what makes a good coffee shop the coffee? The baristas? The other customers? Or is it the pastries, the types of seating offered and overall (dare I say) vibe?
I like to think what makes a good coffee shop is availability. You got to know that there is a place available for you to sit when you go to a coffee shop. A person needs their reading space.
This is harder to come by in DC, which is why I go to a coffee shop that makes bad coffee, sells sub-standard pastries and plays bad music. But it does have a nice view and some of the chairs aren’t so bad.
But most of all: It is available. And this is why I go to this coffee shop every week. Where else am I going to read my book?
I’d love to go elsewhere, but options are shockingly limited. I’ve come to accept this fate. Maybe one day another place will open up, or I’ll move. When that day comes I’ll migrate to a new coffee shop.
But for now this one is the only one with availability, and that’s why it’s the best.
Fitzie’s track of the day: I’m Alright, by Johnnyswim
And now for your links:
The Regional News: “Coffee and comfort dogs offer warmth on a winter day”