Finally, almost a year after I spotted their banner at the old Disco Display House on Central, Little Bear Coffee is open for business!
Eating ABQ: Gatos y Galletas, the Cat Cafe
Update: Gatos y Galletas closed in November 2016. There’s a new cafe in town, unlike any other. Meet Gatos y Galletas, the only restaurant in Albuquerque where you can sip your coffee surrounded by cats.
Eating ABQ: Humble Coffee
I’ve been hearing a little buzz lately about Humble Coffee, and passed it a couple times as I cruised down Lomas on various shopping expeditions. But when my friend Christina, responding to my quest for Albuquerque’s best lattes and mochas, recommended Humble Coffee, I took notice. It was a priority this weekend to make a…
Eating ABQ: Albuquerque’s Best Lattes
Zendo’s Zia Latte I was a latecomer to coffee. Throughout college and grad school, I didn’t drink it at all. But I kept taking sips of Arne’s, and eventually decided those mochas were pretty darn good. (This keep-trying-it method has not reaped similar dividends with beer.) Arne started making me cafe au lait and lattes…
Eating PDX: Lauretta Jean’s, and Oregon Baked Goods
Oregon is a mecca for baked goods. It must be the weather. When it’s cold and rainy for most of the year, who wouldn’t want to spend a lot of their time in a warm, steamy kitchen, whisking and stirring and pouring and molding and turning out beautiful nuggets of comfort for friends and family?…
A Beautiful Second Store for Michael Thomas Coffee
I’m just going to have to deal with it: Michael Thomas Coffee is no longer my neighborhood’s sweet little secret. For years, the shop has been housed in a tiny converted garage on a mostly residential stretch of Carlisle between Central and Gibson. The way I heard the story, the business wasn’t meant to be…