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The Coffee Shop Considered
- Category: Roadside Approved
- Published on Friday, 29 May 2009 22:05
I haven’t visted as many coffee shops as I have diners, but I’ve seen my share. In modern society, it seems that the local coffee shop has all-but-replaced the neighborhood diner as the focal point of the community. While I hardly lament this development, the lack of great little diners run by rough-hewn characters with hearts of gold that serve rib-sticking comfort food does mean we live in a diminished culture.
That said, the very existence of the coffee shop concept continues to provide individual entrepreneurs with an opportunity to stake a claim in the local marketplace and if done right, can make a community not only worth inhabiting, but visiting as well. A good café may never become a destination attraction, but its existence in a commercial district provides a touchstone for all who live and work in the surrounding area.
Here, then, are a few Roadside-Approved criteria for what constitutes — in our humble opinion — a superlative coffee shop:
When I’m King
- Category: Roadside Approved
- Published on Thursday, 14 August 2008 02:45
Our “Recipe for an American Renaissance” is slowly working its way into the public eye. In fact, we know of at least one restaurant that has begun to use it on their menus (though without our permission), and we look forward to the day we hear a politician use it in a stump speech. Yet, I grow impatient, and would like to see its practical application made while I’m still young enough to enjoy it.