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I love coffee. I love to support local. I prefer the best quality coffee, but if 7-11 is all that’s available, bring it on! BOM DIA is the worst coffee I have ever had in my entire life. So disgusting that I didn’t even finish it. You can tell the true quality by trying the espresso so I ordered an americano. It tasted so burnt and so stale. It was just awful. Second, I love Brazil. I studied Portuguese for years and visited Brazil several times. It really annoys me that an American opened a coffee shop and named it a Brazilian name “BOM DIA” which means “good morning” and doesn’t support Brazil in any way. The coffee isn’t from Brazil. The feel, style, products, and nothing else in the shop relate to Brazil in any way. AND they mispronounce the name! It’s pronounced like, “bon-Gia”. so annoying that they named it after such a beautiful Brazilian phrase and slaughtered it. Plus their coffee is AW-FUL. Way too much great coffee in Bend to waste your time here.

Vila Brazil – Irving – Menu with Prices – 2315 W Airport Fwy, Irving

We’ve been coming here off and on for over 10 years. We’ve moved a little distance away so it’s not as nearby as some of the other Brazilian steakhouses now. But after eating at another churrascaria recently and having a bad experience, I had to go back to this one, namely to get the bad taste out of my mouth from the previous restaurant. Vila Brazil delivered the goods! We went on a Friday night and the food was fantastic! It was as delicious as I remembered it to be. There were pastels and fried polenta on the salad buffet as well as real Feijoada with farofa! You don’t have to like farofa but if you want the genuine Brazilian experience, then real Feijoada with farofa are must-haves. Love their fried cauliflower – and I normally dislike cauliflower as a vegetable! Even the dessert flan is awesome! Paired with a cup of Brazilian café and it is heaven! What about the meat? Medium rare, well seasoned, slightly crispy fat edges with meat juices dripping with flavor! The chicken legs were juicy, tender but still cooked all the way through! Authentic Brazilian sausage – tasty and tender! The grilled pineapple was sweet with just the right amount of tartness and cinnamon. Another bonus? The price! $26 for dinner, $23 if you check-in with Yelp! Granted, it may not have the ambiance like some of the other Brazilian restaurants and their salad bar is not as extensive but they know how to cook! So if you are looking for true Brazilian fare with a true Brazilian feel, this is the place! Great place to also watch a Brazilian soccer game too! To Robert (owner) and the staff at Vila, Great job! Keep putting out delicious Brazilian food! Technically 4.5 stars because ambiance is not there compared to the other fine dining Brazilian Steakhouses in Dallas, but so what? In my world, taste is king and you deliver the goods!

stone hot pizza Menu with Prices 3217 Washington Blvd, Arlington

This pizza place has wonderful food, and goes above and beyond for service. The pizza is fabulous, the delivery was very, very fast and courteous, but even beyond that, they really take care of customers. I had to place a specialty order (and it was weird…. I was trying to duplicate a pizza I had in Brazil to please the love of my life, who is Brazilian), and not only did they accommodate EVERY SINGLE WEIRD request, but were super nice (and very funny!) about it, and happily delivered both the NORMAL pizzas (delicious!!!) and the “Brazilian” pizzas (which I am told were delicious, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder…) super fast. We were SO pleased with the quality of the food, and even more so with the service- A+, 100%, these people treated us like gold. When she took a bite, she looked so happy she could cry, and my pizza off the menu was AWESOME. Thank you, Stone Hot Pizza! Wow wow wow. (Also, I have lived in NY area, and am fat enough to be considered a “pizza connoisseur”- I don’t care if this is “real” pizza or not- the quality was excellent and the service was excellent, and these people deserve to be successful!)

Quick Time Espresso – Menu with Prices – 1515 112th St SE, Everett

I love that their coffee doesnt taste burnt like other places. Plus when they make my white chocolate americano, they completely stir everything. I notice a lot of coffee shops just throw the stuff in there and make u mix it. It doesnt matter who is working; the coffee is always consistently the same and made correct. Its just a bonus they are all kind and efficient!

Counter Culture Coffee – Menu with Prices – 85½, Spring St, Charleston

This is strictly a training center for most of the Charleston coffee shops that use Counter Culture as their wholesale distributor for coffee. What’s great is how in-depth the training is for getting baristas properly ready to provide quality service. I’m fairly new to the barista game only about 2-3 months in, but feel like I was given the right tools in providing quality service for my customers. Counter Culture also provides free courses that you can attend at this center as long as you’re employed with whichever coffee shop you’re associated with. Those courses help you build towards being knowledgeable in not only coffee brewing but techniques to understand differences between superior quality and what’s considered subpar. I understand on early morning’s every Friday they do coffee testing free for the public so if you’re ever in the area, this is the place to find great coffee and how/where to purchase their products throughout the Charleston area.

Bodhi Leaf Coffee Traders – Menu with Prices – 26910 Sierra Hwy Unit D-2, Santa Clarita

What stands out most about this coffee shop is simply: the coffee. A lot of coffee shops try to gimmick or style their way into business – not Bodhi. The interior is niche and interesting, possibly a little distracting if you’re not used to the style, but not drab or over the top. But their focus is the coffee, with dozens of options between brewing methods and type of coffee (or other drinks), there is something for everyone, and even coffee connoisseurs are not easily dissuaded from the quality here. Easily some of the best coffee in SC, if you like or love coffee, give it a try. If you don’t like it, try something else, they have something for you! Service is great, they are very kind and friendly, and they are quick as well. There aren’t an abundance of places to sit, though there are chairs inside (tables and a bar) and outside, which might be their one slight, but it’s usually not so busy that there is nowhere to sit. Overall, a great coffee shop with options to satisfy just about anyone and good service as the cherry on top.

Burn & Brew Menu with Prices 566 23rd St S, Arlington

Knowledgeable staff who is more than willing to educate you or offer up their personal opinion. We have done side-by-side comparisons of many of their products to the shop next-door and this place is in fact cheaper 8 times out of 10. That said, when it is more expensive, it is well justified because the products they choose to stock are of a much higher quality. We won’t buy our Shisha or coffee anywhere else (we still purchase hookah coals on the Internet bec it’s cheaper). We suggest the super premium Shisha that comes rolled up (just not the pear flavor- it’s overpowering). So why only 4 stars? Because the store has such limited shelf space, they are occasionally out of our favorite Shisha flavors, which is always disappointing because that means we have to go next-door to the more expensive place with the subpar products ?

Nolia Family Coffee – Menu with Prices – 1004 Morning Glory Ave, Durham

Nolia is a brand new coffee shop in downtown Durham with an interesting niche audience: parents. Their mission is right on the wall when you walk in: family + coffee. The space is an old, converted church and it is pretty small but they have done a great job making it feel bright and clean. The first premise of Nolia is that children are meant to be celebrated, not tolerated. I personally don’t have children, but I can definitely see why parents would want to take their children here. There is a small play area in the shop so that parents can relax or talk while their children have fun (there are also chickens in the backyard if your kids are into that). It can get noisy in Nolia so it would not be a place that I would recommend coming to study or get work done. I try and come early in the morning to get my coffee for that reason. Justin and Natalie (the owners of the shop and parents to Magnolia, who the shop is named after) make everyone feel like family in the shop, even if you don’t have kids. They go above and beyond to get to know their customers and make them feel welcome. Now, to the coffee! It’s delicious– and all direct-trade and ethically sourced. You even get to watch as Justin prepares it specially for you. They also have Jeddah’s tea as well as pastries from East Durham Bake Shop. There are a few other local goods for sale as well. They have just extended their hours (9-12 and 2-6) during the week which is great to have them open almost all day. Definitely check Nolia out whether you are a parent or not because this is a wonderful place serving the entire Durham community great coffee!

Regent Coffee Roasters and Brew Bar – Menu with Prices – 249 N Brand Blvd, Glendale

This review is based strictly on my order of their iced mocha latte. First, you can tell a lot about a coffee shop from the mocha they use. I was pleasantly surprised that they make their own mocha, that is ALWAYS a plus..better than disgusting fudge chocolate that other places use. Second, I was greeted by a barista who was sitting on the counter. Like, that’s a tad bit weird for me. So my iced mocha actually tastes decent, which means their espresso beans are of high quality. Problem is that I feel like I am drinking a latte with chunks of chocolate. They clearly did not melt the chocolate, nor did they try to dilute it in any shape or form into the beverage. It’s so bad that my straw is clogged with chocolate pieces. Kinda gross. If they could just figure out how to perfectly add the ingredients together this place would be on the top of my list (maybe top 10, nowhere near top 5). The oat milk that they use is not my favorite either. Oatly is by far the best oatmilk in the market so I get annoyed when coffee shops don’t carry it. Also, way pricier than other places—and I am usually okay with paying top dollar for good coffee- this just wasn’t it. *UPDATING my review based on speaking with the owner*- Pretty happy that the owner reached out to explain the issues I discussed. I love small business and I support them 100%. This isn’t my local coffee shop so it would be unfair of me to write them off from one “unfortunate” experience. I do hope to go back and try the mocha again.

America’s Cup Coffee Shop Menu with Prices 2627 S Harbor Loop Dr, Bellingham

I was looking for a cup of coffee in the afternoon, and was relieved to find “America’s Cup” coffee shop, in plenty of time before they were due to close–it was 3:35 pm and they were closing at 4 pm, so almost half an hour from closing. I asked the girl behind the counter for coffee, and she just shrugged and said their coffee was all out, and it was too late to make any more. She pointed over at the empty coffee maker, and it was not even a large commercial device, in was just a cheap, 10-cup Mr. Coffee style drip machine. I pleaded, “But you’re a coffee shop!!”. “Too late, I’d have to make a pot, then I’d have to clean out the coffee maker again.”, she replied. Wow, okay. (Fortunately, I headed a couple doors down to Nicki’s restaurant for good coffee good service.) A morning shortly after that, since it was the only coffee shop within literally a mile and I was stuck on the dock, I grudgingly went back there to get my morning brew. The guy behind the counter (owner, I believe) said that he was just about to make a fresh pot. Okay, great! I thought, fresh coffee, five minutes, no problem! I was stunned when within just one minute he already handed me my large coffee, and I glanced over at the Mr. Coffee, and sure enough, it was still percolating through. He had poured for me the very first amount that had dripped through, so what he handed me basically was a 16 ounce expresso which was totally undrinkable (and I like strong coffee) and he also ruined the rest of the pot since most of the flavor (and caffeine) are extracted in the first half of the extraction, leaving the second half of the pot as a weak, pale brown water with little flavor (or caffeine) for the next customer. The name implies that this is a coffee shop, but it is not. Morning or afternoon, coffee or not, it does come with an attitude.

Sobeys Queen Street – Menu with Prices – 1120 Queen St, Halifax

I love local and all things being roughly equal I will support it. But this Sobey’s is really hard to love. If I have a list of say 10 products at least 2 won’t be in stock. Really odd products like any frozen juice that doesn’t contain HFCS. Superstore would probably have 10 or more types where Sobey’s usually has none other than orange. Other oddities include my never seeing bean sprouts. A small thing but odd seeing that there are a zillion Chinese people shopping here. Then there are the employees. Why do they have to smoke right on the path? Seeing that they are handling food maybe Sobey’s could just stop hiring people who smoke? And don’t get me started on how badly the isles are labeled. I don’t remember exactly the product that had no isle sign but it was something like pasta. So for Sobey’s to lose my business when I would love to not send my money to Toronto via the Superstore means they have gone that extra mile to lose my business. Love the BOGO sales but that is about it.

Rose’s Coffee Bar – Menu with Prices – 299 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale

Rose’s Coffee Bar is the new coffee shop in Flagler Village located inside of The Dalmar hotel. The coffee shop is on the ground floor of the hotel, and is easily accessible from the street. Rose’s is adorably decorated with light pink accents and aesthetically pleasing design. They serve La Colombe coffee, which I love, and both drinks I purchased so far have tasted delicious. Their Iced Mocha had the perfect balance of coffee and espresso, not tasting too sweet or overpowering, and the simple Iced Latte was delicious. I also tried one of their house-made baked goods, a frosted sugar cookie, and it was incredibly tasty, while also not being too sweet. The staff is friendly and efficient, too! My only little negative is that when I went the second morning around 10:30am to order another Iced Mocha, they told me they were out of chocolate, because they make it in house. I respect their dedication to making their items in house, but so early in the morning I feel like they shouldn’t be sold out so quickly. I’d expect the to be more prepared. Otherwise, its a great coffee shop that I’ll definitely be returning to!

Apricot Coffee House – Menu with Prices – 3138 Losantiville Ave, Cincinnati

I was so excited for this to open! Pleasant ridge doesn’t have a large coffee shop presence like Oakley and Hyde Park. Actually, I think at this time, it’s the only coffee shop. And it’s a pretty good one at that. I love that they have all different styles of coffee there. Their vanilla syrup is made in house (not sure about others), and I love it because it isn’t overly sweet. They offer a ton of milk alternatives if you need them, including oat milk (if you haven’t tried…you must! Super creamy.) I plan on exploring the menu more but I’ve had a latte and drip coffee. Would love to see an iced coffee. I don’t think the cold brew has been working out for them. The owners are really great, from what I could tell. Im happy to support their business, and can’t wait to see this coffee shop grow over the next few years! Parking: can be difficult…if the bank is closed, you could park there but I wouldn’t advise it during their operating hours. Street parking available but not always open.