Folsom St.
This place is like the Hill away from the Hill, filled with undergrads it usually is. But now that finals are over and most of the little ones are thinking about graduating rather than pouring over thick chemistry text books, the place is a little more manageable. It was still hard to find a table not in full bright sunlight this morning (good for reading the paper, bad for working on a laptop), but you take what you can take.
This morning the music is a low trip hop, probably XM Chill or something. The voices are low, the espresso-making clatter is minimal, the traffic flowing by on Folsom and Canyon somehow invigorating. That is the weird thing about this place: it’s right on the corner of two very busy Boulder streets, and I mean right on the corner, the walls 15 feet from the curbs. There are windows all around, so you get lots of light and lots of views of speeding cars. But for some reason it works. (Boredom bonus: what percentage of Boulder’s vehicles were manufactured by the Subaru Corporation?) Oh, and work is encouraged: they’ve taken the trouble to install 6-outlet surge protectors on every two-outlet wall socket. Big props to FSCC for that.
As for the coffee? I don’t remember. It’s been awhile and I only had tea this morning, but the tea selection is good.
anon said,
May 9, 2007 at 10:54 am
update: i got a cap and it was bitter and sour. so strike one on the coffee quality
julie said,
May 11, 2007 at 12:19 pm
i have found their coffee to vary from delicious to bitter, i think depending on the barista.
luke said,
May 19, 2007 at 9:44 pm
soo many Subarus..
cool blog btw