the friendly ones at Joe’s
Props to Joe’s on 30th at the Steelyards (Bluff/Mapleton vicinity). They continue to be one of the friendliest crews in Boulder. Went in for a spot check today and was met with just nice, friendly, genuine service. Now, of course, everybody knows by now that we don’t love their choice of roasters (how many times can we call Allegro “swill”? apparently often enough that some people think we’re working for our favorites…). But Joe’s makes up for that by knowing how to work their machines. As we’ve said plenty of times, it’s not just the roast, it’s a combination of the roast, the barista and the machine, and near as we can tell, none of the three swamps any of the others in importance. So a good machine and an excellent barista can make Allegro taste halfway decent, and Joe’s is the place to find that barista (along with Ozo, if you’ve taken a wagon ride out to 55th).
Innocent Bystander said,
September 1, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Hmmm, I wonder where these folks learned to make such darned good coffee?
Say it ain’t so, Joe’s « Boulder Coffee Shops blog said,
January 29, 2009 at 4:38 pm
[...] 29, 2009 at 4:38 pm (Joe’s Espresso, Ozo Coffee Co., Vics @ Ideal) (joe, Ozo Coffee Co., Vic’s) A recent post propped Joe’s over on 30th and Bluff (at the Steelyards). This author visited today and was [...]