Along with the Elliott Street Deli & Pub, The Coffee Loft*, located at 322 Peters Street, is a Ghettoberry Hood business I patronize regularly. The owner and his minions brew an excellent cup of coffee and are also super friendly. Espresso products are delicious, as are the tasty smoothies. My favorite Coffee Loft drink is the mocha.

Because the Coffee Loft is in a narrow space, the first floor is dedicated to the espresso bar, with limited seating. On Saturdays, the second floor loft is open and features comfortable couches and other chairs. While I recommend chillin’ like Bob Dylan in the loft, unfortunately, it features smooth jazz from a horrible station in Roswell. This is not an issue for me, as I always roll with my Iphone.

As per usual for coffee joints, plenty of cookies and pastries are available for sale. However, the tasty snacks at the Coffee Loft are vegan. While I normally consider that a bunch of tree hugging hippie bullshit, the cookies are excellent and taste perfectly normal.

A key issue for me is the Coffee Loft is open limited hours, from 7:30 in the morning through 2 in the afternoon on weekdays and Saturdays from 8 in the morning to 5 in the evening. More evening and weekend hours would be nice, as The Man keeps me down during the week. The Coffee Loft is highly recommended.

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* No link provided, because they only have a retina destroying Myspace page, which makes my eyeballs bleed.