Cool espresso machine!

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At the counter…

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I am an absolute sucker for reclaimed industrial spaces. Add fairy lights…

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Walking through the door was like entering another world. The café is part of an old industrial building that also houses a bar and a food stall. It was an amazing space!

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Seriously? Is that the entrance to the café? Maybe I should just go across the street… (spoiler: I didn’t and was glad I didn’t)

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I do a lot of blind café hopping. I have an errand, look at maps.google for nearby café and pick a random one. It can end up in any number of ways. Sometimes parking is plain impossible and I can’t stop. Sometimes it was really a restaurant and the espresso is awful. Sometimes I end up outside a roastery instead. This is from one such blind café hopping. The awesome dog turned out to belong the pizza place around the corner.

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