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Uncommon Grounds
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Cafes
2809 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55408
(612) 872-4811
This amazing coffee house is located in the heart of the Uptown district in Minneapolis. Housed...
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This amazing coffee house is located in the heart of the Uptown district in Minneapolis. Housed in an old Victorian-style home, the owners of Uncommon Grounds have created a unique, pleasant atmosphere in which old instrumental tunes play softly in a seating area covered in old-fashioned wallpaper and filled with plush antique benches and old tables. I haven't had many of their beverages, unfortunately -- their chai is way too addictive -- but considering the quality of that particular drink I'm betting that the others are just as amazing.
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Tea Garden the
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Cafes
2601 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55408
(612) 377-1700
I love the tea Garden, it's so yummy! As a matter of fact, I was there jsut today. Their coolers...
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I love the tea Garden, it's so yummy! As a matter of fact, I was there jsut today. Their coolers are great! I have to go every month and most of...
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Dunn Bros Coffee
Category:
Cafes
2814 W 43rd St
Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55410
(612) 925-5669
Dunn Bros has locations all over the Twin Cities Metro, actually, 40 plus around Minnesota, a few...
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Dunn Bros has locations all over the Twin Cities Metro, actually, 40 plus around Minnesota, a few in Wisconsin and one in Texas (Go figure, they must be trying to get a government hand out from the Bush admin). But this is about the Linden Hills location. Each Dunn Bros has a unique character as almost all of franchise operations run by local owers. But they have a number of things in common. First, you'll more than likely see the big red San Franciscan roasters in the coffeeshop where beans are roasted daily maing for a warm grind, intense arouma and a fresh cup.
But look around and you'll see a whole bunch of people working on their laptop computers because Dunn Bros got very smart (unlike Starbucks and Caribou) and offered FREE wifi connections to customers. When was the last time you went into a sports bar to watch ESPN2 and the waitress told you that you have to pay an hourly charge to watch a football or baseball game? Right, so why do they think they can get away with charging a usage fee for wifi?
Good coffee, morning pasties, pre-packaged sandwiches and salads at most locations, biscotti and cookies. The all feel much more local and part of the community than all the national chains.
As for the location in Linden Hills, you'll find this to be a environment akin to the neighborhood living room, with a regualr cast of local dwellers who make regular visits from the retire judge magistrate whose life currency is storytelling (humorous) to the Chinese Go players who assemble every Tuesday night, to the foreign Nanny's who care for the neighborhood chidren during the day and answer their email on two free terminals in the evening, to the screenwriting support group that meets here fortnightly to read pages from their scripts and discuss.
Unfortunately, the cafe/coffeeshop at Linden Hills has become unreliable in keeping its evening hours. At the whim of the employees, the shop will close doors early just because they feel like it under the pretense that nobody visits late on Friday or Saturday night. As a gathering place, this is bad practice since people rely on regularly posted hours for meeting friends and quick stop visits. When a business starts becoming unreliable with it posted hours, it marks a decline in their viability. Let's hope that's not the case in Linden Hills.
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Dunn Bros Coffee
Category:
Cafes
1506 W Lake St
Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55408
(612) 827-5094
This is a great coffee shop with a great location--I only wish that they stayed open later. I've...
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This is a great coffee shop with a great location--I only wish that they stayed open later. I've tried to go several times after 10 pm and they're always closed. I think that it's fun and unique that they roast their own beans.
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Caribou Coffee
Category:
Cafes
194 N Garden
Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55425
(952) 854-2501
This Caribou offers excellent and prompt service--if you stay in the shop and have a reguar...
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This Caribou offers excellent and prompt service--if you stay in the shop and have a reguar coffee--you get free refills. I tried the Oreo Snowdrift once and would not recommend it. To me, it tasted like ice with a few cruched Oreo's in it. I was expecting something more like a shake. I am also not so sure about the wilderness theme with logs and "caribou" everywhere--it is pretty unique I guess.
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Village Blend
Category:
Cafes
2900 Pentagon Dr
Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55418
(612) 781-7940
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