Comments on: What’s holding back the DC coffee scene? http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/788.html Coffee, Cocktails & More Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:02:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Jacob Grier http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/788.html#comment-242212 Jacob Grier Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:26:27 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/788.html#comment-242212 I was able to make it over there on my trip in June and loved it. The place is doing great. Also, I'm envious of all the coffee options you had! I was able to make it over there on my trip in June and loved it. The place is doing great. Also, I’m envious of all the coffee options you had!

]]> By: Barzelay http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/788.html#comment-242205 Barzelay Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:53:16 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/788.html#comment-242205 Yeah, Stumptown. But actually, I lied. I never had Ritual this summer, but I had it in previous summers and last winter. Yeah, Stumptown. But actually, I lied. I never had Ritual this summer, but I had it in previous summers and last winter.

]]> By: Jacob Grier http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/788.html#comment-242199 Jacob Grier Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:26:53 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/788.html#comment-242199 "Maybe West Coast public transportation just has better coverage?" -- Yeah, that's been my impression. Are you sure it was CCC at Ritual and not Stumptown? “Maybe West Coast public transportation just has better coverage?” — Yeah, that’s been my impression.

Are you sure it was CCC at Ritual and not Stumptown?

]]> By: Barzelay http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/788.html#comment-242193 Barzelay Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:53:02 +0000 http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/788.html#comment-242193 Rents are definitely flatter in San Francisco. But over the summer, I had 1) Blue Bottle Coffee, 3 blocks from the Van Ness BART stop in Hayes Valley, 2) Counter Culture Coffee, at Ritual, 4 blocks from BART, and 3) Intelligentsia, at this little convenience place INSIDE my downtown BART stop. All of those places also have a bus stop within 1 block. Maybe West Coast public transportation just has better coverage? But San Francisco is a more epicurean city in general. It also tends to have more local businesses as opposed to mega-corporations in every sector. I'd imagine most of the West Coast is that way, if to a lesser extent. Rents are definitely flatter in San Francisco. But over the summer, I had 1) Blue Bottle Coffee, 3 blocks from the Van Ness BART stop in Hayes Valley, 2) Counter Culture Coffee, at Ritual, 4 blocks from BART, and 3) Intelligentsia, at this little convenience place INSIDE my downtown BART stop.

All of those places also have a bus stop within 1 block. Maybe West Coast public transportation just has better coverage?

But San Francisco is a more epicurean city in general. It also tends to have more local businesses as opposed to mega-corporations in every sector. I’d imagine most of the West Coast is that way, if to a lesser extent.

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