Elk River Coffee Co.
"Hey, do you remember that tonight is our date night?" Asked my beautiful and dateworthy wife.
Startled, I thought quickly, "Yeah I remember!" (Please note that for honesty sake, I didn't say "I remembered".)
"So what should we do?"
"Hmmm...how about driving up to Fayetteville, TN and checking out Elk River Coffee Company?"
Elk River Coffee Company was recommended to me by a coffee roaster who posts on an online roasters bulletin board that I frequent. When I originally mentioned the coffee shop to Gracie, she said that it wasn't too bad of a drive. We didn't allow for rush hour traffic, so it took us considerably longer, but that isn't bad when I have such a hot babe for a wife. I can just look at her whenever we are sitting at a stop light, and I am entertained. I am not sure what she does for fun...I am not quite so delightful to look at, except perhaps in a comical sense.
So taking our leisure time, playing bumper tag with the cars in front of us, we moved in stutter-start fashion into southern Tennessee. And I have to say that the suddenly rolling hills, and perfectly fenced horse pastures of Tennessee set a peaceful scene, though it was jarringly interrupted by regularly spaced and abundant used car dealerships. Still, the pastoral agricultural setting set a nice tone as we finally exited the flow afternoon commuters, and pulled into a diagonal parking space in front of a blue and gold painted brick building with a brown canvas awning advertising "Coffee...Desserts...Pastries...Lattes". Over the awning, a handsome gold leaf sign reading "Elk River Coffee Company".
Our first impression was of quality as we walked into the nicely appointed coffee shop. The floor tile was brownish tan, the walls were painted classy bold colors, and the equipment was first rate. (For those of you in the know, you will understand that when I saw that they had a La Marzocco espresso maker, and Fetco dual airpot coffee brewers, I knew we had come to "our kind of coffee shop".)
The barista behind the bar was a curly haired girl who promptly made us a great caramel latte to go with our chocolate filled croissant (for Gracie) and strawberry and cream danish (for me). Later I returned to order a double shot espresso so that I could taste the unadorned product. It had a pleasantly intense acidity with a little bite that I don't have in my espresso, but altogether a good cup.
So if you find yourself in Fayetteville, TN - stop by Elk River Coffee Company. It'll be worth your while.Gracie and my reaction as we looked around at the facility, the espresso bar, the mugs for sale, the bags of roasted coffee, the artwork was, "Are we sure that we don't want to start a coffee shop?"
It looks like fun.
Startled, I thought quickly, "Yeah I remember!" (Please note that for honesty sake, I didn't say "I remembered".)
"So what should we do?"
"Hmmm...how about driving up to Fayetteville, TN and checking out Elk River Coffee Company?"
Elk River Coffee Company was recommended to me by a coffee roaster who posts on an online roasters bulletin board that I frequent. When I originally mentioned the coffee shop to Gracie, she said that it wasn't too bad of a drive. We didn't allow for rush hour traffic, so it took us considerably longer, but that isn't bad when I have such a hot babe for a wife. I can just look at her whenever we are sitting at a stop light, and I am entertained. I am not sure what she does for fun...I am not quite so delightful to look at, except perhaps in a comical sense.
So taking our leisure time, playing bumper tag with the cars in front of us, we moved in stutter-start fashion into southern Tennessee. And I have to say that the suddenly rolling hills, and perfectly fenced horse pastures of Tennessee set a peaceful scene, though it was jarringly interrupted by regularly spaced and abundant used car dealerships. Still, the pastoral agricultural setting set a nice tone as we finally exited the flow afternoon commuters, and pulled into a diagonal parking space in front of a blue and gold painted brick building with a brown canvas awning advertising "Coffee...Desserts...Pastries...Lattes". Over the awning, a handsome gold leaf sign reading "Elk River Coffee Company".
Our first impression was of quality as we walked into the nicely appointed coffee shop. The floor tile was brownish tan, the walls were painted classy bold colors, and the equipment was first rate. (For those of you in the know, you will understand that when I saw that they had a La Marzocco espresso maker, and Fetco dual airpot coffee brewers, I knew we had come to "our kind of coffee shop".)
The barista behind the bar was a curly haired girl who promptly made us a great caramel latte to go with our chocolate filled croissant (for Gracie) and strawberry and cream danish (for me). Later I returned to order a double shot espresso so that I could taste the unadorned product. It had a pleasantly intense acidity with a little bite that I don't have in my espresso, but altogether a good cup.
Now it is 6:21pm, and Gracie is sitting on a couch nearby playing Scrabble on my Pocket PC. While I admit that doesn't sound like a very romantic date, Gracie is always eager to give me a chance to write, so I thought that I would compose a quick post to recommend this very well done cafe.
So if you find yourself in Fayetteville, TN - stop by Elk River Coffee Company. It'll be worth your while.
It looks like fun.
posted by Superdave at 5:13 PM
3 Comments:
yay, a blog! I've enjoyed keeping updated with your CarePages. Last March, our son was born, who has since been called "Chandler Baby" by the kids, having heard about your "Drewbaby" before he was born. Now he is almost 14 months and they still call him that, although he's not a baby! (I am beginning to wonder if that is why he isn't walking yet!) I'll forever remember your little Drew Baby because of that.
Love and prayers.
Abby Prescott
yay!!!!you have converted to Blogger...somewhat.....
My big question is...do they have one of those gas station cappacino machines? If not, then what kind of coffee shop are they?
Gary the gas station cappacino lover.
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