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Re:Cafe culture in Victoria, B.C. - 2007/04/14 20:00I love the coffee beans at Cafe Fantastico....
that said, I have not purchased a beverage or anything even remotely unique to "me" in... what seems like a couple of years.
It is just not worth it for the attitude you get.
I had one of the staff screeching at me one afternoon -- granted I had kind of brought it on myself after buying a bag of "CAF" coffee and 1/2-CAF when they refused to sell me the same blend I had been buying for the previous 3 years!
I re-bagged it at the counter and the gal behind the counter went totally ballistic on me. We laughed it off after.
The problem at CF is. There are some really self-important people there (a very few) and some very normal staff... and the normal staff just whistle and roll their eyes when a staff member goes OFF on someone.
And dont get me started on Ryan. He is one of the smartest people in the business but does not appear to have a clue about the people he has hired.
As one other local guru reminded me:
"Ya gotta let these cafes do their thing... they are trying to make a living here.. If you dont like ONE cafe, then walk to the next one..."
Despite his bombastic approach to coffee, he is right. If you dont like the Nazi's at CF... move on.
There are better places in Victoria.Colin is the Senior editor and creator of the CoffeeCrew.Com Website
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