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Re:Cafe culture in Victoria, B.C. - 2007/07/10 08:53Beans and Greens has a Synesso? Vat, vat VAT!?!
I popped by one Saturday afternoon at closing time (3 PM this particular day...) and looked in the window. It looked more like an apiary crossed with a topiary crossed with a day care center... a totally child-friendly, green thumb friendly place.
Ironically, yesterday I heard from my "chronic whiner Irish-Canadian friend" who (whenever I see him goes on and on about SOMETHING he does not like about Canadian life...) He goes like this: ENTERING SILLY MODE -- Be warned!
"Ya naw wot's rung with Canader mate!? The coffee houses n' bars are noot Child-friendly! Ya naw how angry these makes me missus and me little one?!"
Anyway - his point is: Cafe's in Victoria are rarely child-friendly... and the reason for that is:
People go to cafes to get away from 2 things; work and children.
The very last place I want to go while sipping my Clover coffee is some child-friendly pseudo-garden shop cafe that caters to indulgent parents and their spawn.
For the love of god - what is next in this city, a DOG friendly cafe?!?
Arrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh! END SILLY MODE -
By all means check out B&G. I know I need to soon!Colin is the Senior editor and creator of the CoffeeCrew.Com Website
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