Coffee Haven

You know the feeling you get in the morning, when you sit down for your first cup of fresh coffee, safe and secure, after all: you're in own home and hopefully smiling at the possibility of a great day.Now, you can forgo the interminable wait as you relish that first sip, throw on your slippers, brush or not brush your hair, and trek on down to the Coffee Haven, a casual, know your name and coffee, excuse Pj's place type of place, locate here in the artsy, liberal neighborhood that lies along the Broadway corridor in Long Beach. Yes, for those who have not had the pleasure of stumbling in, wiping sleep or a hangover from their eyes, we are talking about :The Coffee Haven' located at 1708 Broadway in Long Beach California.\\It is a coffeehouse and more...with entertainment (an open mike for comedians and poets, WHO ARE ACTUALLY TALENTED!, at 8P.M. but sign up early, and some of the most delightfully amateur belly dancing I've seen since I crashed a Turkish wedding in the nineties, (but that's another story.) For those lacking the balls to do stand-up, or the glutes to gyrate in public, it offers a great casual friendly atmosphere for everyone else and a nice sense of community for everyone else The creation of Kevin Fitzpatrick It has been open since 2003. Your hosts by day are Eric and Thorn, And,at night, if your lucky, the beautiful Whitney.Additionally they provide reliable, reasonable Internet. Access here is priced at 6.00 per hour with free wireless for any 1 drink min. Additional computer services are also provided, such as Fax's at 1.00 / page, Printing/ Copying is priced at .20 /page Scans are priced at .50/page. well as the brad and butter: great reasonable coffee. Prices start at 1.60 for a small coffee, 2.10 for a large and up for those frou-frou-frou, of which I'm not a fan, but judging by others reactions, really do the job.For those seeking a quick nosh, there are sandwiches (only $4.00, Pages, croissants, muffins, scone, cakes and pies and a variety of fresh baked-goods which change daily. There is available to satisfy any appetite or craving to the left of t-bone steaks and blowfish.Coffee haven also serves as a art gallery for the breaking artists of Long Beach dedicating the left side of the main room to works of local Long Beach artists, which, once again are often quite good.The ambition of this place is to become one of long beaches Favorite community resources for Internet, great coffee and casual entertainment for the area. Finally, for those who enjoy Internet, their web-site is found at http://www.myspace.com/coffeehavenlb To sum it all up, this writer found the atmosphere both cosy and inviting. The staff friendly and caring, and the coffee more than a welcome treat to the taste. From the moment you walk in the door and take a seat at the clean and cosy tables, there is the atmosphere of being at home and the relaxation that makes a person wish to stay all afternoon and enjoy their day. One example, this writer saw, that typifies the experience, went as follows: a customer who had a pastry that had set and become old, and it was immediately replaced with the freshest pastry in the house,unasked. It is this attention to detail and quality that I see to be far above any Starbucks this writer has ever seen.I would highly recommend this place for any coffee drinker or Internet user that has had enough of hustle and bustle of many shops and would like a place to go to and feel if you were in your own home rather than the high pressured Mac Coffees that so many coffee-fast food places offer. so much these days. as for myself I can truly say , I know I shall be found At Coffee haven, that place that is now my home away from home

Posted 01/31/09 | Report Abuse

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