Coffee Shops near Locust

“(Food/drink review is further down)I almost feel bad not giving 5 stars because I can see how much effort is put into this business. I had the pleasure of meeting the wonderful couple who owns it, and their children who were keeping themselves company in the office area. Very quaint, very cute. Such a beautiful place.Rather than writing a bad review, I wanted to leave something positive in hopes of a change in the future. When I was there, the owner was so receptive to feedback on something I asked for and she did not have, but said she’d look to see if she can get it soon. So I’m the good spirit of receptiveness to feedback, but not looking to negatively impact with a low start review, I hope this helps make positive changes if taken into consideration.The coffee is made with some kind of powder (vanilla or chocolate base — customers choice) and tap water blended together. Something I love about my coffee, is the creaminess that comes with using dairy and even non dairy products. The water and powder combo just took away that creaminess and didn’t leave much room for pleasant taste. All of the syrups are sugar free, which is fine if your looking to have healthier options, but in an area that isn’t thriving off of healthy options and the demographic doesn’t have a high demand for it, they should be that….. optional. There needs to be options for non sugar free syrups. Sugar free syrups tend to have a horrible chemical flavor to them. If you can stomach it, more power to you, but for me, it made the coffee powder base, tap water, and syrup flavor trio hard to enjoy. I really really wanted to… but I just couldn’t. There are also no creamer options either. Just whipped cream. I feel like any coffee shop should have something like that to choose from. But maybe it’s just due to the small space in the building, they can’t keep even a mini fridge with those products?$6-$8 for a coffee just seems overpriced for powder, tap water and syrup. Food-cost wise, seems like it would just be cheaper to get a machine that brews iced coffee and purchase grounds. Most machines only need 1-2 tablespoon size scoops of coffee grounds for even an XL cup, depending on strength preference.People also can make their own at home creamer now that’s healthier than store bought creamer, and it’s food-cost (even in bulk) is also much cheaper in the long term than store bought, in the short term.I think these changed could really make a huge difference. Everyone loves something new and exciting, but when the newness dies down…. Your left with the customers who enjoyed it and loose the customers who didn’t. First impressions make a huge difference and I want to see this business thrive. The family is so nice and they deserve a thriving business.“

“Realized I forgot my receipt as I was driving away but let the Barista (Omar) know that I would park and come in to get it....surprised to see him running out the front door to deliver it to my car. Now that is fantastic customer service!!! Omar was very courteous at the window and of course my drink is always on point at this location. Thanks again!!!“

“this place is a joke their is nothing but young punks working & sadly running it in the ground,went in yesterday this older lady i think her name was lora she was super apoligetic to customers because they were short staffed then a girl in glasses w freshly dyed hair was on the phone usin ear buds cussin being so rude to whoever she was on the phone with,the customers, & the older lady who was doing front counter& drive thru herself then a young girl with snotty attitude came up just standin around barkin orders & being so hateful to customers & the older lady, food was super cold most orders was being returned because they were messed up yet the older lady agian apoligizing but it was the glasses wearin girl & thicker girl in red bagging the food, the glasses girl fixed a i think doordash or 2go order threw bag on counter then person walks out w it then comes rt back because drinks were comin out the bottom of bag because they spilled no manager to apoligize to any1 except snotty girl,that came in 2hrs late from the convo they had & she was braggin they're lucky she even came in bc she gota hurt foot, then a thicker girl in red & a young guy came up& helped get orders caught up while they talked junk. The older lady needs a raise it sad how hard she was working while others wasnt, she was running orders out doing window & greeting customers & whoever the manager girl is her mouth is awful just like the glasses chick Oh the ac had every1 eating outside. it was freeezing & leaking water all over. i do know theyre 3 decent managers a young guy who i was told took pto,& 2 other ladies a thicker( not fat) dark hair lady who works nites, shorter peite blonde hair lady who does both morning & nites when those 3 are there your food is always right your greeted no mistreatments its always clean etc. but these young ones i think they let their authority go to their head & just dont care.They one youngman who i think is a manager dark hair very young & thick but not fat he was tryin yesterday but snotty girl was belittling him & older lady along w the other mouthy girl it sad this used 2b my fav Mcds to visit“

“The bananas foster coffee is perhaps the best coffee I’ve ever had! Delicious cinnamon bun. Parking is limited.“

“I came in at about 1:30pm on July 25th. I was doordashing only, so can't speak for the quality of the food, but store looked clean and in good condition. The crew were busy and looked to be working pretty hard.
I'm writing this because while I was waiting, several people came in with terrible attitudes and were treating the workers extremely rude.
From an outsiders perspective though, they were doing their jobs and just happened to be pretty busy.
Just wanted to leave this to maybe balance out the people who were genuinely nasty to the workers, unnecessarily.“