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Decatur cafes

Cafe Cliche (née Indie Coffee & Books)

poured in: Decatur, Georgia

Indie Coffee & Books

Although it appears to be a pasttime of mine, I do not so frequently get the opportunity to hang out in coffee shops. So when the perhaps weekly chance for me to go sit in a shop alone and do some writing comes up, I usually gravitate toward the more established (at least in my [...]

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ChocoLaté Coffee

poured in: Decatur, Georgia

Oh, where to begin. . .let’s just start with this place can kiss my honky ass. My significant other has been begging me to go to this stupid coffee shop for months now, and I finally acquiesced, ending the struggle.

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Java Monkey

poured in: Decatur, Georgia

Java Monkey

It is strange being at Java Monkey in the middle of the day. I usually frequent this coffee shop in the evenings, where the sounds of live music and poetry slams resonate through the cafe. Instead, Interpol or some other band is playing on the stereo system overhead. Java Monkey is by far my favorite [...]

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Kavarna (née Jupiter Coffee)

poured in: Decatur, Georgia

Kavarna

there is precious little i can walk to in my ‘neighbourhood.’ although i am honored to visit the candler discount mall (as seen in ‘cannibal apocalypse’) on a biweekly basis, the commercial strip from glenwood to memorial on candler has no less than 6 hairbraiding shops, 3 pawn/title loan shops, and one new place called [...]

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Octane Coffee, Emory (née Method Coffee Bar and Tea Lounge)

poured in: Decatur, Georgia

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Alert! Method, a very special place, has closed down. Let me take this opportunity to declare that every single student and faculty member of Emory is a moron. Enjoy your burnt auto-drip, putains! I can only hope that Don is moving to a less booji intersection. I am a connoisseur of silence. On my back [...]

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