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3700 S Jefferson Ave
Saint Louis, MO 63118
(917) 412-5670

Sump Coffee  

Category: Coffee & Tea
Neighborhood: Marine Villa

4.0 star rating
1/18/2012 1 photo
Great coffee served by the owner, Scott, a true coffee geek. He talks about coffee like people talk about wine or, rarely, beer. Most beer connoisseurs aren't this detailed.

Do NOT drop in here to just grab a cup of coffee. If there's anyone ahead of you, it'll take too long and you'll get annoyed.

There NO food here right now. Just coffee. I think he tried pastries when he opened in Dec. of 2011, but as of Jan 2012, there's none. Just coffee.

There's free wifi. Ask Scott for the password. He has it memorized. There's gotta be a mnemonic, but I can't figure it.

Sump serves all sorts of hi-end roasts. They will do pour-overs (chemex), filter, espresso (including all sorts of espresso drinks like a red-eye, cappuccino or latte). Scott's cappuccino isn't dry at all. So always pick it over the latte. It'll give you more coffee taste.

Also, they take CardCase. As long as my phone's in my pocket, I can walk in, my tab auto-opens, and they just tap my name on their iPad screen and add items to my tab. Totally awesome.

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2295 Dorchester Ave
Dorchester, MA 02124
(617) 296-8567

The Ice Creamsmith  

Category: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt
Neighborhood: Dorchester

2.0 star rating
9/19/2011
The ice cream's okay as long as you stick to standards. They had a "seasonal" peach when I went there last month, but I get the feeling they're not even trying. It tasted like it was made using a white ten-gallon bucket of peach "syrup". I've made homemade peach ice cream and that was not it.

Also, for how pricey it is, it's not at all what I would expect for the dollar.

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2101 Cherokee St
St Louis, MO 63118
(314) 776-6599

The Mud House  

Categories: Coffee & Tea, Breakfast & Brunch
Neighborhood: Benton Park

5.0 star rating
9/4/2011
Choice of music playing inside, to the pure joy the staff seems to be having with their day (morning) to the way the whole place seems to be run.

The food here is a bit expensive, but the ingredients are above-par, the food is fresh, and the portions are perfect. I enjoy the english breakfast. I told them, though, that they should really offer HP sauce to put on top of it!

One of the two owners is usually running the cash register. She and her husband seem to have a wonderful handle on their thriving little business.

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3484 Washington St
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 524-2345

Doyle's Cafe  

Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, Pubs, American (Traditional)
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain

3.0 star rating
4/4/2011
I biked to this place with a friend who lives nearby in Jamaica plain.

The food was decent, the beer selection was alright (they're right down the street from the Sam Adams Brewery & I've been told were one of the first places to serve Sam Adams beer), and the service was friendly and fairly efficient.

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378 Centre St
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 522-5386

Brendan Behan Pub  

Category: Pubs
Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain

5.0 star rating
4/4/2011
My friend and I dropped in late on a friday and managed to end up with seats at the bar despite it being quite crowded.

This is one of the best mixes of hipster/dive/old man/irish I've ever seen in a bar. Also, the bartender was nice, personable and fun to have a quick chat with. My friend and I were quite pleased with the sizable beer selection.

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1739 Dorchester Ave
Dorchester, MA 02124
(617) 436-2368

Dot2Dot Café  

Categories: Coffee & Tea, Breakfast & Brunch, American (New)
Neighborhood: Dorchester

3.0 star rating
4/4/2011
Dropped in here on a sunday at noon to find an old couple playing laid-back vibraphone jazz and one waiter/host/counter-person on duty.

My friend had the vegan breakfast with "sausage". Her sausage turned out to be a garden burger they warmed up in the microwave.

I had the brioche french toast with fruit (minus the whipped cream). It was a tasty, nice, and light brunch dish.

The service was a little on the slow side but it didn't matter much to us as we were there to eat a bit and lounge.

I'd like to try their dinner sometime.

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1721 Washington St
Boston, MA 02118
(857) 362-7494

Bark Place  

Category: Pet Groomers
Neighborhood: South End

5.0 star rating
2/20/2011
Note: I've never used any of their other services.....so this is for the "DIY bath" only.

I use the DIY bath. Totally awesome. They provide scrubbers, shampoo, warm water sprayers, nice towels, and blower-dryers.

They clean up after you, you don't have to worry about getting dog hair in the plumbing. The people there are nice and the other customers are generally pretty fun.

Some of these "negative" reviewers are crazy. Completely. Or, at least, their reviews read like they're a few bats short of a belfry.

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795 Adams St
Dorchester, MA 02124
(617) 436-0088

Irish Pub  

Category: Pubs

4.0 star rating
1/24/2011
Neighborhoody bar. Some lady stopped by while we were there and she obviously had grown up with the majority of the folks there.

They had Long Hammer on tap, which I appreciated.

We ordered a burger and a reuben. Both were good and the fries were great.

Tons of TVs around, everyone watching the Bruins play (we were in there during a Bruins v. Avalanche game).

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2267 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
(617) 698-8233

Aidan's Barber Shop  

Category: Barbers
Neighborhood: Dorchester

5.0 star rating
1/24/2011 First to Review
Wonderful little barbershop run by Liana and Heather. It's all female barbers and one guy, Donny. They have two shops, so you won't see all of them at this one on any given day.

I got a nice haircut and a great straight razor cleanup on my beard.

Bring your dog in and Liana will take your photo with your dog for her wall of dogs.

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5308 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 334-7600

Acre  

Category: American (New)
Neighborhoods: Andersonville, Edgewater

3.0 star rating
12/23/2010
Great space. The kid tending bar didn't know what he was serving. The beer selection is quite good, though. I just didn't get any help from the staff.

As for the food, I suppose it has it's place. I had the open-face turkey sandwich. Decent enough. Though a bit strange. I'll eat here again, it's so close to my current place.

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