Sip Coffeebar
Weaving our way back through rush hour traffic from Medicine Lake was totally a grind. Finally crossing the river into NE Minneapolis John whined "I need coffee." Ignoring him I looked at my watch and counted the hours backwards to our pleasant lunch at 11 AM at The Coffee Shop NE ... six hours...yes it was COFFEE TIME! Not wishing to hear more whining I suggested SIP Coffeebar behind the old Grain Belt Brewery in NE.
Each visit to NE is a reminder of the unbearably predictable burb-life. This weekend is the 23rd Annual Art-A-Whirl in NE. SUPPORT ART!! Turn off your smart phones & enjoy...exchange burb-a-whirl for Art-A-Whirl.
SIP Coffeebar closes at 6 PM and we've stopped several times and missed the experience by minutes. We're still adjusting from our years at Marianne's Kitchen where our ventures followed the working day and often left us wandering about the Twin Cites at 8 PM and later.
The interior is a very clean design with about 8 2-person tables, a soft seating area for ten or so and a couple of tables outside. John opted for the Mocha Smoothie with whipped cream and having loaded enough caffeine today I ordered a decaf iced mocha.
Bars and cookies and pastries, all wrapped, were enticing on the counter. Hovering first and then staring at the backlit menu behind the counter John opted for the Pea Pesto Wrap. I was not certain about the Mocha and wrap combo (he usually gets an Izze) but I long ago gave up attempting to understand 'John Logic.'
After a reasonable time we picked up the drinks and wrap at the counter. The wrap was delightful on a whole wheat wrap with the slight sweatness of green pea pesto, a small but
tasty amount of goat cheese and with nice green lettuce (not Romaine). We split it, more fairly than usual, and concluded the food above average for most coffee-focused coffee venues (although The Coffee Shop Northeast excels at food and coffee). The sandwiches and wraps are pre-made each day, are very reasonably priced and work just fine for a grab-and-go lunch/snack or for a grab and sit for a while.
Not far from Maeve's and Matchbox we'd put this at the top of the list for these three.
We really like The Coffee Shop NE so I'm sharing images of our early lunch there today...even though this is about Sip Coffeebar...because John kept talking about his lunch...it's tough to keep him on topic!!!
After a reasonable time we picked up the drinks and wrap at the counter. The wrap was delightful on a whole wheat wrap with the slight sweatness of green pea pesto, a small but
Not far from Maeve's and Matchbox we'd put this at the top of the list for these three.
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| Sip Coffeebar |
We really like The Coffee Shop NE so I'm sharing images of our early lunch there today...even though this is about Sip Coffeebar...because John kept talking about his lunch...it's tough to keep him on topic!!!
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| Earlier Lunch At The Coffee Shop NE |
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