The second stop on the coffee of Columbus adventures was to the Keruoac coffee. This was the most “hole in the wall” feel for a coffee shop with all sorts of vintage record albums and memorabilia. I didn’t order anything but I heard it was pretty average tasting. It’s a really chill place to hang, especially if you’re feeling extra hipster.
The next destination was to Impero. This was a fairly fancy building, but was still a bit limited on seating. Again I didn’t get anything to drink here (sorry I just don’t like coffee or tea, about the only two things available) but I enjoyed the environment and service was really nice.
The second to last place was to ZenCha Tea. This was probably my least favorite place, not that it was bad, but it was the least fitting to me. Kate and Nick had some special tea I can’t remember but they said it was pretty good. They definitely deserve to be a tea shop, considering the majority of the wall was covered in different tea bags. If you’re into tea, you’ll be into this shop.
The last coffee shop we went to was Cup O’ Joe down the road. This was probably my favorite shop because they’re were a surprisingly large amount of space and people, especially at around 7 in the afternoon. There was a fireplace in the center of the room and I thought that was a pretty nice touch. Made it feel a lot more welcoming for sure. I actually got an elvish smoothie from here which was just banana and chocolate but I really enjoyed it.
Well that’s about it. It was a blast getting around Columbus, searching for these hardly noticeable shops tucked away into the buildings. This actually lead us to find a lot more about Columbus, at least along High st. Speaking of there are so many coffee and tea shops just along High it’s crazy. I come from a small town area so there weren’t any coffee shops for miles. It was really interesting indulging myself into a much more city culture and a ton of fun getting to do this with some great friends, even if I was just getting dragged along because they wanted coffee. I wouldn’t mind doing some more snooping around Columbus. It was just so enjoyable running around town being a goofball and all. One thing I really liked about choosing coffee shops as our destinations was that it forced us to reach outside of just one area of Columbus, and by that I mean the extent of where the 2 bus goes, but still that’s a pretty big area to cover. So overall I enjoy this assignment tremendously. It was something I would have never normally done and I’m really glad we did it.