Perkville Roundup
I had been tipped off by many friends, readers, and one psycho hose beast that my listings for Parkville’s coffee offerings was way out of date, and they were right. Even the hose beast.
First off, Parkville Coffee & Fudge, previously of my top ten shops, is no longer. They have morphed into The Sweet Guy, and just do fudge, gelato, and other sweets now. I will go update the NEW top ten shops now. Can you feel the suspense? Can you? Oh, those are just caffeine shakes. My bad.
Another deletion from the coffee map was a recent addition: Cafe des Amis. Looks like a very nice restaurant that has no interest in catering to the coffee crowd. Oh well, I’ll just go eat a lovely dinner there sometime instead.
But have no fear, if you’re looking for a pick-me-up on main street (no, not the Elliot Spitzer kind of pick-me-up), Constant Cravings is just a block north, and will fill your coffee needs …if you don’t want coffee first thing in the morning. Or in the evening. They’re only open 10AM - 5PM. Very much catering to the other Main Street Parkville businesses. I’ll have to check back here over a lunch break some time.
So if you actually need coffee in Parkville before 10AM (like most of us), you can head up to River Rock Coffee Co.
This is a beautiful shop in the Parkville Commons that also serves some breakfast, decent lunch, and makes cakes! Absolutely love the layout and ambiance. They brew Roastarie coffee, so that’s definitely another plus in their favor. Unfortunately, my mocha didn’t turn out so great. So not-so-great, in fact, that I nearly didn’t finish it. Shame, I usually love Roastarie brews.
Now, even though the layout and ambiance is spectacular and these pictures might indicate that you would love to take a date here, or maybe take some evening homework here, forget about it. Its Parkville still, so the hours are less-than-optimal.
They close by 4 PM, so set your sights somewhere else for evening caffeine. However, the barista did indicate that starting in the 2nd quarter this year (April/May-ish) that they would be reviving their Friday night live music series. This helps to explain why they have a full wine and martini bar in the corner! I guess there is still hope for Parkville.
