coffee @ Brown Butter Cafe
Anita goes to the far south lol
Brown Butter Cafe is a locally-owned individual coffee shop in the far south side, in a small complex that also houses a dental clinic, a medi-centre & ... who knows what. I haven’t been here before, nor has my friend Christina. The complex is “double-sided”: one side faces the main road that you must travel on in order to turn into this complex, & the other side faces the parking lot. We went to the “front” - ie: the side that faces the main road. Sadly, we saw a sign at the door that says “please use front door”. .. It was all confusing haha eventually, we made a loop & ended up on the side that faced the parking lot. I guess it makes sense.. but it was just a hassle, esp when they had their cafe sign on what we thought was the front door. ANYWAY.
You’ll find yourself facing this cute counter.
Their menu: typical coffee shop menu, if you asked me, with coffee & teas choices, along with ~5 of each type of cafe food (sandwiches/panani, muffin, etc). Not extensive, but “average”. They do have a raspberry latte that caught my attention!
The decor, in general, was nice & minimalistic, with a touch of greens by the window.
Loved this display!
I also liked the hanging lights off the wood panel structure.
I ended up with a black Americano (& so did Christina). It was diff than other Americanos I’ve tasted bcos this one was very smoky in comparison. I neither hated it nor liked it, it was just.. . different. The aroma was breathtaking (literally) though! Esp after working so many evening shifts recently, I can’t go on without my morning coffee. ..
We went around ~11:45am, & about half the place was filled up. As we were leaving after 1 hr, most of the seats were filled. For a cafe situated in a line of offices, it’s a decent size, I think. However, the space seemed bare. While I understand it’s hard to achieve a balance of “privacy” vs a sense of coziness (??).. . this place didn’t give me that “hanging out” kind of vibe where you would go for a catch-up session. Its atmosphere (in my humble opinion) resembled a space for business meetings or working on something individually (whether it’s reading/studying or on your laptop for work). I can’t say how it’s like at other times during their working hrs but when we went, we were the only table of customers that were holding a catch-up session & to be honest, it was kinda weird. I’m sure our voices weren’t loud enough to disturb or disrupt others but everyone was just so quiet or they were by themselves so it was hard not to be mindful.
In any case, the decor was pleasing but the atmosphere didn’t really appeal to me =(
