August 97 — Bauhaus Books & Coffee is a sunny corner cafe with sidewalk seating. Poets write poetry in wire-bound journals, students study French. The Bauhaus, a split-level cafe, red bricked walls and a smoking loft. The interesting people smoke.
The coffee choices are extensive and they use Caffe Trieste coffee and offer PG Tips & Yorkshire Tea (for the homesick Englishman) as well as light fare.
The laptop user can find a table with a wall socket and the artist may well find the perfect light. All this aside, my double espresso was rich with a smooth topping of crema.
My English friend didn’t really enjoy his cappuccino saying he has had better in Seattle.
This said, the music is decidedly funky, the smoking loft is the place to be, and the staff is courteous. To boot, this is a used book shop and the entire side wall is a giant bookshelf with two rolling ladders.
Please purchase your books before you spend your late afternoon nursing your coffee — from what I have seen, the people here have been warming their seats all day writing, reading, perusing, and chatting over this and that.
My friend commented that the Bauhaus is certainly studenty and arty. I think this is a compliment to say the least.
Bauhaus Books & Coffee is located on the corner of Pine and Melrose.
– Chris Abraham
