Carpet Cafe

Great food, great folks! ❤️🎉

I had a macchiato on 3 occasions here. It was perfect and served elegantly on a wood tray. This last time it was explained that the barista was on a lunch break, and the person that took my order made instead of a macchiato a large drink in a to-go cup about the size of large cappuccino. I said, sorry but I had asked for a macchiato for here. They then were opening the drink in the to go cup to pour it out into a glass, but I guess in the process reconsidered and they asked if I actually wanted a remake. They asked me to explain what a macchiato is, and I said I really just wanted espresso with very little milk just a little foam. I had to explain a few times a few different ways (I'm not a coffee expert). A few minutes later a got a glass filled with a grayish liquid almost to the top (2 to 3 times the size of a macchiato). The macchiato I got before was perfection. A dark rich espresso with a dollop of pristine white foam. I took the drink from the bar but in retrospect I should have asked for a voucher or something similar for another time, or a refund. I put the drink they gave me in the dirty dish tray. It looked like if someone used watered down milk that tuned kind of grey and filled a glass with it almost to the top. Very unappetizing looking. It was not like a cortado or something well crafted, to which I would have thought, it's ok if it's not really a macchiato. It actually looked is if someone didn't finish a drink and someone added dish water in the sink to wash the glass. There were three people working but I was kind of surprised that the person that was trying to make the drink didn't actually even seem to know what a macchiato is as they were showing me two different glasses and asking me to chose which one I wanted, and they were saying, this is the smallest I have I don't have anything smaller, is this the glass you want?! As if I was asking for a strange drink that is unheard of while it's on their menu. I also had to explain that before it was served on a tray with a sparkling water (they were asking me how it was made!?). I'm kind of miffed I thought this could have been a cool coffee shop to visit (the singer from Turnstile was there having a something as a customer so that's pretty cool).

My new favorite coffee shop and local hang!

i got an espresso tonic that was quite lovely. the wait was really short even tho the line was crazy

I’m excited to see what this place becomes - we went for the opening day around 5pm, it was around a 25-30 minute wait for two lattes, line halfway down the block to get into the cafe and the flagship store. I got the six-spice latte with oat milk and it was about $9 plus tip. The latte was super solid, but you can’t go wrong with good neighbor coffee. The ambiance was really nice, lots of people. It’s nice to have a coffee shop/third space in my neighborhood that is open later. They also give you a buzzer to let you know when your drink is ready instead of calling out your name. I’m super excited to see this place do well!