Espressole Caffe
Espressole Caffee
Landmark Shopping Center
5375 Landmark Pl., ste. 105
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
303-220-9769
Quality of the coffee: Excellent
Ownership: Independent
Friendliness of the baristas: Excellent
Hipness: Not very, except for the baristas
Parking: Excellent
Seating: Excellent
Free Wi-Fi
Finally there is an alternative to Starbucks for those who live or work in the Denver Tech Center area, Greenwood Village and Cherry Hills' areas. Espressole is in the Landmark Shopping Center next to the Landmark Theater. Entering Espressole is like entering a loft--it has huge ceilings with exposed ventilation. There is a warm brick fireplace with two comfie chairs in front of it. The other seating is new and very comfortable consisting of several low tables and comfortable wooden chairs. There appears to be outdoor seating but it was too cold to sit outside.
Espressole sells Zoka coffee. Zoka Coffee and Roasting Company is a Seattle company that specializes in artisan coffees. Its website does not boast that it is organic or free trade coffee. I ordered a soy latte and it was delicious. They apparently use unsweetened soy which is my preference. My friend ordered a regular cup of coffee and was very happy with the taste.
I visited Espressole at 8:15 on a weekday. By the time I left at 10:30, the place was completely packed. During the time I was there, the place was all business. There were business meetings happening at every table, in front of the fireplace, and one group had pushed three tables together for a meeting. This is definitely a cool place to conduct morning business for those who work in the DTC. Everyone was in business attire, except for the baristas.
Espressole, in spite of its very European name conjuring up authors and writers engaged in deep conversation, is a business person's coffee shop. It caters to the Tech Center working crowd, at least on a weekday, midmorning. I'll try to visit at some other time of day to see if the "flavor" of the clientele changes.
I recommend Espressole as a cool place to conduct business, but not as a place to discuss the meaning of life over hot coffee. This place is all business.
Posted at 04:25PM Dec 10, 2010 by Erin Toll Glover in Coffee shops and coffee paraphernalia | Comments[0]
