La Colombe Torrefaction

Cutest coffee shop in the neighborhood. Modern, chill, and good coffee. The location is so convenient and easy to find. In winter, it's great to sit inside and just enjoy the street view. They also have a variety of limited pastry items. Different options everyday. You gotta come early to get the Danish Scone.

Awesome coffee shop experience. Loved the fact that they had canned coffee styles to go. The nitro cold brew was absolutely fantastic. Additionally the caramel coffee latte was unbelievably good for being in a can. The lip configuration made the coffee feel so smooth in addition to the great taste. For to go orders, the Brazilian Cold Brew and Cold Brew Infused Grapefruit were also exceptional (although the coffee/grapefruit mix tasted less like coffee and more like a nice patio summer beverage). Pastrie options were fantastic, and the quality was equally pleasing. The staff was extremely helpful in their recommendations. Seating was a little limited, but manageable for a short visit or as a to go spot!

I ordered one drink, and when I went to pay, I realized I had been charged for two. I mentioned that I only ordered one, but there must have been some misunderstanding because I still paid for and got two coffees. I just gave one to my husband and called it even but it wasn’t what I wanted. The mocha itself wasn’t very satisfying for the price, either. It fell flat for me and there wasn’t much richness to the drink.

I’m not usually one to take the time to be negative online, but wow. The baristas are forced to stand outside in the cold and wind to take orders. I called and management just doesn’t seem to care. Social distancing is important, but not at the cost of human suffering. Especially given there is plenty of room for people to order inside and then step out again 3 minutes (and the baristas are skilled, efficient and quick) until their order is ready. Maybe a rule of 3 customers inside at a time? Doesn’t that make more sense? I cannot accept that this is for social distancing reasons because you are subjecting your employees to COVID by putting them on a street corner with pedestrian traffic. Have you been outside for a while in the cold with a mask? (It ended up full of snot didn’t it?) Are you providing the masks at least? Providing opportunities to change them out? Are the people shoved out into the cold at least getting paid more? I can’t imagine this is a job they volunteer for and I wonder if they even know they’re going to have to stand outside in the cold for hours before they get to work. If the pennies you pay them (since i now get the feeling you pay baristas “tipped wages” to avoid paying a livable wage) means they cannot afford a heavy coat, will one be provided? gloves? This is not what they signed up for. It is getting cold and fast and I called because I surely thought this was some oversight, some accident, but no, this is their whole plan. I asked what they will do now that it’s fall and they only said that they were working on it and that they were planning on having a meeting and discussing it or something. There should have been a plan for cold weather much earlier. Did you all just forget that it gets cold? You had all summer to think of a plan, why are you only staring now? Makes me wonder if they were all standing out in the heat sweating to death too. When it was below 45 degrees this morning, did no one say “this is bad and dangerous”? Hypothermia is possible at even 50 degrees and expedited by wind and rain. I think it’s ridiculous that this has to be talked about before it changes. Change it now and then change it again if you have to, but it’s inhumane, heartbreaking, and unreasonable. My friends and coworkers I’ve shared with think so also. I will not spend another dollar here until they stop treating their employees this way. I can’t believe no one is making a bigger deal out of this? I have completely lost faith in the company. You deserve to be judged by the way you treat others especially those “beneath you” and wow, is it clear you think they are. If today was any indication of how you treat them normally, then every employee should quit. Workers are human beings. Would you stand out on a corner in the wind with temperatures in the 40s for a whole shift? Hoping, praying someone tips you enough? If you, the owner, couldn’t do it, then don’t expect anyone else to, and especially not for so little pay