Countdown: Ten Days
Lakewood was the first place I lived in when I moved to Colorado, in the basement of the suburban house of the friends of my former (and now deceased) partner's parents. The drainage was bad. I've found that that's true of the state in general, for reasons I can't determine. The subject just isn't given proper consideration when planning a development of any kind.
However, Lakewood is a nice town, and is getting more interesting. Here is its website: Lakewood, Colorado
Peaberry Coffee is a small, Colorado-owned and operated chain of coffee shops. It's run ethically, in that it does not, like a major non-Colorado competitor, find its sites by running out existing coffee shops by paying landlords three times the rent its predecessor was paying.
It's an enterprise well worth supporting for that and many other reasons. I've been to most of its locations, and the young workers are knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful, and the place is not pretentious. I find it a great place to meet with clients. Every location has a bulletin board where people can post business cards and flyers, and one drawing point in most locations is a book trade arrangement--one can bring books and leave them, and take them as well, freely.
Of course, it offers coffee-based and other drinks as well, and sandwiches, burritos, and desserts.
After this review was written, Peaberry's was bought out by the evil empire. As of late February, it still retains its character, but who knows what will happen?
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