Nestled in the repurposed and kiiinda out-of-the-way Marathon Motor Works building is Garage Coffee Company. Their shop is tiny but warm, leathery and garage-y in the best, cleanest way possible (no grease!). I stopped in and asked for recommendations from the two baristas and felt awkward enough that I blurted out that I just wanted a black coffee before they had time to really come up with something good for me.
I sugared it up ever so slightly, got a blueberry muffin to go and took my cup into the hallway of the building, which has been converted into retail and office space with some large historical pictures and info placards on the walls explaining what the plant used to be about. Pretty interesting to just sort of wander around and look at stuff, even if it’s not heated out there in the hallways. It was fairly dead when I was there on a Tuesday afternoon and I would have liked to spend more time exploring the shops, but I had to get to work.
So, the Garage coffee. It’s a bold, dark roast, and it has bite. I thought it was pretty tasty and qualifies for the trucker coffee spectrum. I considered buying a bag of beans to take home, but figure I’ve got plenty of chances to do that, since I plan to go back and try the Slingshot, which everyone on Yelp recommends. And I try to do what strangers on the internet tell me when I can.
While milling around the Village, I did make time stop in to Bang Candy Company because my thighs said I had to. I bought a sackful of treats to take to my team at work and a salted caramel for myself. The chocolate-covered honeycomb toffee was a hit with everyone, but I was personally surprised by and impressed with the Fireball peppermint bark, which had FREAKING POP ROCKS in it. Have you had POP ROCKS lately? I have to put that in all-caps because it’s so delightful to my 32-year-old palate. Also, I got a bunch of the marshmallows, which is Bang’s specialty, but I am not a big marshmallow fan so I let my team take care of those. I heard good things, though! And I have decided I’m not above making some hot chocolate and sinking one of those behemoths into it to see what happens.
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